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Sunday, September 7
 

3:30pm CDT

Registration and Check-In (Gallery)
Sunday September 7, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Gallery
Sunday September 7, 2025 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Gallery
  Fellowship-Wide Programming

4:30pm CDT

Opening Reception (Patio)
Sunday September 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:15pm CDT
Patio
Rain location- Salon 4/5 Hallway
Speakers
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
Sunday September 7, 2025 4:30pm - 5:15pm CDT
Patio
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

5:30pm CDT

Faculty Meeting (Bar)
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Bar
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Bar

5:30pm CDT

Class 7 Meeting (Oakview)
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Oakview
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

5:30pm CDT

Class 8 Meeting (Waterview)
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Waterview
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

5:30pm CDT

Class 9 Meeting (Willowview)
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Willowview
Sunday September 7, 2025 5:30pm - 6:30pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

6:30pm CDT

Dinner (Salon 4/5)
Sunday September 7, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Coffee available
Sunday September 7, 2025 6:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

7:45pm CDT

Fellowship-Wide Program
Sunday September 7, 2025 7:45pm - 9:00pm CDT
Patio
Sunday September 7, 2025 7:45pm - 9:00pm CDT
Patio
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 8   Class 7

9:00pm CDT

Snacks Available (Salon 4/5 Hallway)
Sunday September 7, 2025 9:00pm - 9:15pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
Sunday September 7, 2025 9:00pm - 9:15pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8
 
Monday, September 8
 

8:00am CDT

Breakfast
Monday September 8, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Salon 4/5
8:45am- D'var Torah: FELLOW, CLASS X
Monday September 8, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

9:15am CDT

Class 7: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Oakview





Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

9:15am CDT

Class 8: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Waterview
Speakers
avatar for Anh Tran

Anh Tran

Triad Consulting
Anh is a consultant with Triad Consulting Group where she helps individuals and organizations cultivate the art, theory, and skills of difficult conversations, conflict resolution, and strategic and organizational relationships.Anh’s varied clients include Microsoft, Apple, American... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

9:15am CDT

Class 9: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

11:15am CDT

Coffee Break with Snacks (Salon 4/5 Hallway)
Monday September 8, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
Monday September 8, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

11:45am CDT

Class 7: TITLE (Oakview)
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Oakview
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

11:45am CDT

Class 8: TITLE (Waterview)
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Waterview
Speakers
avatar for Anh Tran

Anh Tran

Triad Consulting
Anh is a consultant with Triad Consulting Group where she helps individuals and organizations cultivate the art, theory, and skills of difficult conversations, conflict resolution, and strategic and organizational relationships.Anh’s varied clients include Microsoft, Apple, American... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

11:45am CDT

Class 9: TITLE (Willowview)
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

1:15pm CDT

Lunch
Monday September 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Monday September 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

1:15pm CDT

Lunch with Rabbi Elka Abrahamson
Monday September 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Join Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, President of The Wexner Foundation, at an assigned table!
Speakers
avatar for Rabbi Elka Abrahamson

Rabbi Elka Abrahamson

President
Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson is President of The Wexner Foundation. She oversees the Foundation’s full range of activities and, in partnership with Foundation chairmen and her mentors, Abigail and Leslie Wexner, imagines how the Foundation might further strengthen and educate Jewish... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

2:00pm CDT

Free Time
Monday September 8, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
TBA
Monday September 8, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
TBA
  Break

3:30pm CDT

Coffee Break with Snacks
Monday September 8, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
Monday September 8, 2025 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

4:00pm CDT

Class 7: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Oakview
Speakers
avatar for Or Mars

Or Mars

Vice President
Or Mars (he/him) is a Vice President of The Wexner Foundation where he focuses on the development of Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North America, and public leaders in Israel. Or has worked in many different Jewish organizations throughout his career including JCCs... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

4:00pm CDT

Class 8: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Waterview
Speakers
avatar for Anh Tran

Anh Tran

Triad Consulting
Anh is a consultant with Triad Consulting Group where she helps individuals and organizations cultivate the art, theory, and skills of difficult conversations, conflict resolution, and strategic and organizational relationships.Anh’s varied clients include Microsoft, Apple, American... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

4:00pm CDT

Class 9: TITLE
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
Monday September 8, 2025 4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

6:00pm CDT

Cross-Class Dinner
Monday September 8, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Coffee available
Monday September 8, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

7:15pm CDT

Fellow-Led Sessions: Skills
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
TBA
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
TBA

7:15pm CDT

TITLE (Oakview)
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Oakview
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Oakview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

7:15pm CDT

TITLE (Waterview)
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Waterview
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Waterview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

7:15pm CDT

TITLE (Willowview)
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Willowview
Monday September 8, 2025 7:15pm - 8:30pm CDT
Willowview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

9:15pm CDT

Late Night Snacks
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15pm - 9:45pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
Monday September 8, 2025 9:15pm - 9:45pm CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8
 
