Throughout his 45+ year career, Elliot Karp has proudly served in a variety of executive leadership roles; and is an experienced and accomplished professional who has devoted his career to creating and sustaining vibrant and creative organizations and communities.
Most recently he was the Director of Philanthropy for Temple Emanu-El of Westfield, New Jersey, raising more than $600,000 annually and $8.2 million for a Capital Campaign. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Hillels of Georgia the statewide association of 24 Hillels representing more than 5,000 Jewish students on college campuses across the state. He served as the President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas; and was the Chief Development Officer for the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati. He has held senior management positions with the Jewish Federations in Columbus, Ohio and Philadelphia.
He has served as a consultant to several not-for-profits organizations including the Wellness Center of Cincinnati, Speech and Hearing Centers of Ohio, JCC on the Palisades, JNF Australia, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, National JCC Association, National United Jewish Appeal, Hebrew Union College, World Union for Progressive Judaism, Onward Israel, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Cancer Community Center of Cincinnati. He is the recipient of the Vivian Rabineau Leadership Award from the Campaign Directors Institute of the Council of Jewish Federations.
Elliot has extensive experience in all aspects of fundraising and financial resource development having raised more than $250 million over four decades; programming; marketing and communications; community relations; facilities management and security; strategic planning; board governance and volunteer leadership development; executive coaching, staff supervision; mentoring and education.
Elliot has been an active member of the Jewish and general communities where he has lived including leadership at United Way, Jewish Family Service, Hillel and his family’s congregation. Elliot was the Founder of the Nonprofit CEO Council of Southern Nevada and served on the Multi-Cultural Advisory Task Force to the Sheriff of Clark County. He is a member of the National Association of Synagogue Executives and the Association of Jewish Communal Professionals. He currently serves as a Mentor for Eitanim in Israel as a volunteer through the Amitim Program and was on the Board of the Fanwood Memorial Library Foundation.
Elliot has a B.A. in Political Science from SUNY Stony Brook and a M.A. from the Benjamin S. Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Leadership & Service from Brandeis University. He was President of the program’s Alumni Association and is the recipient of the Bernard Reisman Professional Leadership Award. A proud Alumnus, Elliot also served as Associate Vice President of Development at Brandeis University.
Elliot and his wife Sharon reside in Fanwood, New Jersey and Hilton Head Island; and are the proud grandparents of Micah and Sophie; children of their daughter Naomi and son-in-law Rabbi Howard Tilman; and Miller and twins Lexie and Whitney, children of their son Joshua and daughter-in law, Amy.
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