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J STREET - Staff

Jeremy Ben-Ami
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Jeremy Ben-Ami, Executive Director. Jeremy comes to J Street from a 25-year career in government, politics and communications, here and in Israel. Jeremy has served in a number of senior government positions including as President Bill Clinton’s Deputy Domestic Policy Adviser and Policy Director on Howard Dean’s Presidential Campaign. Jeremy was most recently Senior Vice President at Fenton Communications. He also has served as the Communications Director for the New Israel Fund and started the Israeli firm, Ben-Or Communications while living in Israel in the late 1990s. Jeremy’s father was born in Tel Aviv, and much of his family lives in Israel.

Joel M. Rubin, Political Director. Joel comes to J Street after recently serving on Capitol Hill as an aide to two senior Democratic Senators on foreign policy, defense, and appropriations issues. He has also served in a variety of national security positions at the State Department in both political-military and Middle Eastern affairs, as well as at the Energy Department in renewable energy. He has been awarded the congressional staffer of the year award by the Military Officers Association of America and honored with a Congressional Fellowship from the Brookings Institution. Prior to his government service, Joel served a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica on environmental issues. He earned a Bachelors degree in Politics from Brandeis University and a Masters degree in Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, has lived in Israel and travelled throughout the Middle East, and currently resides in the Washington, DC area.

Carinne Luck, Chief of Staff. Carinne is joining J Street after working at Brit Tzedek v’Shalom for three years as the Organizing and Campaign Director, where she developed a unique grassroots organizing model for pro-Israel, pro-peace activists. She has worked and consulted for a variety of peace and social justice organizations, on issues both domestic and international, and has written extensive curricula for community and youth-based organizing initiatives. Carinne was born in Israel, where the majority of her family still resides.

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