Martha K. Selig Young Leadership Award

Dorit Corwin has been actively engaged with the UJA-Federation community for many years. She served on the Executive Committee from 2020 to 2023, as co-chair of Young Leaders from 2020 to 2023, and as a Young Professional Women Board member before that. Currently she is an active member of the Board of Directors and serves on the Professional Women’s Board; the Diversity, Action, and Justice Committee; and the Jewish Life Cabinet. 

Dorit has spent the past 15 years in a variety of talent acquisition and human resources roles, across public, private, and start-up organizations. She is currently vice president of...

Life & Legacy Award

Lynn Jacobs has held many positions in UJA-Federation, including chair of the Global Jewish Communities Committee (Jewish Life Department), chair of LEAD, chair of Westchester’s Endowment Committee, and as a member of the Commission on Jewish Peoplehood’s Civil Society Task Force, where she served as a grant liaison to JDC ELKA. Today, she continues to serve on ELKA’s Advisory Committee. Previously she served as chair of the Evaluation Task Force for the Caring Commission, Women’s Philanthropy Leadership Development chair, and chair of the Restructuring Committee of Women’s Philanthropy.  

Lynn is currently...

Spirit of Peggy Award

Wendy Gould Shenfeld currently co-chairs the King David Society Woman’s Division and has held many leadership positions at UJA in the past. Last May, she co-chaired the Woman’s Spring Event and in prior years chaired the House Tour events and served as their advisory chair. She has led UJA missions to Israel, London, and the U.A.E. and has traveled extensively with UJA and other organizations to Ethiopia, Germany, Morocco, China, Jordan, Egypt, and Gaza and looks forward to visiting South Africa with UJA in January. Wendy was an active member of the New Leadership Campaign, and she and her husband were Summerfest co-chairs in 2000 and 2014....