Lauren Ades and Doni Greenwald are the recipients of this year’s Harry Greenstein Young Leadership Award from The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore.
Presented annually and named in honor of the federation’s late executive director, the award recognizes young adults who display sustained leadership in service to The Associated and its agencies and programs.
A Los Angeles native, Greenwald is an active communal leader who serves on the boards of such local organizations as The Associated, CHAI, the Talmudical Academy, JTAP and Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion, where he most recently served as president.
He works for Newmark Knight Frank, a global real estate services firm, as a commercial real estate appraiser in their valuation division.
Ades is a member with PK Law and is part of the firm’s Corporate and Real Estate Group. In 2015, she was recognized as one the Daily Record’s “Leading Women” who are 40 and under.
Ades is a member of The Associated’s board, the National Young Leadership Cabinet, a board member of the Macks Center for Jewish Education (an agency of The Associated), on the Engagement and Transition Committee of The Associated’s Center for Community Engagement and Leadership, and serves as a campaign solicitor. She is also a past chair of Impact and a CJE connector.
The recently renovated campus at 5700 Park Heights Avenue will now serve as headquarters of the federation and several of its constituent agencies.
At Knit & Nosh, one of several VolunTeams run by the Macks Jewish Connection Network, young adults get together to knit scarves and hats for neighbors experiencing housing insecurity.
In honor of Women's History Month, The Associated talked with Pam Platt, Stephanie Baron and Leah Schottenstein Schulman about what drives their giving and the values that guide their leadership.
February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). Supporting individuals with disabilities is a year-round priority for The Associated network.