Liz Paige
Salt Lake City,UT
Summary
I am a versatile Jewish professional and educator, committed to building resilient, sustainable, and inclusive Jewish organizations.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director
United Jewish Federation Of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
07.2023 - Current
- Oversee day-to-day operations of the organization including personnel management, program development and implementation.
- Participate actively in high-level decision-making processes within the organization.
- Maintain positive relationships with stakeholders by fostering their growth as leaders and philanthropists.
- Provide guidance and support to staff to maximize their performance.
- Directly supervise the staff responsible for Hillel for Utah, PJ Library, and BBYO Utah.
- Foster a team atmosphere to drive a supportive and productive work environment, including leading weekly staff meetings.
- Assist in developing and implementing strategic plans to achieve organizational goals.
- Manage website content updates, including text copywriting and graphic design elements.
- Collaborate with our team to promote, plan, and organize communication materials.
- Deliver high-quality communications materials and tactics to create emotional connections with target audiences.
- Actively participate in external events such as conferences and seminars on behalf of the organization.
Director of Ethics and Community
The McGillis School
Salt Lake City, UT
08.2014 - Current
- Developed and taught a K-8 ethics curriculum focused on the school's values, diversity, anti-racism, equity, inclusion and belonging.
- Designed professional development for the faculty and staff on the school's values, traditions and culture as well as in diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
- Wrote grants and made presentations about the school to current and potential funders.
- Cultivated relationships with community organizations and leaders to recruit families and staff, as well as build mutually beneficially programming.
- Developed and oversaw budgets for school programs.
- Co-wrote and oversaw the School's Anti-Racist School Statement in partnership with the Board of Trustees.
- Created and lead DEIB programming including a visiting authors of color series and a speaker series for students, and co-created programming for parents (affinity groups, dinners and book group).
- Ran all-school community service projects, and assisted grade level teams in establishing partnerships and curriculum for service learning. Developed a new tradition for the school, which involves the entire school community planting trees in the Salt Lake valley.
- Co-facilitated weekly Shabbat programming on the school's traditions, values and culture for students in grades K-8.
- Created and led community-wide programming for Jewish holidays, Shabbat, and community service.
- Served on Administrative Team and two Board of Directors sub-committees (Jewish Culture at McGillis and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging).
Faculty Member
Jewish Federation of North America
02.2023 - Current
- Mentor a cohort of young Jews, ages 20-25, in a nine-week fellowship focused on personal and professional growth, communal leadership and making change.
- Assist with curriculum development, as needed.
Educational Consultant
Paige Educational Consulting, LLC
Salt Lake City, UT
03.2020 - 12.2021
- Mentored non-Jewish school leaders and Jewish staff in creating a Jewish values based private elementary school in El Paso, Texas.
- Led synchronous online professional development on Jewish values, holidays and culture for teaching staff.
- Created resources for school leaders and staff to use in curriculum development.
iCenter
Chicago, IL
09.2019 - 04.2022
- Mentored new Jewish professionals during their iFellowship year. Met virtually each month to discuss how to include Israel in their professional lives, the text and assignments for the fellowship.
Director of Education
Herzl Camp
Webster, WI
03.2017 - 08.2019
- Facilitated both in-person and virtual training courses to provide valuable training for new and current camp staff.
- Collaborated with managers to identify team weaknesses and created plans to resolve training gaps.
- Designed and led strategic planning process for the institution to determine the educational goals for Israel education for campers and staff.
- Established team of members to support learning and increase overall functional performance.
- Strengthened technical and operational expertise of educational staff through lesson planning and training seminars.
- Was point-of-contact for visiting clergy and guests and enabled both to lead and participate in programming for campers.
Director of Service Learning
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School
Salt Lake City, UT
08.2002 - 07.2014
- Moved the school's service from community service and fundraising to integrated service learning.
- Served on Administrative Team to guide the institution.
- Co-developed with teachers integrated service learning projects across the curriculum in grades 6-12.
- Created and maintained community relationships for the school with local non-profits.
- Developed and oversaw the Junior Year of Service project (Project 11), in which students interned with a non-profit for a minimum of 20 hours.
- Managed all-school community service efforts including a program that provided holiday food to over 1200 families annually and enabled over 100 members of the school community to volunteer.
- Organized all-school professional development on service learning for faculty, preK-12.
Teacher
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's
Salt Lake City, UT
08.1990 - 07.2002
- Led 7th grade teaching team in student support plan development, grade level trips, assisted in hiring of new Middle School faculty, assisted Principal in student behavior issues.