Tuesday, September 9
 

8:00am CDT

Breakfast
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Salon 4/5
8:45am- D'var Torah: FELLOW, CLASS X
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

9:15am CDT

Class 7: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Oakview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

9:15am CDT

Class 8: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Waterview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

9:15am CDT

Class 9: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:15am - 11:15am CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

11:15am CDT

Coffee Break with Snacks
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am CDT
Salon 4/5 Hallway
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

11:45am CDT

Class 7: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Oakview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

11:45am CDT

Class 8: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Waterview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

11:45am CDT

Class 9: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
Tuesday September 9, 2025 11:45am - 1:15pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

1:15pm CDT

Lunch
Tuesday September 9, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Tuesday September 9, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

1:15pm CDT

Lunch with Rabbi Elka Abrahamson
Tuesday September 9, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Join Rabbi Elka Abrahamson, President of The Wexner Foundation, at an assigned table!
Speakers
avatar for Rabbi Elka Abrahamson

Rabbi Elka Abrahamson

President
Rabbi B. Elka Abrahamson is President of The Wexner Foundation. She oversees the Foundation’s full range of activities and, in partnership with Foundation chairmen and her mentors, Abigail and Leslie Wexner, imagines how the Foundation might further strengthen and educate Jewish... Read More →
Tuesday September 9, 2025 1:15pm - 2:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

2:00pm CDT

Free Time
Tuesday September 9, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
TBA
Tuesday September 9, 2025 2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
TBA
  Break   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

4:00pm CDT

Class 7: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Oakview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 7

4:00pm CDT

Class 8: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Waterview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

4:00pm CDT

Class 9: TITLE
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Willowview
Speakers
avatar for Josh Albert

Josh Albert

Associate Partner, KONU
Josh is passionate about supporting mission-driven individuals and teams to make real progress on the things that matter by applying adaptive and developmental practices in their work.Josh worked for eight years with a health justice non-profit, Last Mile Health. He joined the organization... Read More →
avatar for Elise Alexander

Elise Alexander

Associate, KONU
Elise is passionate about supporting people and organizations to develop new capacities and make purposeful change.  Elise’s career has been guided by her belief that learning happens on the edge of one’s comfort zone. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Harvard College, during... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
Tuesday September 9, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 9

5:45pm CDT

Fellow-Led Sessions: Jewish Learning
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
TBA
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
TBA

5:45pm CDT

TITLE (Oakview)
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Oakview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Oakview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

5:45pm CDT

TITLE (Waterview)
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Waterview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Waterview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

5:45pm CDT

TITLE (Willowview)
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Willowview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 5:45pm - 7:00pm CDT
Willowview
  Fellow-Led Session   Class 9   Class 7   Class 8

7:00pm CDT

Dinner
Tuesday September 9, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
Tuesday September 9, 2025 7:00pm - 8:00pm CDT
Salon 4/5
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 8   Class 7

8:00pm CDT

Class 7: Graduation and L'Chaim! (*NEW room- Willowview*)
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Willowview
8:00-8:30pm: Class Closing
8:30-9:00pm: Graduation Ceremony
Speakers
avatar for Or Mars

Or Mars

Vice President
Or Mars (he/him) is a Vice President of The Wexner Foundation where he focuses on the development of Jewish professional and volunteer leaders in North America, and public leaders in Israel. Or has worked in many different Jewish organizations throughout his career including JCCs... Read More →
avatar for Ruthie Warshenbrot

Ruthie Warshenbrot

Director, Wexner Field Fellowship
Ruthie Warshenbrot is Director of the Wexner Field Fellowship at The Wexner Foundation. In addition to developing and managing the Wexner Field Fellowship (in partnership with the Jim Joseph Foundation), she also works with the Wexner Graduate Fellowship alumni community and co-founded... Read More →
avatar for Michelle Lynn-Sachs

Michelle Lynn-Sachs

Wexner Field Fellowship Chair
Dr. Michelle Lynn-Sachs founded Spotlight Consulting & Coaching, which supports Jewish organizations through customized leadership development, professional coaching and strategic consulting. Michelle started her career as a congregational educator in one of North America’s largest... Read More →
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Willowview
  Class 7

8:00pm CDT

Class 8 Meeting
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Waterview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Waterview
  Class 8

8:00pm CDT

Class 9 Meeting (*NEW room- Oakview*)
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Oakview
Tuesday September 9, 2025 8:00pm - 9:00pm CDT
Oakview
  Class 9

9:00pm CDT

Dessert Reception Honoring Class 7
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Patio
Come toast to Class 7 on their graduation with drinks and dessert!

*Rain location- Salon 4/5 Hallway
Tuesday September 9, 2025 9:00pm - 10:00pm CDT
Patio
  Fellowship-Wide Programming   Class 9   Class 8   Class 7
 
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