Rachel Cort, Board Member, is originally from St. Louis and holds a BA in History from Northwestern University and an MA in Jewish Professional Studies from The Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership. She is the Executive Director of Mishkan Chicago, a position she has held since 2015. Rachel is also currently a mentor for the JCC Chicago’s Women inPower cohort and has done Jewish learning with institutions as varied as the Pardes Institute, SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva, the Tikvah Fund, and Yeshiva University. She lives in Chicago with her husband and four-year-old twins.