Samantha Pohl

Chief Advancement Officer, New York

Samantha Pohl serves as Chief Advancement Officer at Encounter, where she oversees fundraising, communications, and development operations for the organization. Throughout the past 15+ years, Samantha has held fundraising and programming positions at Met Council, Israel Policy Forum, National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), UJA-Federation of New York, Brown RISD Hillel, and the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism. A Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholar, Samantha received her Master of Public Administration (MPA) degree from USC and her Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service degree (now Jewish Nonprofit Management) from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.