Our Team

Sarah M. Eisinger joined JCamp 180 in 2019 with more than twenty years’ experience in the nonprofit sector. In the director role, she sets the strategic direction of the department and guides a high-performing team. Previously, Sarah held positions in philanthropy and in the economic development fields. Throughout her career, she has funded, coached and consulted to hundreds of nonprofit organizations across North America. For the decade prior to joining HGF, Sarah specialized in developing nonprofit facilities. She was executive director of the Nonprofit Centers Network, an organization that promoted nonprofit shared space and resources and then served in the real estate department of MassDevelopment, the state economic development agency. Sarah co-authored the book Shared Space and the New Nonprofit Workplace, under Oxford University Press, and winner of the 2019 Terry McAdam Book Award from The Alliance for Nonprofit Management. She holds a master’s degree in urban policy analysis and management from The New School and has held the LEED accredited professional certificate. Sarah grew up at Jewish camp as a camper and counselor at Camp Shalom, a day camp in Madison, WI. Her home camp is Camp Interlaken JCC in Wisconsin where she was a camper, counselor and program director and now family camp participant.

Kevin is JCamp 180's senior program manager. Since joining JCamp 180 in 2007, Kevin has supported many camps in reviewing, selecting, and implementing technology to reach their fundraising and outreach goals. His primary areas of consulting services at JCamp 180 are donor/gift data collection, enhancement and hygiene; communications planning; and fundraising technology assessment. Kevin also manages JCamp 180's communications and supports our year-round learning offerings. He also serves on the JCamp 180 annual conference planning committee which is designed to meet the needs of professional staff and their lay leaders of our 130+ affiliated Jewish camp and partner organizations across North America.
 
Before joining JCamp 180, Kevin worked at Deloitte Consulting, helping clients utilize technology solutions to meet their goals. People who work with him say that Kevin is optimistic, clear, and patient. Kevin holds a BS in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. He enjoys reading non-fiction books and leveraging learning from those books in our work with camps, with a soft spot for the Heath Brothers, Seth Godin, and Daniel Pink.
 
Content Expertise

• Donor database functionality
• Communications planning
• Online communications best practices
• Online learning

Dalia is a consultant with JCamp 180, bringing to this role over a decade of experience in Jewish camping, fundraising, and nonprofit management. Originally from Toronto, Ontario, Dalia grew up at Camp Shomria in Canada, and snuck in a few extra summers at camp as the Director of Shomria's Heart to Heart program and then as a board member. Prior to joining JCamp 180, Dalia served as the Associate Director for the New Israel Fund in New England.

Dalia has a BA in Peace, Conflict, and Justice Studies from the University of Toronto and an MBA in Nonprofit Management and MA in Jewish Professional Leadership from the Hornstein Program at Brandeis University. Dalia’s primary areas of consulting are in fundraising and governance. 

People who work with Dalia say that she is passionate, collaborative, and reliable. She is a big believer in empowering youth, and there is no better place to do that than at camp! 

Content Expertise

• Fundraising, including annual fundraising, major gift cultivation, and crowdfunding campaigns
• Board governance and committees 
• Culture change

Ari is a consultant with JCamp 180, managing our consulting practice by lining up camps with the consulting services from our team that best meets their needs. He provides consulting and coaching in camp communications, enrollment, and data-informed decision-making. .

Before joining JCamp 180, Ari worked for 8 years as a communications director, first with Ramah in the Rockies and then Camp Ramah in California, and a brief stint in community care at Camp Tel Noar. During his time with the Ramah camps, Ari participated in iCenter Birthright Fellows Cohort 1, National Ramah’s Kerem cohort, and JCamp 180’s training in effective communications (JTEC). Ari presents regularly to camp professionals via webinars, articles, and at gatherings with the Association for Independent Jewish Camps (AIJC), the Foundation for Jewish Camp’s Leaders Assembly, JCamp 180’s Enrollment Program, and the American Camp Association. People who work with me say that I am creative, thoughtful, and curious.

In his spare time, Ari enjoys traveling, hiking, skiing, baking, and photography. He has a BA in Art Studio from the University of California, Davis.

