Executive Director, Association for Jewish Studies, New York, NY, April 2017-Present

Lead the world's largest membership organization dedicated to supporting the work of Jewish Studies academics and sharing that work with the wider public.
Oversee all financials of the $1.2 mil organization, manage strategic projects, and lead a staff on membership development, public engagement initiatives, and the production of a major annual conference.

Secured $165,000 in new grant money within the first two years of assuming my position to fund new public programming initiatives.

• Rebranded the entire organization in time for the AJS’s 50th anniversary.

• Launched a new podcast series that has garnered thousands of downloads.

• Helped design a new three-year strategic plan for the organization which began in Summer 2019.

Associate Director of Community Programming, Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, January 2014-February 2017

Strategized with the Center for Jewish Life and Learning board on allocation priorities while serving as the on-the-ground liaison for organizational grantees, helping them with nonprofit “best practices,” grantmaking, evaluation, and community building.

Key achievements:

• Oversaw the Center’s $700,000 camp scholarship program including program outreach, marketing, branding, budgeting, and donor cultivation

• Created EDJE, a skills-based workshop series for nonprofit professionals

• Served as the Center’s expert on innovation funding in order to find new ways of supporting new projects

• Served as the staff liaison for Jewish Pride, LGBT affinity group

Senior Director of Programming, The Gershman Y, Philadelphia, PA,
​January 2012-January 2014
Director of Arts and Culture, August 2008-December 2011

Curated and produced approximately 60 unique programs each year for Center City Philadelphia’s premier Jewish arts and culture organization. Oversaw all programming for The Gershman Y and curate the organization’s artistic vision. Manage two program directors and oversee their programming and budgets.

Key achievements:

• Created the Philadelphia Jewish Music Festival

• Created The Philadelphia Seder, an arts and cultural interpretation of Passover, which sold out its first year with over 200 people in attendance

• Lead producer for the show Bella: The Color of Love, a co-production with Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Philadelphia Museum of Art that was a featured event in the 2011 PIFA Festival (Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts)

Literary Manager/Dramaturg, Philadelphia Theatre Company, May 2005 – Aug 2008

Managed the literary department for Philadelphia Theatre Company, an award-winning regional theater that specializes in the premiere of contemporary American theater.

Key achievements:

• Developed and dramaturged world premieres by major writers including Terrence McNally, Bill Irwin, and Christopher Durang.

• Produced and developed STAGES, a new play reading series for the company. Responsible for all casting, director selection, and budgeting for the series.

• Organized, along with a team of colleagues and peers in the Philadelphia theater community, the city’s first New Play Festival.

• Wrote multiple articles and conducted interviews for Playwise Magazine that was given out at every production.

• Led talkbacks and on-stage interviews for all company productions. Highlights of live interviews include discussions with award-winning playwrights Doug Wright, William Finn, David Henry Hwang, Austin Pendleton, Terrence McNally, and Lynn Nottage.

What People Are Saying about Working with Me:

“I worked with Warren at The Y for almost four years. His strong sense of what programs will work for his audiences combined with aesthetic sense and commitment to mission made our programs a hit. It was a pleasure to work with him.”

—Sherry N. Rubin, Advisor on Call

“Warren really saved my book. He was able to thoughtfully and gently share feedback about which aspects of the book were not working. More than that, Warren offered me concrete and realistic changes that I could make that would make my writing more engaging, accessible and readable for my target audience. I took Warren's feedback and reworked the book in significant ways. I am sure that Warren's skilled advice is a huge reason why the books has been so well received and why it recently won a National Jewish Book Award.”

—Rabbi Michael Uram, author of Next Generation Judaism