Testimonials and Client List

I often refer to Rebecca's style of leadership as movement doula. She approaches all those she works with profound respect for their unique skills, perspectives and styles. She offers guidance and support, as a doula does to those in labor, but always staying in tune with what the leader she is working with will best respond to and will yield the most productive results. It is not simply facilitation--it is allowing everyone she works with to be in their power, trusting them implicitly and believing they have what is needed to birth the world we know is possible.” --Rabbi Alissa Wise, Deputy Director, Jewish Voice for Peace

“Rebecca is that rare individual who manages to be both one of the smartest political strategists I've encountered and someone who skillfully and deeply nurtures relationships and collaboration. If you're taking on a new campaign or organizational endeavor, I can't imagine someone better to guide you through it!”-- Margaret Zakoen DeReus, Executive Director, Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU)

As its long-time Executive Director, Rebecca led Jewish Voice for Peace through a remarkable growth trajectory to become a national organization recognized as a bold and influential force of the progressive left.  Rebecca is a visionary who knows how to turn vision into strategy, strategy into action, and action into impact. Rebecca is a systems thinker with a deep understanding of how dynamic nonprofits can thrive through strengthened organizational planning, processes, and cultures, while always centering relationships, justice, and equity. And she is always a pleasure to work with!—Grace Lile, former Chair of Board of Directors, Jewish Voice for Peace and Director of Operations, Center for Constitutional Rights

“Rebecca is a blue unicorn, that once-in-a-blue-moon leader who cultivated and grew her organization so effectively that it allowed our movement to speak out boldly and courageously against governments as they wield collective punishment.  She has a fiercely focused mind and contagious optimism, and adapts easily to nearly any environment. She cultivates a complain-free zone around her like an aura. Her organizing is for the long game. “-Tei Okamoto , JVP Director of Human Services; former chair Queers for Economic Justice; Curator, the Love and Affection Project: 1990-2000 House Music and AIDS

”I reached out to Rebecca for strategic advice on a set of controversial policy positions as I navigated a complex process with our board and staff.  She provided focused research, insights from experience, political nuance, and impact analysis, while centering our unique organizational needs and strengths.  She was the best thought partner for dealing with these issues fraught with politics and risks. I trust her political judgement completely!”--Chung-Wha Hong, Executive Director Grassroots International

 Clients Include

  • Community Change

  • Organizing White Men for Collective Liberation

  • Young Farmers Coalition

  • Pennsylvania Stands Up

  • Immigrant Defense Project

  • Center for Jewish Non-Violence

  • Sagner Family Foundation

  • National Council on Urban Indian Health

  • Alabama Sustainable Agriculture Network

  • Unitarian Universalists Committee for Justice in the Middle East