Content Expertise

• Marketing & Communications 
• Camp Operations to Support Strategy 
• Enrollment

Herschel is a consultant with JCamp 180, focusing on how organizations can leverage the transformative power of data through impactful visualizations and storytelling. Prior to becoming a consultant, Herschel was the Analytics Manager for the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, and worked for Gateways: Access to Jewish Education, where he helped develop comprehensive evaluation systems to measure outcomes and impact. Herschel holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the Schottenstein Honors Program at Yeshiva University, as well as a master's degree in Jewish Professional Leadership and an MBA from the Hornstein Program at Brandeis University.

People who work with Herschel say he is curious, collaborative, and growth-oriented. He approaches complex questions and issues holistically in order to clearly articulate options and implications, doing so with humor, humility, and attention to detail.

When he can find time, Herschel loves to go snowboarding and long-distance running, but usually not on the same day.

Content Expertise

• Data Visualization
• Strategic Data-Informed Decision-Making
• Systems Thinking
• Evaluation

Elizabeth Kaplan is a consultant with JCamp 180, bringing to this role over 10 years of experience as a program manager, Jewish educator, and Jewish professional.  Elizabeth has held year-round and seasonal positions at a variety of Jewish summer camps, including URJ-affiliated, Independent, and JCC camps. She joined JCamp 180 in 2023 from her role as the Assistant Director of Camp Laurelwood, where she led camper recruitment and retention, community engagement, camper and staff care, and grants. During her time as JCamp 180's Program Coordinator, she distinguished herself by developing complex operational systems, enhancing the team's Professional Development offerings, co-leading the Enrollment Program, and building relationships with camps across the network.

Elizabeth holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from Brown University and a master's degree in public health from Tufts University. She believes that day and overnight camps serve as a large-scale public health intervention, helping campers and staff access a low-tech environment where they can build relationships, confidence, and resilience. She lives in New Haven, CT with her husband and two kids.

Content Expertise

• Camp Operations to Support Strategy
• Enrollment
• Strategic Planning
• Governance

Mark joined the JCamp 180 team in 2011 as the Program Director.  Now working at a more leisurely (semi-retired) pace, he continues to contribute to the JCamp 180 program, supporting a limited number of camps and the JCamp 180 professional development programs with a focus on financial analysis and reporting. 

Prior to joining the Harold Grinspoon Foundation and JCamp 180, Mark was a Technology manager of a Fortune 50 company providing applications support to both internal and external customers. 

With an advanced degree in engineering and an MBA, Mark’s strength is in the areas of financial reporting and review.  He also has expertise in individual coaching, Strategic Planning, capital project planning and oversight, and multi-variable decision making.  Mark’s analytic approach to problem-solving has been impactful in helping camps with limited resources prioritize from among multiple options. 

Content Expertise

• Financial reporting, and communications within finance committees and the board 
• Coaching to maximize individual contributions
• Capital project planning and oversight 

Starting in 2004, Michael was privileged to be one of the founding group of consultants for JCamp 180. In addition to the pleasure of working with a number of camps and movements, he helped develop the original conference technology program and more recently contributed to the Enrollment Program, annual trends survey, and support for camp days of giving. Currently, he has been helping camps with financial literacy and executive search.

Prior to his time with JCamp 180, Michael worked for a renewable energy consulting firm, managed the in-house consulting and then health divisions at the City of Toronto municipality, and, subsequently, served as the Executive Vice President of the Canadian Urban Institute. In the 1990s and early 2000’s I was a Principal in a group that consulted on start-up digital innovation to Fortune 100 Tech companies like Apple and Microsoft, as well as helping found/run Internet businesses including an Internet-related mutual and venture capital fund.

Based in Toronto, Michael currently works part-time with JCamp 180. His primary areas of consulting are strategic planning, governance, executive/chair coaching, and, of course, support for fundraising. For the rest of his time, Michael consults with a number of Jewish federations, day schools, synagogues and a few private sector/social enterprise organizations in such areas as strategy, mergers, and financial modeling. People that work with Michael come away energized from the experience.

Michael is drawn to work with Jewish camps because of their extraordinary ability to Jewishly engage campers and staff, build independence, leadership, and other skills and, make lifelong friends. His own Jewish identity was joyfully nurtured by Winnipeg’s day camp, Camp Playmore, and Camp B’nai Brith, a beautiful, island overnight camp.

Content expertise

• Strategic planning
• Board Governance and Committees
• Fundraising
• Financial/data analysis
• Executive coaching