Team

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

Leah is Chief Education Officer at Encounter. She has worked since 1997 in the field of experiential pluralistic Jewish education, most recently as Associate Director of the Nesiya Institute and

From a small village in the north of Israel, Neta has extensive experience of more than a decade in the fields of experiential Jewish education and group facilitation. Neta has

Emily Einhorn has worked at Encounter since June 2021. She is currently a Nachshon Project Graduate Fellow, pursuing a Masters of Hebrew & Judaics and MPA through the NYU Wagner-Skirball