Geri Shatz leads Jewish National Fund’s effort to grow the population of Yerucham, a community in the Negev Desert, with innovative housing options, first-rate education systems, and a brand new state-of-the-art waste-water treatment plant, which provides water for the Yerucham Lake and irrigation for public gardens. Geri serves as JNF’s National Secretary, is a lifetime member and former Chair of JNF’s Sapphire Society, a Century Council and Makor member, and former President of JNF’s Bucks County Board. Before moving to New York, she helped build Philadelphia’s Jewish community as the President and Endowment Chair of her synagogue, Congregation Kol Emet, and previously sat on the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.