Beth joined the National Organization on Disability (NOD) as President and CEO in May 2024. Prior to joining NOD, Beth served as the President and CEO of the Jewish Community Foundation San Diego (JCFSD) from March 2017 through May 2024. During her tenure, JCFSD assets more than doubled, from $320 million to over $800 million, and the foundation granted over $750 million to nonprofit organizations globally, with 70% of that total going to secular causes.
Prior to joining JCFSD, Beth served as President/CEO of Pacific Community Ventures (PCV), a combined for-profit/nonprofit organization that leverages human and financial capital investments to create economic opportunity in historically underestimated communities. Beth led PCV through a period of significant growth, doubling revenues, increasing net assets by over 50%, and growing the team from six to twenty people.
Beth is the author of Creating Your Life Collage: Strategies for Solving the Work/Life Dilemma (Random House, 2000), as well as a contributor to Triple Pundit, The Huffington Post, and Philanthropy News. In addition, she edited and contributed to numerous Pacific Community Ventures publications. She is an accomplished public speaker, having addressed the Social Venture Network, SRI in the Rockies, Social Finance Canada, Principles for Responsible Investing Network, and the Democratic Caucus of the California State Assembly, among others. Beth has held two adjunct academic appointments, both in graduate business programs.
Beth received the 2015 James Irvine Foundation California Leadership Award, which recognizes Californians who are advancing innovative, proven, and replicable solutions to critical issues facing the state. She holds an undergraduate degree from Brandeis University, an MBA from Boston University, and a Master of Public Policy from Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley.
Beth’s home is Oakland, California, but she spends long periods of time in Manhattan enjoying theater, and in Lake Tahoe improving her skiing. Beth lives with her husband and has one grown son. She bakes challah every week.