Jessica Mehlman

Associate Vice President, Impact and Planning, Jewish Federations of North America

Jessica Mehlman joined Jewish Federations of North America in March 2021 as Associate Vice President of Impact and Planning where she is working with a team of data and research rock stars help bring actionable data to the Jewish communal world. 

Prior to JFNA, Jessica worked at Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ for over 22 years.  She started her career at Federation, first working in planned giving and endowments, then moving to the allocations side-- eventually becoming Chief Planning Officer.   

Jessica is a graduate of Indiana University, has an MA/MSW from the Jewish Theological Seminary and Columbia University, and completed an executive masters in Jewish Professional Studies from the Spertus Institute in Chicago.  A self-proclaimed “data-nerd,” Jessica is passionate about the real-life application of data to inform our work. With both daughters having flown the nest, Jessica and husband and two dogs recently moved to Scottsdale, AZ.  When not sitting on a zoom meeting you can probably find Jessica cooking, hiking or training for a race.