Entwine Council
We are guided by the Entwine Council, a volunteer body of young adults who care deeply about the issues facing world Jewry and JDC. The Chair of the Entwine Council represents Entwine as a member of JDC’s Board of Directors.
Adam White
Entwine Council
Adam White
Entwine Council
Adam is an educator, entrepreneur and designer based in Brooklyn, NY. He founded Atlas Workshops, a global design studio and travel company that leads educational trips and programs around the globe. He has worked and traveled in over 100 countries, and has a passion for connecting with different communities and issues everywhere he goes. He has a background in global development and design research, and a masters from the London School of Economics in City Design. Adam first traveled with Entwine as an undergrad at Tufts University on a trip to Argentina, and through the JDC has connected to Jewish communities in Bosnia, Morocco, Turkey, Germany, and more.
Amit Gerstein
Entwine Council
Amit Gerstein
Entwine Council
Amit grew up in Maryland but currently lives in Tel Aviv. He first became involved with Entwine through the Jewish Service Corps (JSC) Fellowship, where he served for half a year with JDC’s GRID (Global Response, Innovative Development) team and then a year as a Public Health Fellow at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda. Since then, he represented Entwine at the OLAM Focal Point Conference and participated in Entwine’s Insider trip to South Africa. Amit currently works as a program manager for the African Refugee Development Center (ARDC), where he runs classes for refugees and asylum-seekers. In his free time, Amit likes baking, playing guitar, and rock climbing, and is equally terrible at all of them.
Analucia Lopezrevoredo
Entwine Council Chair
Analucia Lopezrevoredo
Entwine Council Chair
Dr. Analucía Lopezrevoredo (she/ella) is a Peruvian-Chilean-American sociologist, known for her advocacy and research on human migration, immigrant identity development and global Jewish communities.
In 2019, Analucía founded Jewtina y Co., cultivating a global community for Latin Jews to delve into and celebrate the rich mosaic of Latin-Jewish peoplehood. Before Jewtina y Co., Analucía played a pivotal role at organizations such as JIMENA, OneTable, and Bend the Arc, where she pioneered systems to advance the understanding of global Jewish identity. In her early career, Analucía served as an investigator for the Center to Advance Racial Equity in Portland, Oregon, supported migrant women in southwestern México and southeastern Perú, and was an international educator in Cambodia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, India, Israel, Mexico, Mongolia, Panama, Peru and Thailand.
She is the recipient of the National Young Woman of Distinction award, is a member of the Schusterman Foundation’s “ROI community,” Elluminate’s “Collective,” and is an alum of the Wexner Field Fellowship. A passionate global citizen, she’s traveled to over 140 countries, seven continents and speaks 5 languages.
Hannah Sachs
Entwine Council
Hannah Sachs
Entwine Council
Hannah Joy Sachs is an experiential educator (BA High Honors in Sociology from Davidson College, MSc in Migration Studies from University of Oxford) who facilitates immersive programs for students and young professionals around the world. She currently serves as US National Director and International Co-Director of the Landecker Democracy Fellowship for Humanity in Action, a small educational and human rights non-profit. Additionally, she spends summers freelancing for educational travel organizations and has led thousands of students on immersive programs across Asia, Europe, and the US over the past decade. Hannah grew up in a Jewish family, in which “tikkun olam” was a frequent refrain. Adopted from China and raised in a predominantly white suburban community outside New York City, her travels and educational pursuits are guided by this notion that achieving social justice and collective healing happens through cultural exchange, service, and acts of empathy that, in turn, connect and empower whole communities. Hannah is also an equestrian and when she is in New York, spends as much time as she can riding her horse Lee and also volunteering at Pegasus Therapeutic Riding Center. An alum of Entwine’s programs to Rwanda, Morocco, and JOC in Brazil, Hannah is excited to continue being involved with JDC Entwine through the Council.
