Rabba Sara Hurwitz, Co-Founder and President of Maharat, the first institution to ordain Orthodox women as clergy, also serves on the Rabbinic staff at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. Rabba Hurwitz completed Drisha’s three-year Scholars Circle Program. After another five years of study under the auspices of Rabbi Avi Weiss, she was ordained by Rabbi Weiss and Rabbi Daniel Sperber in 2009. She was named as one of the Forward50 most influential Jewish leaders and Newsweek’s 50 most influential rabbis.  In 2017 Rabba Hurwitz was chosen to be a member of the inaugural class of Wexner Foundation Field Fellows. She and her husband, Josh Abraham, are parents to Yonah, Zacharya, Davidi and Natan.

Justin Hecht is a psychologist and Jungian Analyst practicing individual and group psychotherapy and executive coaching in San Francisco (and now, globally).  He’s a graduate of Harvard College, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University, Boston University and INSEAD.   In his work with individuals and organizations, he seeks to integrate his training in Jungian analysis, group and individual psychotherapy with his experience in business and organizations.  His work is informed by his meditation practice and his decades-long commitment to Buddhism.