Gretchen Marks Brandt joined the Synagogue Council as Associate Director in January, 2020.  A veteran Jewish educator, she has held administrative and teaching roles at multiple Jewish day schools and synagogues, and has taught students of all ages.  Gretchen is the Torah Godly Play Instructor at Hebrew College where she works with Rabbi Dr. Michael Shire.  A member of the Silver Lining Buddy Program team, she works with young adults helping them to foster relationships with isolated elders.  She is a member of the Community Hevra Kadisha.  Gretchen was one of ten fellows in The Fellowship in Educating for Applied Jewish Wisdom through JTS and the Lippman Kanfer Foundation.  A fifth generation Californian, Gretchen holds degrees in English and Earth Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley, and after several years living, working and learning in Israel, she attended Boston University where she did graduate work in Social Psychology with a research emphasis in Jewish Identity.  An active member of several synagogues, she is passionate about building Jewish community and committed to Jewish life and learning.

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