Suzie Patt Benvenisti

Vice President, Israel & Overseas, Jewish Federations of North America

Suzie Patt Benvenisti is Vice President, Israel & Overseas at JFNA, where she works closely with senior Federation leaders to strengthen commitment to the Federation’s overseas agenda, manages ongoing relations with strategic partners, and supervises overseas grantmaking and financial operations. 

Suzie’s previous roles include serving as Executive Director of Hadassah Offices in Israel, Director General of the Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel, and Director of Public Policy at Aetna. 
  
Suzie holds a master's in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor's in political science from Barnard College, Columbia University.