Margie Bogdanow

Senior Advisor, BeWell, Jewish Federations of North America

Margie Bogdanow is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, coach, and consultant based in New England whose professional work focuses on impacting adults to make a positive difference in the lives of young people. She currently serves as Senior Advisor to the BeWell Initiative at Jewish Federations of North America. Over the years she has worked with parents and professionals in a variety of roles at numerous organizations including Parenting Resource Associates, the Union for Reform Judaism, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Hebrew College and Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston. Margie has been involved in creating several curricula blending mental health and wellness with Jewish wisdom for parents, grandparents and youth engagement professionals. She is a moderator of the Jewish Grandparents Network Facebook group (with over 17,500 members) and recently served as the chair of the 18Doors Grandparent Advisory Council.  She holds degrees from Brandeis University and Simmons College.