Mainstage Afternoon Session

As Vice President, Advocacy, Shira Goodman leads the Birnbaum Center to Combat Antisemitism in Education, and the Ratings and Assessments Institute, and our state and local advocacy work.

Shira Goodman joined ADL in 2020 as Philadelphia Regional Director and moved to the Government Relations (now National Affairs) Team in 2021, with extensive experience in leading mission-driven advocacy organizations, focusing on gun violence prevention and access to justice issues. Most recently, she served as Executive Director of CeaseFirePa, Pennsylvania’s gun violence prevention organization. Previously, Shira served as Deputy Director of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, a court reform organization. Earlier in her career, she worked as a labor and employment attorney at Ballard Spahr.

Shira earned her B.A. from University of Michigan and her law degree from Yale Law School.

Jonathan A. Greenblatt is the CEO of ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and its sixth National Director. As chief executive of ADL, Jonathan leads all aspects of the world’s leading anti-hate organization. He is an accomplished entrepreneur and innovative leader with deep experience in the private, public and nonprofit sectors.

Since becoming CEO in July 2015, Greenblatt has modernized ADL while refocusing it on the mission it has had since its founding in 1913: to fight the defamation of the Jewish people, and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.

Under Greenblatt, ADL has modernized its operations, innovated its approaches to counter antisemitism from all sides and enhanced its efforts to combat extremism in all forms. During his tenure ADL rebooted its Center on Extremism that analyzes and monitors extremists and hate groups; launched “Never Is Now” the largest annual convening in the world focused on antisemitism and hate; created the Center for Technology and Society in Silicon Valley to fight the rising tide of online hate and harassment; developed the Sports Leadership Council to engage athletes, teams and leagues to confront bigotry and discrimination more effectively; and executed Stop Hate for Profit, the successful campaign that organized businesses, celebrities, nonprofits and policy makers to fight the rampant racism, antisemitism and extremism on Facebook.

In 2022, Greenblatt released It Could Happen Here, a book that sounds an alarm, warning that hate and systemic violence is gathering momentum in the United States – and that violence on a more catastrophic scale could be just around the corner.

Jonathan serves on numerous corporate and non-profit boards and has been recognized on multiple occasions for his leadership at ADL. He has been named by The NonProfit Times to its list of Top 50 Nonprofit Leaders from 2016-2022. Recode named Jonathan to its inaugural “Recode 100,” a list of the top 100 people in business and technology. He has been named among the Top 50 Most Influential Leaders in the global Jewish community by The Jerusalem Post and as one of the Top 50 Jews to follow on Twitter by the JTA.

Before ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to President Obama and Director of the Office of Social Innovation. He came to that role after a long career in business. In 2002, he co-founded Ethos Brands, the business that launched Ethos Water, a premium bottled water that helps children around the world access clean water. Ethos was acquired by Starbucks Coffee Company in 2005. Following the acquisition, Jonathan was named VP of Global Consumer Products at Starbucks and joined the board of the Starbucks Foundation.

In 2009, Jonathan founded All for Good (AFG), the largest database of volunteer opportunities on the Internet. Incubated at Google, AFG developed an innovative strategy to organize the world’s volunteer listings. AFG was acquired by Points of Light in 2011. Jonathan also served as CEO of GOOD Worldwide, a diversified media company and as an executive at REALTOR.com, joining the company as a product manager and eventually heading up its consumer products division. REALTOR went public in 1999 (HOMS) and was acquired by News Corp in 2014.

Jonathan has served as an adjunct faculty member at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and as a senior fellow at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Jonathan graduated cum laude with a BA from Tufts University and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Van Jones is a U.S. media personality, entrepreneur and world-class changemaker. Jones has a rare track record of bringing people together to do hard things – in areas as diverse as clean energy solutions, criminal justice reform and racial inclusion in the tech sector. In 2007, Van was the primary champion of the Green Jobs Act, signed into law by George W. Bush. In 2009, he worked in the Obama White House as the Special Advisor for Green Jobs. In 2018, he helped pass the FIRST STEP Act, signed into law by Donald Trump; the New York Times calls that legislation the most substantial breakthrough in criminal justice in a generation.

