Jacob Solomon

President & CEO, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Jacob Solomon serves as the President and CEO of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and has been its chief professional officer since 1992.

Nationally, Jacob served two terms as President of JPRO Network, the continental association of Jewish communal professionals. He has also held leadership positions in the World Council of Jewish Communal Service, and is actively involved with the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Agency for Israel.

Jacob trained at the Jewish Federations in New York and Philadelphia while a student at Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, where he received his Master’s in Social Work degree. He began his studies in Jewish communal service as a recipient of a Federation Executive Recruitment and Education scholarship sponsored by the Council of Jewish Federations. He also holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in East Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jacob and his wife, Dr. Mindy Hersh, are the proud parents of three children and five grandchildren.