Mark Hetfield, President of HIAS, in conversation with Rabbi Gruenberg following Shabbat services and a kiddush luncheon sponsored by the Social Justice Advocacy Committee.

Mark Hetfield joined HIAS in 1989 as a caseworker in Rome, Italy. He has worked for the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a large law firm as an immigration attorney. He has held multiple roles at HIAS over the years. Since being named HIAS’ chief executive in 2013, Mark has led the transformation of HIAS from helping refugees because they were Jewish to helping refugees because we are Jewish.