Sheila Katz

CEO, National Council of Jewish Women

Sheila Katz is the CEO of National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), a 130-year-old Jewish feminist civil rights organization with over 225,000 advocates working for the full equity and safety of women, children, and families in the United States and Israel.

Under Sheila’s leadership, NCJW has responded to threats to reproductive freedom, voting rights, childcare access, equal pay, and other civil rights issues. Before coming to NCJW, Sheila was the vice president for student engagement and leadership at Hillel International, where she founded award-winning programs to expand student participation in Jewish and civic life, including Ask Big Questions and MitzVote. Sheila was recently named as one of the top 10 faith influencers by Religion News Service and as one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world by the Jerusalem Post. In 2022, Sheila was the commencement speaker for her alma mater Ithaca College. She currently sits on the board of governors of Tel Aviv University.