Alumni Spotlight

List of 5 news stories.

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  Emma Tick-Raker ‘14

  Emma Tick-Raker ‘14 is in her fourth year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and was recently elected President of Hillel San Luis Obispo. In August, she graduated from the Jewish Changemakers Fellowship through The Jewish Federations of North America.  Emma’s goal during her leadership includes, “I want to first and foremost inspire others. I want to be a leader that ignites passion in others and encourages people to speak their own truth, as I learn to speak mine. Furthermore, I want to leave a legacy for Hillel when I graduate in June. One that emphasizes diversity and inclusion and hones in on interfaith work and the greatness that comes from learning from those who are different.”
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  Maya Menachem ‘15

  Maya Menachem ‘15 was elected Student President for SF Hillel at San Francisco State. Maya shared what inspired her to take on a leadership role at SF Hillel, “The Jewish values I was taught during my time at Brandeis continue to inspire me to push myself and find ways I can best support my community—whether that's my school community, the Jewish community, or the greater world. I wanted to join the Hillel leadership team so that we could continue to create that safe space that would enable students to connect with one another and feel connected on campus. I especially wanted to ensure that Jewish students on campus are heard and supported. It is my hope that my efforts as President will help create an even more inclusive environment at SFSU.”
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  Rafael Mandelman ‘88

  Supervisor Mandelman lives in the Mission District and grew up in San Francisco. He attended The Brandeis School of San Francisco and Lick-Wilmerding High School, prior to earning a B.A. in History from Yale College, a Master of Public Policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a law degree from UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. Currently he is a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing District 8. 

   
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  Samantha Schireson ‘04

  Samantha Schireson ‘04 attended School of the Arts, where she majored in technical theater. Following high school, she graduated with a degree in art history from Chatham University. She worked at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh before pursuing a master’s of library and information science with a specialization in archives management and preservation from the University of Pittsburgh. Following graduation, Samantha interned in the library at Trinity College in Dublin, before landing in Washington, D.C. She is currently a library technician at the Library of Congress.
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  Brian Goldman '97

  After graduating from Brandeis in 1997, Brian attended San Francisco University High School and then Yale University. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 2010 and become a law clerk for Judge Stephen Reinhardt of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Brian then moved to Washington D.C., where he served as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice and then as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina justice of the Supreme Court. Following his year as a clerk for Justice Sotomayor, Brian moved back to San Francisco, where he is a partner at the law firm, Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP.