Managing Director
Team
Ari Hoffnung
Ari Hoffnung
Managing Director
As Managing Director, Ari leads the JLens team, overseeing the strategic direction of the organization and spearheads efforts designed to combat antisemitism and address Jewish communal concerns in the boardroom, workplace, and marketplace.
Before joining JLens in 2023, Ari held entrepreneurial and leadership roles in the medical cannabis industry, government, and financial sectors. As COO and Director at Goodness Growth Holdings, he scaled the company to a multi-state operator with 400 employees, and led its public offering. He was also the Founder and CEO of Fiorello Pharmaceuticals, later acquired by Green Thumb Industries.
In his government role as NYC Deputy Comptroller, Ari oversaw the City’s $70 billion budget. Earlier, he served as Managing Director at Bear Stearns, which became part of JPMorgan Chase. Ari has also been deeply involved in the Jewish community, having served as the Senior Public Policy Fellow at Hillel International Center and as the President of the Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council. Ari received an MBA in Finance from NYU’s Stern School of Business and a BA from Queens College.
Eric Martin
COO
Eric Martin
Chief Compliance Officer
Eric oversees JLens’ administrative, managerial, and operational functions and assists with strategic planning to achieve JLens mission. Prior to JLens, Eric was Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of a private company in New York City. Eric began his career over 20 years ago in investment management at JPMorgan and later worked as a corporate attorney at large law firms and as in-house counsel at a Fortune 100 company. Eric has a J.D. from Hofstra School of Law and a B.A. in political science from Hamilton College.
Dani Nurick
Director of Advocacy
Dani Nurick
Director of Advocacy
Dani oversees JLens’ investor advocacy and corporate research. Prior to JLens, Dani worked at Mercy Corps Ventures creating ESG impact metrics and scaling venture funds in Africa. Additionally, Dani has worked for a variety of organizations in the Jewish community focused on education and engagement in both the United States and Israel. Dani holds an MBA with a concentration on social impact and an MA in Jewish Professional Leadership from Brandeis University, as well as a BA in Public Health and Environmental Science from Brandeis University.
Jake Herman
Director of Communications & Development
Jake Herman
Director of Communications & Development
Jake manages JLens’ communications and development strategy, overseeing relationships with investors, donors and the Jewish community. Prior to JLens, Jake was Marketing Manager for UK Jewish Film. He has worked in nonprofit communications and development, primarily within the Jewish community, in the UK, US and New Zealand. Jake holds a Social Impact MBA and MA in Jewish Professional Leadership from Brandeis University, and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and Hebrew from the University of Manchester.
Allison Marill
Director of Research
Allison Marill
Director of Research
Allison oversees JLens’ research initiatives and scoring processes. Allison comes to JLens from the international law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, where she worked with the leadership teams of companies to conduct materiality assessments and write sustainability reports as part of the firm’s ESG consulting practice. Additionally, Allison has worked as an ESG ratings analyst at Institutional Shareholder Services, where she served as a specialist in the healthcare sector. Allison holds a BA in Economics and in Environmental Studies from Brandeis University.
Shealyn McGuire
Sullivan
CCO
Shealyn McGuire
Sullivan
CCO
Shealyn McGuire Sullivan is the Chief Compliance Officer for JLens. Her financial services industry career began more than 30 years ago in the Private Wealth & Investment Management division of State Street. Shealyn’s asset management and regulatory knowledge deepened over the years as a Massachusetts attorney and professional consultant for firms such as Cerulli Associates, Guidehouse (Navigant) Consulting, Barrington Partners, and FiSolve, LLC. Through her extensive work as a consultant, compliance professional and CCO, she has advised SEC-registered investment advisors and Boards/CCOs of a variety of investment vehicles (e.g., mutual funds, ETFs, hedge funds, BDCs, REITs), private equity/debt firms, family offices/wealth managers, investment banks, and OCC-regulated trust companies. Shealyn’s interest in faith-based investing extends to her personal life where she serves on the Board of the Sisters of St. Joseph Ministry Foundation/Investment Committee. Shealyn has a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School and a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame.
Julie Hammerman
Advisor
Julie Hammerman
Advisor
Julie is the founder and former CEO of JLens, and is now a strategic advisor. Julie began her career in investment banking on Wall Street with JPMorgan. She later served as an impact investing strategist for a multi-family office, and was on the founding team of a for-profit social enterprise focused on women’s health. Julie received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her BA in Economics from Tufts University. She is a Wexner Foundation Jewish Heritage alum, an UpStart incubator graduate, and the recipient of the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Leadership Award.
Board of Directors
Deborah Leipzig
ADL, VP, Leadership
Deb Leipzig
ADL, VP, Leadership
As Vice President of Leadership, Deb Leipzig provides strategic direction and oversight of ADL’s governance structure and its national volunteer engagement bodies.
Deb joined ADL in 2018 having most recently run her own strategic development and philanthropic consulting practice with clients including OneTable, UpStart and BlueStar Indexes. Deb also served as the Senior Director of the General Assembly for JFNA; VP, Development for JDub Music and Director of Development for Reboot, an organization dedicated to reinventing Jewish tradition and ritual for a new generation. She began her career at Twentieth Century Fox and MTV Networks.
Deb holds a BA from the University of Maryland, College Park.
Sue Roberson
ADL, Chief Financial Officer
Sue Roberson
ADL, Chief Financial Officer
As Chief Financial Officer, Sue Roberson leads financial management and other related functions for ADL. She and her team play a key role in the growth and transformation of ADL, delivering strategic analyses, and overseeing enterprise processes and policies.
Sue joined ADL in 2023, having previously worked in both corporate and nonprofit organizations. Most recently, Sue served as CFO of the Markle Foundation, and prior to that, she spent two decades in a variety of leadership roles at Time Inc. (which published Time, Sports Illustrated and People) and held the role of SVP and General Manager of Time Inc.’s Consumer Marketing and Revenue Division.
Sue holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. She currently serves on the Benefactor’s Society Board supporting the College of Arts and Sciences at UVA.
Adam Neufeld
ADL, Chief Operating Officer
Adam Neufeld
ADL, Chief Operating Officer
As Chief Operating Officer, Adam Neufeld oversees the work of a wide cross section of ADL’s programmatic activities, including domestic and international policy, field offices, education, and research centers.
Adam joined ADL in early 2018 as the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation after serving as the Deputy Administrator of the General Services Administration. In addition to being the chief operating officer at the 11,500-person agency, he also helped start new initiatives including a group of coders and designers called 18F to work on the government’s most difficult technology issues, an office of evaluation science and innovative financing for real estate transformation. Prior to GSA, he worked in other agencies, including as a lawyer. He also was a consultant at McKinsey & Co., where he served government and nonprofit clients.
Adam has a BS in Neuroscience from Brown University, and a JD from Harvard Law School.