In 2021, Jones was the first recipient of Jeff Bezos’ Courage & Civility Award. He has since founded Dream Machine Innovation Lab and launched RAPPORT.co, which uses A.I. to increase firms’ EQ. A Yale Law School graduate, Van is a CNN host, an Emmy Award-winning producer, a 3X New York Times best-selling author and the creator of the Van Jones Substack.

Best known as the founder of KIND Snacks, Daniel Lubetzky is a social entrepreneur focused on empowering people to work across divides to solve our toughest problems together. The son of a Holocaust survivor, Daniel is committed to trying to prevent what happened to his father from happening again.

Daniel is known for launching KIND from one outside-the-box idea into a multibillion-dollar global business committed to making the world a little kinder. With Camino Partners, Daniel and his team of investor-operators now partner with entrepreneurs to build growth-stage businesses driven by shared values.

Daniel’s foray into food was the unexpected outcome of his work to use business to bring neighbors in Middle Eastern conflict regions together. With the OneVoice Movement, he has helped build the largest grassroots movement of Israelis and Palestinians committed to forging a future in which both peoples can live with security, freedom, and dignity. Daniel is also a founder of Builders, a global initiative to replace “us vs. them” with a movement of flexible thinkers and constructive problem-solvers. The organization works across media, civics, and education to equip people to overcome extremist ideologies and work together on solutions.

Daniel’s perspectives on moderation, bridge-building, democracy, and social enterprise are shared regularly in TED, Newsweek, Fortune, CNN, TIME, and other news platforms. Following five consecutive seasons as a recurring guest on ABC’s Shark Tank, Daniel joined the cast as a regular guest of the series for Season 16 in 2024. Daniel is also the author of The New York Times bestseller Do the KIND Thing.

Daniel is a member of the Anti-Defamation League’s Board of Directors. He has received The King Center’s Beloved Community Award, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, Columbia Business School’s Botwinick Prize in Business Ethics, Carnegie Corporation’s Great Immigrants Award, and The Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Civility and Compassion. Daniel was named a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship by President Obama.

Daniel holds a BA in Economics and International Relations from Trinity University and a JD from Stanford Law School. He is a proud US citizen who emigrated from Mexico at age sixteen. He enjoys spending time with his family and practicing magic.

Andrew D. Martin was appointed Washington University’s 15th chancellor by the university’s Board of Trustees on July 14, 2018.

Martin, who also is a professor of political science, law, statistics and data science, served from 2014-2018 as dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Previously, he served in various positions at Washington University in St. Louis, including as the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the School of Law, vice dean of the School of Law, founding director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law, and chair of the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences. Throughout his career in higher education administration, Martin has taught courses in judicial decision making and political methodology and mentored numerous graduate and doctoral students. Each year, he teaches “Free Speech on Campus,” a popular class on the first amendment for undergraduate students. In recognition of his teaching and mentorship, Martin received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award from the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in 2011 and the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Washington University Alumni Board of Governors in 2013. In 2021, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Along with numerous scholarly articles and book chapters, Martin is the author of “An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research,” which he co-authored with Lee Epstein, the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in 2014; and “Judicial Decision-Making: A Coursebook,” which he co-authored with Barry Friedman and others in 2020. Throughout his career, Martin has received research funding from many organizations, including the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the National Institutes of Health. Martin earned his PhD in political science from Washington University in 1998 and his A.B from the College of William & Mary in mathematics and government in 1994.

Marc Morial, one of the few national leaders to possess “street smarts,” and “boardroom savvy,” is the transformative President and CEO of the National Urban League, the nation’s largest historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization.

He served as the highly successful and popular Mayor of New Orleans as well as the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Marc previously was a Louisiana State Senator and was a lawyer in New Orleans with an active, high-profile practice.

He is a leading voice on the national stage in the battle for jobs, education, housing, health, voting rights, equity, and entrepreneurship.

