JDC CEO David Schizer to return to Columbia Law
Under Schizer’s leadership, JDC increased its fundraising from individuals and foundations by 45% over two years; maintained life-saving care to tens of thousands of needy elderly Jews in the FSU while modernizing its social welfare center operations and developing new care models; and created a new zero-based budgeting process to guide global program planning. In this time, JDC also launched a capital campaign to upgrade its flagship Lauder-JDC International Jewish Summer Camp at Szarvas; developed a growth plan for JDC Entwine to further catalyze Jewish responsibility among young Jews; dedicated Israel’s largest social innovation hub to target new solutions to social challenges; and initiated a program to share Israeli ag-tech with African farmers.