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Washington, DC-based Hillel International has Appointed Mimi Lee Kravetz as Chief Talent Officer
About the Company
Hillel welcomes students of all backgrounds and fosters an enduring commitment to Jewish life, learning and Israel. As the largest Jewish student organization in the world, Hillel builds connections with emerging adults at more than 550 colleges and universities, and inspires them to direct their own path. During their formative college years, students are challenged to explore, experience, and create vibrant Jewish lives. For nearly a century, Hillel’s network of dedicated student leaders, professionals and volunteers have encouraged generations of young adults to celebrate Jewish learning and living, pursue social justice (tikkun olam and tzedek) and connect to their peers and the global Jewish people. By participating in life-changing trips and campus initiatives, students learn to make a meaningful impact on the future of the Jewish people and the world while they grow intellectually, socially, and spiritually. At the heart of the Hillel network is the Charles and Lynn Schusterman International Center, supporting local Hillels to ensure that we achieve our mission “to enrich the lives of Jewish students so they may enrich the Jewish people and the world.” Hillel engages with and inspires the leadership of more Jewish college students than all other endeavors combined. We know that 90% of Jews in the United States go to college, and with a rich and diverse Hillel network, we are proud to be serving them at more than 550 colleges and universities.
About the Person
Mimi Lee Kravetz has worked at Google for six years, most recently as head of marketing for the human resources department. The plan is for her to launch the Bay Area office in August. Her hiring is part of a Hillel five-year plan that includes talent building, improving student engagement and developing resources. Kravetz will oversee the “talent” at all individual Hillel chapters — not just the ones that serve 47 campuses in California — and one of her aims is to anchor each with a strong executive director. A Judaic studies and international relations major at Tufts University who has an MBA from Harvard Business School, Kravetz started her career at Hillel on the Stanford University campus. For three years she worked as a fellow in the Jewish Campus Services Corps, a Hillel program that was discontinued seven years ago. At Google, Kravetz managed Google.com/careers, which helped attract top talent to join and stay, and launched re:Work, an initiative aimed at advancing the dialogue about the changing nature of work in the 21st century. Her efforts are the subject of a new book by a Google executive titled “Work Rules!” Kravetz lives with her family in San Mateo; her two young children attend preschool at the Peninsula Jewish Community Center in Foster City.rn
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