Leslie Fisher, MPH

For more then 35 years, I have served as a �professional� student of the dynamics of leadership; developed, facilitated and led diverse secular and Jewish leadership models and outcomes. I wish to continue with a theory and practice survey or advanced course in the Dept of Judaic Studies or Graduate School of Public Health, State University of NY at ALBANY. 

General Community:

Town of Bethlehem Mental Health Task Force ( suicides ,school safety, etc); Good Samaritan Lutheran Nursing Home Volunteer Award, Delmar NY, June2003 as chaplain; Commentary and letters to local newspapers supporting current international, national, state and community safety and injury prevention concerns ( more than two dozen samples available); NYS Retired Public Employee�s Association, Political Action and Lobby Committees; Coach, Little League; Cub/Boy Scout Leader; Town of Bethlehem Juvenile Courts Member, Substitute High School Teacher, Volunteer Professional Clown at Child Camp and Nursing Homes ; �Vacation� trip to Eastern Europe Holocaust Sites; Participant at SUNYA NY at ALBANY : Judaic Studies Department Courses (12 from 1995-2007) ) , Graduate School of Public Health Leadership Courses (2) and as a prior Coordinator ( under SUNYA Research Foundation Funds ) Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

Temple Israel, Albany NY :

Special Service Award for many Years of Outstanding and Prolonged Service to Temple Israel ( 6/8/04); Co-Chair Young Leadership Award Nomination and Recognition Committee Breakfast, (2004); Temple Yasha Kohach ( Man of the Year) Award (2002). Congregational Vice President, Secretary, Parliamentarian, Advisor to each Congregational President; Committee Chairmanships: Membership ( 100 members/year), Religious Services, Council of Affiliated Groups, 23, 45 and 5oth Anniversary Celebrations, New American Resettlement, UJA, Israeli Bonds, Special Personnel Committee, Young Married Clubs, Public Relations ( also for 22 and 26 Anniversary Celebration and several major fund raising ), Social Action, Sunshine, Annual Board Leadership Orientation Seminars, Cochairman 5oth Anniversary, Cochairman, Special Secure Our Future Capital Improvement and Endowment Drive ($2.0 M ); Member: Hip Hop Hoolios Concert, Men�s Club Roast , Religious Services, Youth, Scholarship, Finance, Fund Raising, Men�s Club Board ,Holocaust Survivors, Bingo Workers, Safety and Security Committees .and Camp Givah and Purim professional Clown. I also try to empower, welcome, mentor/coach and activate new and old members for TI leadership and serve as an ad hoc chaplain , career coach, Rabbi�s assistant, and presenter, writer on emerging issues e.g. Viewpoint : Violence and the Torah , Jewish World . (2002 ) and presentations; Viewpoint: The Values of Temple Membership , Jewish World , Albany, Sept 1, 2001; The World Court, The Israeli Fence - and the Missing Link (July 17,2004);Viewpoint: Lack of Tolerance Leads to Lack of Respect . Jewish World, June 12?, 2004; US National Jewish Population Survey ( 1/25/04, 1/12/05 ), Ancient Hawaiian and Hebrew . Similarities? ( 2006) . Docent co-chair Exhibit on Resistance during the Holocaust ( March 2004); Viewpoint: The Film Munich. Jewish World ,Albany , Feb 1, 2006.

Greater Albany Jewish Federation of NE NY:

C0Chair, First Super Sunday Fundraiser; Member, Campaign Cabinet; Vice Chair, Community Relations Council; Member, Cash Collections, Public Affairs; Captain, Yearly Regular and Special UJA Fund Raising; Member, Member Grant and Allocations Committee (GAP), Gun Safety Seminars, Docent for (2) Anne Frank and French Children of Holocaust Exhibits; Member National Israel Task Force, Jewish Committee on Public Affairs 

Awards: UJA Young Leadership Stipend for Full Trip to Israel by Federation.

Albany Jewish Family Services:

Board Member, Secretary; Chairperson: Personnel and Administration; Finance; Member, Executive Director Search Committee; New American Absorption / Resettlement Acculturation. I resettled and acculturated tens of new immigrant families over some 20 years; a chaplain for Jewish residents at non-Jewish Nursing home for five years.

Gideon Lodge #140 (Albany) B�nai B�rith

President, Vice President, Warden, Secretary, Advisor to Presidents, Career Mart Mentor, Installing Officer.

Northeast Council B�nai B�rith:

President, Vice President; Chair, Sons of Italy, NAACP, Hibernian Joint Breakfast; Chair, Operation Moses (Ethiopian Jews Rescue) Fund Raising.

B'nai B'rith Parkview Apartments:

Board of Directors, English as Second language Instructor, New Americans Home Visitors Coordinator.

Full Professional CVs available ( or attached) on professional leadership training, background, and experiences .( 5/06)