• Diane Balser, Interim Executive Director
• Aliza Becker, Deputy Director
• Deepa Domansky, Advocacy Coordinator and Washington Liaison
• Adam Esrig , Manager, Chapter Development
• Bria Dolnick , Administrative and Development Coordinator
• Jeff Kulp, Technology and Administrative Coordinator

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DIANE BALSER, Interim Executive Director, and is currently co-chair of Brit Tzedek's Advocacy and Public Policy Committee. She is currently a professor of Women's Studies at Boston University. From 1983-1994, Balser founded, built and directed the Women's Legislative Network of Massachusetts and served as the lobbyist in the State House for the networkıs sister organization, the Womenıs Lobby.

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ALIZA BECKER, Deputy Director, has 25 years advocacy, educational and non-profit management experience. In the 1980s-90s, she worked in the field of advocacy and education for immigrants and refugees. She managed large-scale education programs at Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights, in Chicago. She published extensively on these topics, including the bestselling book Citizenship Now: A Guide for Naturalization (Contemporary Books, 1995), which sold over 60,000 copies. In July 2002, the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights honored Aliza with an award for her long-time commitment to immigrant and refugee rights. Aliza comes from a long family line of activists in the Labor Zionist movement hailing back to the early 1900s, and many of them live in Israel. From 1988 to 1992, she participated in a Jewish-Palestinian dialogue group in Chicago. Concern for the welfare of her large Israeli family led her to found the Chicago-based Jewish Peace Forum in the fall of 2000. She also is a founding member of Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. She has a Masters Degree in Linguistics from the University of Illinois.
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DEEPA DOMANSKY recently concluded working with MoveOn.org as Regional Coordinator for districts in Florida and Virginia. This position involved recruiting MoveOn Council Coordinators, training the coordinators in creating local councils, developing the councils' capabilities by preparing the members to coordinate effective recruitment tactics and successful media outreach strategies, and supervising them as they planned and managed grassroots campaign events.  She has her Masters degree in Political Science/ International Relations from the University of Connecticut.
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Adam Esrig, Chapter Liaison for Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, communicates and supports Brit Tzedek's 38 chapters throughout the nation with their events and initiatives. Adam is a masters candidate in the graduate program in International Affairs at the New School University. He is also a graduate with a bachelors degree in International Relations from the State University of New York at New Paltz. [top]

 

 

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BRIA DOLNICK, who recently began as Brit Tzedek’s new office manager has assisted Brit Tzedek on a temporary basis since her 2003 winter break from college.  In addition to her office work, Bria is an independent audio producer for public radio and has been involved in community art education for the past several years.  She has a degree in political science from Beloit College and a certificate in Documentary Studies from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.   [top]

 

 

 

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JEFF KULP is the Technology and Administration Specialist for Brit Tzedek v'Shalom. He attended American Univeristy in Washington, DC majoring in Political Science. Jeff previously worked in both the campaign and administration of Governor Jim Doyle. [top]

 

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