Stephen Hoffman | The Jewish Agency - U.S.Stephen Hoffman

Stephen Hoffman

Member of the Board of Governors
The Jewish Agency for Israel

Stephen is President Emeritus of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland, having led the organization from 1983-2018.

His career at the Federation began in 1974. For three years, 2001-2004, he was “loaned” by Cleveland to serve as the President and CEO of the Jewish Federations of North America, the national umbrella organization of the federation movement. He is a graduate of Dickinson College and received his Master’s of Social Work from the University of Maryland and a Master’s in Jewish Studies from the Baltimore Hebrew University.

Steve currently serves on the boards of the Musical Arts Association (the Cleveland Orchestra), United Way of Cleveland, and the Jewish People Policy Institute (in Jerusalem). He is a co-founder and former co-chair of the Secure Community Network, a national organization concerned with communal security issues and preparedness for the Jewish community. He currently serves as a chairman of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation. Steve was the 1999 recipient of the Charles Eisenman Award, the Federation’s highest honor and received a Doctor of Humane Letters from the Baltimore Hebrew University in 2002.

He has served as a Board member since June 2021.