Marc is a published author; his leadership book, Gumbo Coalition: 10 Leadership Lessons That Help You Inspire, United, and Achieve has been widely acclaimed, and his column entitled To Be Equal, reaches hundreds of thousands.

He is the host of the weekly syndicated television show, America’s Black Forum.

A graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, and the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics and African American Studies, he has been recognized as one of the 100 most influential Black Americans by Ebony Magazine, one of the top 50 Non-Profit Leaders by the Non-Profit Times, one of the 100 Most Influential Black Lawyers in America and he has also been inducted into the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in Atlanta, GA.

Marc and his father, the late Ernest “Dutch” Morial, are history makers as the first African American father/son mayors in the U.S. and were the subject of a Double Jeopardy question on the legendary Jeopardy television game show in the 1990s.

Santa J. Ono, Ph.D., is president of the University of Michigan and an experienced vision researcher recognized for pioneering work on the immune system and eye disease. He chairs the University of Michigan Health Board, Fulbright Canada, and the University Climate Change Coalition and is an honorary Chairperson of the Japan America Society of Michigan and Southwestern Ontario. He is a member of the United States-Japan Foundation Board of Trustees.

In higher education, he is the Chair of the Council of Presidents of the Association of Public & Land Grant Universities (APLU) and serves on the Boards of the American Council on Education (ACE), the American Association of Colleges and Universities, the Council on Competitiveness and Internet2.

He joined U-M from the University of British Columbia, where he served as president and vice chancellor. He was Chair of the U15 Group of Canadian Universities and the Research Universities of British Columbia (RUCBC) and served as Advisor to the Premier on Innovation and Technology. Prior to UBC, he was president and provost of the University of Cincinnati and served on the Board of the Ohio Third Frontier, the state’s technology-based economic development program.

Ono served as senior vice provost and deputy to the provost at Emory University. He taught at Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and University College London. He earned his B.A. in biological sciences from the University of Chicago in 1984, and a Ph.D. (with Honors) in experimental medicine from McGill University in 1991. He was inducted into Sigma Xi.

As a scholar he served for many years on review panels for the National Institutes of Health and the Wellcome Trust and has advised biotech, pharmaceutical companies and governments on science and scientific policy. He served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of Immunology, Immunology and the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

He has been recognized with awards such as the Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship, the American Diabetes Association Career Award, Arthritis Foundation Investigator Award, Roche Award and the Pharmacia International Award in Allergy Research.

He has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Inventors, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has been awarded multiple honorary doctorates and was inducted into the Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars.

Abigail Pogrebin is the co-author of the 2025 Independent Press Award winner It Takes Two To Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and A Reform Journalist Discuss and Debate Their Way through the Five Books of Moses  with Rabbi Dov Linzer.   She is also the author of  My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays; One Wondering Jew – a finalist for the 2017 National Jewish Book Awards and still included in synagogue community reads 8 years after publication. Her first book Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk about Being Jewish, for which she interviewed 60 major public figures — from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to Steven Spielberg – went into eight hardcover printings and was later adapted for the Off-Broadway stage. Abby was an Emmy-nominated broadcast producer for CBS News’ 60 Minutes, and before that at PBS for Fred W. Friendly, Charlie Rose and Bill Moyers. She has written for the New York Times, Atlantic Magazine, Newsweek, Tablet, the Forward, Vogue, and Harper’s Bazaar. She has moderated public conversations with Hillary Clinton, Lynne Cheney, Madeleine Albright, Bret Stephens, Tom Friedman, Julianna Margulies, Dan Senor, Mayim Bialik, Yossi Klein Halevi, and scores of others at The Streicker Center, the JCC in Manhattan and for JBS Television.  Abby is a past president of Central Synagogue in Manhattan and a board member of The Shalom Hartman Institute.  Abby received The Impact Award from The Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan in June 2019, was honored by The Jewish Week in 2017 for contributions to Jewish communal life, and was asked to deliver the plenary address at Hillel International Conference in 2014.

Dan Senor is the co-author of the New York Times bestselling books THE GENIUS OF ISRAEL: The Surprising Resilience of a Divided Nation in a Turbulent World (2023) and START-UP NATION: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle (2009), which has been translated into more than 30 languages. He is also the host of the CALL ME BACK podcast.

