National Leadership Summit

Jessica Yellin is the founder of News Not Noise, a viral Webby award-winning independent news brand. Over 1M+ subscribers and followers across Instagram and other digital media rely on Jessica and News Not Noise to understand what matters, which experts to trust, and to manage their “information overload.” She is the former chief White House correspondent for CNN and an Emmy and Gracie Award-winning political correspondent for ABC, MSNBC and CNN. Follow her on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @JessicaYellin. You can also find the News Not Noise Newsletter on Substack.

Dr. Mahiques is a Judge of the Federal Court of Criminal Cassation of Argentina since 2017 and served as Secretary of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires between 2015-2016.

Judge Mahiques has a distinguished career and has served as Judge in different regional and federal courts since 1982.

He has a PhD in Law. School of Law and Political Science from the Catholic University of Argentina as well as a PhD in Law. From University of Poitiers, France.

Post doctorate Degree. University of Poitiers, Firenze and Ferrara Universities, Catholic University of Argentina and La Matanza National University.

Visiting Magistrate at the National School for Magistrates (École Nationale de la Magistrature), France.

Professor of Criminal Law at the Catholic University (UCA).
Professor of Criminal Procedural Law at Master’s Degree. Austral University.

Dr. Mahiques is the author of several books and articles on Criminal Law and Crime Policy.  He has been awarded the Knighthood of the French Government for outstanding academic achievements (Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques) and the Ordine al Merito by the Republic of Italy.

FARAH PANDITH is a foreign policy strategist and former diplomat. A world-leading expert and pioneer in countering violent extremism, she is the author of the book How We Win: How Cutting-Edge Entrepreneurs, Political Visionaries, Enlightened Business Leaders, and Social Media Mavens Can Defeat the Extremist Threat. She is a frequent media commentator and public speaker, and has written for publications including The Economist, The Washington Post and The New York Times. Farah served as a political appointee under three presidents – most recently as the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities, serving both Secretary Clinton and Kerry. She has served on the National Security Council, at the U.S. Department of State, and at the U.S. Agency for International Development in various senior roles. She is currently a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and until recently she was a senior advisor at the Anti-Defamation League. During the last decade she has also been a senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She was appointed to the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, chairing its countering violent extremism task force during Secretary Jeh Johnson’s tenure. In fall 2020, the Muhammad Ali Center named Farah the first-ever Muhammad Ali Global Peace Laureate for her proven track record of and commitment to promoting humanitarian values; she is the creator and catalyst for the Ali Index on Compassion. Farah was born in India and raised in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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.

Claudio Lottenberg is the current Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Albert Einstein Brazilian Israelite Charitable Society and the Coalizão Saúde Institute, as well as the President of Lide Saúde and President of the Israelite Confederation of Brazil from 2008-2014 and presently. He is also the Vice-President of Business Leaders (Lide). Lottenberg graduated with a master’s and doctorate from the Paulista School of Medicine of the Federal University of São Paulo, and he completed his medical residency at the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology and advanced training in ophthalmological emergencies at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat (1989).

Lottenberg is the former vice-president of the World Jewish Congress, and currently a special advisor to the president of the World Jewish Congress – Latin America.

He is currently a visiting Professor at Harvard University (USA), full professor of public health policies in the MBA in Health program at the Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital and a member of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine.

Nicole Mutchnik is the Chair of the ADL Board of Directors. She is a longtime advisor to elected officials, philanthropic and business leaders, building trust and solutions across government, nonprofit and business sectors. She serves on the boards of the Women’s Political Committee, the Luskin School of Public Affairs at UCLA, the Aspen Institute Leadership Council, Civicas Women’s Civic Action Network, and the Mayor Bass Transition Advisory Committee. She is co-founder of the California Democracy Fund, and previously worked in government and politics, having served Governor Gray Davis, Treasurer Kathleen Brown, Speaker of the CA Assembly Bob Hertzberg, and the organizing committee of the World Cup Games. She attended the University of Pennsylvania in Government Administration, where she was a Fels Scholar, and UCLA undergraduate in International Affairs. She is married to Allan Mutchnik, and they have three children.

Zach Schaffer is an accomplished facilitator, educator, and organizer who has dedicated his career to empowering people to nurture compassion and communicate across differences. He is renowned for his unique ability to unpack complex and emotionally charged topics with clarity and compassion.

He has trained thousands of leaders across the world in Fortune 500 companies, global nonprofits, government, and universities. Throughout his career he has led trainings on workplace culture and respect, healthy masculinity, male allyship, storytelling, relationship-building, and depolarization.

As co-founder of Project Shema, he has helped build an organization that works to ensure collective Jewish inclusion and safety inside healthy pluralistic societies. He serves on various boards, enjoys riding his motorcycle, and is a rising voice in the conversation around the culture and legalization of psychedelics.

Marie-Sarah Seeberger is Head of International Affairs at the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (Crif).

She has worked at Crif for 8 years, endorsing various functions, including leading diplomatic missions to Israel and abroad.

In 2024, Marie-Sarah Seeberger worked closely with international organizations and the French government to raise awareness about the sexual violence of 7 October.

She also worked in the field of Holocaust remembrance, organizing an exhibition of photos of French Holocaust survivors Paris in 2022.

She recently led a delegation to Krakow, Poland to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, accompanying a French Holocaust survivor.

Marie-Sarah Seeberger is also in charge of civil society issues at Crif, such as the environmental crisis, gender equality and human rights.

In addition to her work at Crif, she is also involved as an individual in various Jewish leadership programs and regularly represents France abroad.