- Taught 7th grade Introduction to Social Sciences, 7th Grade World Cultures, 11th grade U.S. History, Upper School Student Government, and many Middle School and Upper School electives ranging from newspaper to the History of Sports in America.
- Co-designed and co-taught cross-curricular units with Language Arts Teacher including the a trimester-long study focused Ethnic Peoples of Utah and a 6-week unit on the Holocaust.
- Built life-long learning skills and strong study habits in students to help each prepare for higher-level education and to be active in their communities through service and activism.
Education
Masters Certificate - Israel Education
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.08.2020
Fellowship - Israel Education
ICenter
Chicago, IL05.2018
Masters of Arts in Religious Education - Educational Leadership
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
New York, NY05.2017
Masters of Education -
Westminster College
Salt Lake City, UT08.2000
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI05.1990
Skills
- Program development and oversight
- Fundraising and donor relations
- Public speaking and teaching
- Staff recruitment and mentoring
- Diversity and inclusion leadership
- Marketing and communications
- Committee facilitation and leadership
- Professional development planning
- Curriculum evaluation and development
- Community outreach and networking
- Strategic planning
Community Leadership
LDS and Jewish Leadership Group, Salt Lake City, 2013-Present
Participate in interfaith discussion group; present to the group as requested.
Board of Directors, United Jewish Federation of Utah, 2019-2021
Serve as adviser for PJ Library Utah, Annual Campaign, and Nominations committees; provide teachings for Board meetings.
President of the Board of Directors, Congregation Kol Ami, Salt Lake City, 2013-2015
Led 24-member board; hired and evaluated senior staff; oversaw $1.1 million budget and all development efforts; guided strategic planning process.
Vice President for Education, Congregation Kol Ami, Salt Lake City, 2011-2013
Oversaw programming and fundraising for children’s religious school, adult education program and extra-curricular youth program.
Board of Directors, American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, Salt Lake City, 2008-2010
Developed and led the board’s strategic planning effort and served on the development committee.
Chair of the Board of Directors, Crossroads Urban Center, Salt Lake City, 1998-2001
Facilitated a 20-member board; evaluated the executive director; oversaw $1 million budget; created a 3-year strategic plan and an endowment fund.
President of the Board of Directors, Chavurah B’Yachad, Salt Lake City, 1993-1996
Led religious, educational, and social programming; hired clergy; led fundraising.
Certification
- The Fund Raising School, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Certificate in High Impact Fundraising — March 2025 - The iCenter
Certificate in Conflicts of Interest — August 2023
Affiliations
- Included in Enduring Questions: Using Jewish Children’s Literature in Classrooms, by Bloome, D., Freeman, Evelyn B., Horowitz, Rosemary, and Katz, Laurie, Rowan and Littlefield publishers, 2023
- E-50 (The Enlightened 50), Community Foundation of Utah, 2012
- Bamberger Grant for Curriculum Development, Rowland Hall, 1998, 1999, 2007-2009, 2011, 2012
- Utah Middle Level Association’s Team Award, 2002
- Utah Commission of Volunteers Silver Bowl Award, 1999
- Barbara Arnold Memorial Endowed Scholarship Award for Masters in Education, Westminster College, 1998
- Sumner Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Middle School Teacher of the Year, Rowland Hall, 1996
- Crossroads Urban Center Outstanding Volunteer of the Year, 1996
- National Council of Teachers’ of English Affiliate Multicultural Program Award for “Langston Hughes”, “Mississippi Challenge”, and “Gary Soto: Author Study” in C.U.L.T.U.R.E, published by the Utah Council of Teachers of English, Salt Lake City, 1995
Timeline
Associate Director
United Jewish Federation Of Utah
07.2023 - Current
Faculty Member
Jewish Federation of North America
02.2023 - Current
Educational Consultant
Paige Educational Consulting, LLC
03.2020 - 12.2021
iCenter
09.2019 - 04.2022
Director of Education
Herzl Camp
03.2017 - 08.2019
Director of Ethics and Community
The McGillis School
08.2014 - Current
Director of Service Learning
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's School
08.2002 - 07.2014
Teacher
Rowland Hall-St. Mark's
08.1990 - 07.2002
Masters Certificate - Israel Education
George Washington University
Fellowship - Israel Education
ICenter
Masters of Arts in Religious Education - Educational Leadership
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Masters of Education -
Westminster College
Bachelor of Arts - Social Sciences
The University of Michigan
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