Dan is an Equity Partner and a member of the Management Committee at Elliott Investment Management L.P. He previously served in a range of roles advising Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, and Mitt Romney. During the presidential administration of George W. Bush, Dan was based in Baghdad for one year, where he served as chief spokesperson for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq. Before that, he was a senior Defense Department official based at U.S. Central Command in Qatar. For his service in these roles, he was awarded the Pentagon’s highest civilian honor – the U.S. Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service – by the Secretary of Defense.

He has written for The Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal, and appears frequently on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” “CBS Mornings” and Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” and “Fox & Friends”.

Dan currently serves on the boards of The Paul E. Singer Foundation, Start-Up Nation Central, and the Abraham Joshua Heschel School. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Western Ontario and studied in the one-year international program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Dan lives in New York City with his wife and two sons.

General Yoav Gallant has dedicated nearly five decades to Israel’s security, shaping its military strategy and national defense at the highest levels. Most recently serving as Israel’s Minister of Defense, he led the country through one of its most challenging security crises, overseeing complex military operations and strategic defense initiatives. A highly decorated Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veteran, Gen. Gallant began his service in the elite Shayetet 13 naval commando unit. Over a distinguished 35-year military career, he commanded some of Israel’s most critical military units, including an IDF missile ship, Shayetet 13, the Gaza Division, the Menashe Brigade, the “Idan” Armored Division, and served as Ground Forces Chief of Staff. He was also Military Secretary to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Commander of the Southern Command, where he played a key role in securing Israel’s borders. Following his retirement as a Major General, Gallant transitioned to government, serving in key ministerial roles, including Minister of Construction and Housing, Minister of Immigration and Absorption, and Minister of Education. Beyond his military and political career, Gen. Gallant co-founded FIDF’s “IMPACT!” Scholarship Program, providing education for IDF veterans. A sought-after expert on military strategy, leadership, and geopolitical security, Gen. Gallant offers unparalleled insights into global defense challenges, national security, and crisis leadership.

The New York Times described him as one of the most nuanced online commentators on Israel and Jewish people. He is a globally recognized speaker, educator, author, and digital influencer. With an audience of over 600,000 followers across his social media platforms and content reaching more than 100 million users, Hen has become a trusted voice on Jewish issues, appearing as an expert in media across four continents, including outlets like BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, SkyNews, New York Times and more. Named among Algemeiner’s Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life in 2018 and 2021, Top 50 most influential Jewish LGBT voices, Hen recently received CAMERA’s Portrait in Courage Award. His debut book best-selling, The Wrong Kind of Jew, was released in 2022. This year, Jewish News recognized him as one of the Top 20 Young Jewish Creatives in the UK, and he was named among the Top 25 Most Influential Young Jews by The Jerusalem Post. In 2019, Hen co-founded the Tel Aviv Institute, dedicated to researching and combating online antisemitism.

With nearly 14 million followers, award-winning actress, singer, dancer, and philanthropist Montana Tucker is a leading voice for Gen Z, empowering through her advocacy against hate and anti-Semitism. She began her career modeling and acting at age 9, with her music featured in blockbuster films and her acting in award-winning shows.

Montana’s passion lies in educating others to embrace diversity and kindness. She has been honored by organizations such as FIDF, IAC, and Magen David Adom, as well as by public figures like NYC Mayor Eric Adams and institutions like the National Holocaust Museum.

Her acclaimed docuseries “How To: Never Forget”—chronicling her emotional journey to Auschwitz with her mother—has garnered millions of views and led to appearances on Good Morning America, The Kelly Clarkson Show, and more. She has spoken at major events like the National Menorah Lighting in Washington, the ADL’s “Never Is Now” Summit, and the March for Israel rallies.

Montana’s impactful video at the Nova Music Festival site attracted over 10 million views, and her powerful documentary “The Children of October 7th”, featuring stories of Israeli children affected by terror, premiered in December with President Herzog in attendance. Montana remains a vital advocate against anti-Semitism, reaching millions globally, especially Gen Z.