Ari Milgrom, a development officer at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland in Beachwood, will become the director of Jewish National Fund-USA Northern Ohio starting June 24.
Milgrom, 33, will replace JNF-USA Northern Ohio director Mindy Feigenbaum, who is retiring after eight years to spend time with family.
“JNF is an amazing organization that has a long and storied history,” Milgrom told the Cleveland Jewish News. “The opportunity to direct the organization here in Cleveland was just something that really, really spoke to me.”
Prior to working at the Federation since 2018, he was associate director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Arizona from 2012 to 2016. From 2016 to 2018, he was a development director at the Cleveland Hillel Foundation.
Milgrom lives in Shaker Heights with his wife, Hannah, son, Marc, 1, and Shih Tzu mix, Bisbee.
Rebecca Bar-Shain, JNF-USA Northern Ohio board president, said Milgrom will oversee JNF’s education and fundraising efforts, as well as support the board, in his role.
Bar-Shain said Milgrom was found through a national search conducted by JNF-USA after she informed the national arm of the northern region’s needs and goals in March. It was after the national branch interviewed Milgrom that she and former board chairs met with him for the first time.
“I’m excited that Ari will be joining…
