Jaimie Krass

President and CEO, Keshet

With anti-oppressive pedagogy and a love of adventure as her modi operandi, Jaimie Krass serves as Keshet’s President & CEO. She brings robust creative curriculum design experience, an innovative spirit, crisis management skills, and boundless energy to this holy work of building a more just, affirming, and celebratory world for LGBTQ+ Jews in Jewish life and beyond.

Prior to joining Keshet, Jaimie served as a Hillel campus professional for seven years (two at Muhlenberg College Hillel in PA, and five at Columbia/Barnard Hillel in NYC), creating and leading immersive experiences, reimagining Jewish tradition, and empowering students to seize ownership of their journeys and become leaders in their communities. She received her B.A. in political science and Jewish studies from the University of Florida and her M.A. in Jewish education and nonprofit professional leadership from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Throughout her career — and extending back to her teenage years — she has advocated for LGBTQ+ justice and inclusion, facilitating trainings at a variety of conferences, JCCs, and synagogues, and creating safe spaces for LGBTQ+ Russian-speaking Jewish teens in Brooklyn, NY.

She is a dedicated volunteer with The Trevor Project, a proud Pardes alumna, and a member of the Schusterman ROI Community. Outside of work, Jaimie enjoys starting every day with a double espresso, collecting queer graphic t-shirts, seeing as much theatre as she can, and simultaneously complaining about NYC while also insisting it is the greatest city in the world. She lives in (you guessed it) New York with her wife and their dog, MishMish.