Jared Bierbach
Entwine Council
Jared Bierbach
Entwine Council
Jared Bierbach is a Senior International Relations Officer at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In his capacity at DOE, Jared oversees the Israel, Jordan and Eastern Mediterranean Desks, managing the Department’s relationships with these countries. Prior to joining DOE, he spent several years working in the Jewish community on environmental justice advocacy, Israel affairs, and interfaith engagement at the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) in Washington, D.C. and at the Milwaukee Jewish Federation. After participating in an incredible LGBTQ Insider trip to Argentina, Jared was honored to continue his involvement with JDC Entwine by becoming one of the Entwine Community Reps for Washington, D.C. Jared is proud to now be on the Entwine Council in his second term. Jared also serves as the Programming Director for DOE’s Energy Pride ERG. A native of Wisconsin, Jared graduated from UW-Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Arts in Global Security Studies and Jewish Studies. You can find Jared on lnstagram @jaredbierbach.
Marissa Freeman
Entwine Council
Marissa Freeman
Entwine Council
Marissa Freeman Eanet is a Digital Marketing Specialist, Brand Strategist, and Community Curator. Based in Chicago, Illinois, and originally from Kailua, Hawai’i, Marissa moved to the Midwest after attending the University of Washington and working as an Account Manager in a Seattle-based, boutique digital marketing agency.
Since 2016, Marissa has run her freelance consulting business alongside several other full-time, agency, and in-house roles. In 2021, Marissa received her Certificate of Digital Marketing from the University of Wisconsin and took her freelancing work full-time, after five years of building the brand and community at OneTable. Her book of business falls in the e-commerce, tech, wellness/spirituality, and women’s health spaces. Each project’s challenges have yielded new skillsets to be added to her digital marketing strategy tool belt, making her a “Jane of All Trades” in entrepreneurial and brand strategy spaces.
In addition to her marketing background, Marissa is the Founder and Chief Everything Officer of, The Village, an online co-working space for those of us who don’t have co-workers and still crave community. The Village offers space to gather virtually, send and receive gigabytes of support to a network of solo-preneurial women, and of course, learn through resources and organized events with thought leaders.
Most recently, Marissa spent her summer traveling through Europe while working remotely on her honeymoon. Twenty-seven cities and a few Aperol Spritzes later, she’s now settled back in Chicago and exploring in-house marketing roles. When she’s unplugged from work, Marissa volunteers with Jewish Women International and teaches at The Bar Method, a full-body workout studio that builds muscle and strength through empowerment, body confidence, and supportive instruction. When she’s really, truly, actually unplugged, Marissa is likely rewatching The West Wing or on a neighborhood stroll with her husband, Steve, and their dog, Wookie. See her work and read more on Marissa’s website.
Sophie Hearne
Entwine Council
Sophie Hearne
Entwine Council
Sophie is a Boston native with a deep family connection to JDC. More than anything, Sophie believes in the power of “showing up” for her family, friends, and local & global communities. Her involvement with Entwine, gives her the opportunity to do just that. She first fell in love with JDC in 2017 on an Insider Trip to Morocco. Sophie co-chaired the Inside Jewish Ukraine: Frances C. Eizenstat JDC Fellowship in International Jewish Service in 2018, served as a Community Representative from 2017-2019, and joined the Entwine Council in 2020. Most recently she served as Chair of the Entwine Council and Co-Chair of the JDC Board Entwine Committee. Sophie is the Director of Partnerships and Special Initiatives in the Community and Jewish Life department at Jewish Federations of North America, overseeing multi-stakeholder partnerships and program innovation for underserved demographics. She is a graduate of Dickinson College and Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. Sophie also serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Jewish Family Services of Metrowest. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Maine with her husband and gardening.
Veronica Leifer
Entwine Council
Veronica Leifer
Entwine Council
Veronica graduated from Barnard College in 2021, where she studied psychology and lived in The Bayit, the school’s pluralistic Jewish food co-op. Veronica then worked at Zocdoc, a health tech company in New York, where she worked closely with medical practices to improve their care to patients. She was also a Moishe House resident in NYC and loved getting to meet different people through her events. Veronica is passionate about public health, international travel, and the Jewish community! She is currently traveling on a gap year before starting her master in public health degree at Yale in the fall.