Marla Eglash Abraham

Spanning a career of four decades in academia and the nonprofit sector, Marla Eglash Abraham is Chief Strategy Officer for Jewish Story Partners. Her positions have included: Chief Advancement Officer for Holocaust Museum; Western Regional Director for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Western Regional Director for its ten-state region including Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah and Washington; Director of Development at American Jewish Committee (AJC) Los Angeles; Senior Vice President, Endowment Planning and Strategic Philanthropy at The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, and 15 years at Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles Campus as both the Interim Director and Associate Director at HUC’s Zelikow School of Jewish Nonprofit Management.

She received an Honorary Doctorate in Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, a Master of Arts in Jewish Communal Service from Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion, a Master of Social Work in Community Organization, Planning and Administration from University of Southern California; and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Linguistics from University of California, Los Angeles.

Abraham is a published author in addition to facilitator and consultant for numerous national and local organizations.