Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program

Staff

Jennifer Goldsmith
Jennifer Goldsmith
Academic Administrator, Graduate Guidance
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Jennifer Goldsmith, MS, MEd, joined the Hornstein Program as the Academic Administrator for Graduate Guidance in 2025 with significant experience as an academic leader building on a career in non-profit program development and strategy. In Hornstein, Jen's role is to support student academic journeys, field placements, mentorship and emerging initiatives.
 
Most recently, Jen served as Instructor and on the DrPH leadership team of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, supporting doctoral students in the classroom, as a mentor, and through their field placements and career planning. In the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Jen spent seven years as Director of Programs and Administration, overseeing the Howard and Doris Hiatt Residency in Global Health Equity, creating the Walton Global Health Administration Fellowship, and designing and assessing a mentorship model for medical trainees underrepresented in medicine. Since 2018, she has taught courses in global and domestic health at Tufts and also currently serves as a mentor to health professional students through the Dotson Bridge Program at Simmons University. She previously served as Director of Strategic Initiatives in Medical Education for Mass General Brigham from 2008-2012.
 
In addition to her education work, Jen has led finance, strategy, programs and administration throughout her career including roles as Director of Strategic Financial Planning at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Assistant Dean for Finance at Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and as inaugural Chief Administrative Officer at Seed Global Health. She currently engages as a consultant with global and domestic non-profits, most recently, with Boston Public Health Commission, University of Global Health Equity, Groundwater Institute, Rx Foundation, and Boston University School of Medicine.
 
Jen is a long-time and active member of Temple Israel Boston serving on their Leadership Council and representing TI on the Longwood Collective Public Affairs Committee. She has previously served on the board of the Hadassah Foundation and currently sits on the board of Move Up Global in Rwanda, and the finance committees of Mass Health Quality Partners and the Navajo-based COPE Program. She is an active volunteer with Beacon Academy serving on their Career Connect Committee and mentoring students and alumni. She lives in Brookline with her husband and served on Brookline's Town Meeting for ten years. Jen earned a BA at the University of Michigan, MS in Health Policy and Management at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, and MEd at the Boston College Lynch School of Education.

Michal Miller
Michal Miller
Partnerships Marketing Manager
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Michal Miller, MS '19, comes to Hornstein with more than a decade of strategic marketing and communications experience within the education and nonprofit space.

After relocating to the Boston area from Washington, D.C. in 2014, Michal joined Brandeis University's Rabb School of Continuing Studies where she led the marketing efforts for the school's online graduate degrees and corporate partnerships. She earned her MS in Digital Marketing and Design at Brandeis in 2019.

Michal is a proud alum of the University of Maryland College Park, where she studied communication, public relations and art history. 

Marla Olsberg
Marla Olsberg
Program Manager
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Marla Olsberg joined the Hornstein Program as the program manager in 2022. She manages the program's communications, faculty and student day-to-day needs, recruitment and alumni relations, interdepartmental collaboration, finances in accordance with Brandeis University financial systems, as well as event planning and organization.

Marla has been working as a Jewish Professional in the Boston area for almost 30 years. Previously, she served as the manager of School-to-School partnerships of CJP’s Boston — Haifa Connection (BHC). She worked extensively with her Haifa colleagues, Boston and Haifa educational leaders and devoted volunteers, as she staffed the Jewish Ed & Identity Committee, in supporting and strengthening peoplehood connections and Jewish identity learning. She also created professional development opportunities for all the educators involved in BHC partnership work and implemented many educational and relational programs between our sister cities.  Most recently, at the beginning of COVID-19, she co-founded and continues to co-lead a virtual international cafe, called BHCafe, between members of our sister cities, on topics of relevance to Jewish Peoplehood and current issues.

Marla is a proud alumna of Brandeis University (BA, NEJS and Elementary Ed) and of the Jewish Theological Seminary (MA, Jewish Education). She began her professional career dedicated to working in Jewish Day Schools and was employed at South Area Solomon Schechter Day School (SASSDS) for 20 years. At SASSDS, Marla served in various roles, including classroom teacher, family educator and coordinator of Judaic studies. She also co-directed her school’s participation in the Avi Chai Foundation’s Day Schools Tanakh Standards & Benchmarks Project

Marla earned her global certification in Project Management (PMP) in 2020. Before that, she was involved in project management of Hebrew College/ Pardes Institute’s Teacher’s Fellowship, working with emerging Jewish day school educators. Marla has also worked in supplemental and informal Jewish education, including Camp Yavneh and creating an independent home-based Sunday school.

Marla lives in Newton with her husband and is actively involved in her community. She serves as a team captain for volunteers for the Newton Community Freedge, a 24/7 access free fridge for those in need. She also serves as a City of Newton poll inspector for all local, state, and national elections.