Laura Baum

Head Of School at Rockwern Academy

Role
Head of School at Rockwern Academy
Location
Cincinnati, OH, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Laura Baum

Laura Baum brings strong experience providing leadership, strategic direction, and oversight of small start-up organizations as well as within large established organizations. The founder of an award-winning online community with international reach, Laura is an accomplished innovator with a keen ability to build networks and relationships. She now leads Jewish Learning & Engagement, the largest division of the planning department at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, overseeing a team of ten full-time staff and managing a budget of more than $14 million. Laura is a strategic thinker, a doer, and a network builder. She has experience developing and carrying out strategic plans and marketing strategies for organizations large and small and has cultivated leaders on her teams. Her strong fiscal management, operational, and marketing expertise are matched by her relationship-building and communications skills. She is invited to speak at conferences throughout the world. And, she is a results-oriented fundraiser who has raised major gifts. A dynamic natural leader, Laura has taught and studied leadership at advanced levels. Laura and her work have been recognized on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, in the New York Times, on NPR, and in hundreds of other publications. In 2010, Laura led OurJewishCommunity.org to receive a WOMMY award from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association for the best word of mouth communication program to introduce new products or services; among the other winners that year were Unilever, Coke Zero, and Time Warner. Laura graduated at the top of her class at Yale and then pursued a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters, rabbinic ordination, and an MBA. She has a strong background and interest in financial oversight and governance within organizations. She’s equally good with numbers and people, and she enjoys sifting through data to find trends and share them with others.

Experience

  1. Head of School

    Rockwern Academy

    Jul 2018 — Present · Cincinnati, OH, US

Education

  • Xavier University - Williams College of Business

    MBA

    2009 — 2012

  • Hebrew Union College

    Rabbinical Ordination and Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters

    2003 — 2008

  • Yale University

    BA, Psychology

    1997 — 2001

Skills

  • Organizational Development
  • Social Media
  • Program Evaluation
  • Web Content Management
  • Community Sites
  • Grants
  • Program Development
  • Fund Raising and Development
  • Social Justice
  • Public Speaking
  • Event Planning
  • Grant Writing
  • Writing and Blogging
  • Nonprofits
  • Brand Development
  • Community Outreach
  • E-Marketing
  • Leadership Development
  • Analytic Tracking
  • Market Research
  • Non-Profit Administration
  • Community Development
  • Staff Development
  • Financial Analysis & Planning
  • Marketing
  • Public Relations
  • Online Community Building
  • Editing
  • Social Networking
  • Strategic Partnerships
  • Board Development
  • Community Organizing
  • Web Marketing
  • Non-Profit Board Development
  • Non-Profits
  • Philanthropy
  • Teaching
  • Fundraising
  • Teaching Adults
  • Adult Education

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