Daniel is an experienced educator, trainer and consultant, whose approach to human and organizational growth is informed by values of openness, engagement, reflection, and empowering others. His professional practice helps facilitate growth through active learning that helps identify obstacles and engages participants working together to find solutions. He has worked with a wide array of clients from businesses to non-profit organizations, including working with teachers and youth-at-risk in both the US and Israel.

Recently, Daniel has worked as an organizational consultant focusing primarily on synagogues to facilitate effective boards, enhance team effectiveness and facilitate community conversations. Previously, Daniel was the Director of the Leadership Development Institute at Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, where he led a team of 5 organizational consultants that worked with synagogues and Jewish communal organizations to make them more effective and efficient. He worked at Brandeis University as the Director of Experiential Learning and Teaching, where he helped faculty incorporate active and reflective learning into their teaching to make their classes more engaging and their content more relevant for students. Prior to that, Daniel founded and directed MABAT, an Israeli non-profit dedicated to improving intercultural awareness among all Israeli citizens through experiential and diversity programming at Israeli colleges and universities. Daniel served in the Israeli Defense Forces, worked as a tour guide for the Society for Protection of Nature in Israel and as an Outward Bound instructor in Maryland, Massachusetts, and Maine.

Daniel’s graduate education at Brandeis University earned him an MBA from the Heller School of Social Policy Management and an MA from the Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership. He also earned an MS in Outdoor Education from the University of New Hampshire. Daniel is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he played Varsity Lacrosse and tutored in local public schools. He lives in Cambridge, MA and volunteers with numerous nonprofit organizations both Jewish and non, locally, nationally and in Israel.