Education |
University of California, Berkeley, Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, 1978
University of California, B.A. (Social Welfare), 1979
University of Southern California, M.S.W., 1982
University of Southern California, Master of Social Work, 1983
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 1990
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Biography
Nina Lieberman has been the Dean of the Graduate School of Nonprofit Management at American Jewish University since 2004 Before coming to AJU, she wasthe Executive Vice President at Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, and Director of Social Services at Jewish Home for the Aging. Nina Lieberman created new fundraising opportunities for the Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles (JCCGLA), developed a strategic plan to strengthen the Centers and divest them of nonfunctioning programs and reduced the Centers’ deficit without sacrificing critically needed children’s programs. She managed all aspects of operations related to the tragic August 1999 shooting at the North Valley JCC, coordinating psychological triage for children and parents and outreach to law enforcement. Lieberman also coordinated the first department to bring together the Jewish Home for the Aging’s two campuses resulting in cost savings of almost $2.5 million.Additional Professional Accomplishments
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Jewish University Dean, Graduate School of Nonprofit Management
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los Angeles, Executive Vice President, Associate Executive Director, Assistant Executive Director
Jewish Home for the Aging, Director of Social Services, Staff Social Worker
Jewish Community Centers Development Corporation (DEVCO), Board Member
Camp Discovery, Board Member and Past Board Chair
Shalom Institute, Board Member
Jewish Communal Service Association of North America Member
Jewish Education Service of North America (JESNA), Sosland Online Resource Center
Center for Nonprofit Management, Collaborator
Adat Ari El, Member
PRESENTER (partial list)
American Jewish University Rabbinic Management Institute 2011, Faculty
The Rabbinical Assembly, Convention 2010, Nonprofit Management Certificate Faculty
Bureau of Jewish Education, 2010 “Building Lay Leadership”
Masorti Foundation for Conservative Judaism in Israe, 2009 Makhillim Faculty
North American Association of Synagogue Executives, 2009 West Coast Institute
Project Chicken Soup, 2009 “Mission and Vision”
Museum Educators of Southern California, 2008 Annual Institute, Panelist “Beyond the Museum: What Can We Learn?”
Jewish Communal Professionals of Southern California 2008 “Current Trends in the Nonprofit Sector: How Well Do You Know Your Neighbor?”
New Israel Fund/SHATIL, 2007 “Marketing and Strategic Planning”
Literacy Network of Greater Los Angeles 2006 Annual Literacy Summit “How to Manage Your Board and Your Sanity”