Aman­da Pogany is an edu­ca­tor, con­sul­tant, men­tor and coach. She is a trained facil­i­ta­tor through the Cen­ter for Lead­er­ship Ini­tia­tives. Past clients include The Covenant Foun­da­tion, Mechon Hadar, JDub Records, The Six Points Fel­low­ship and a num­ber of Fed­er­a­tions. She is cur­rent­ly the Asso­ciate Direc­tor of the Pardes Edu­ca­tors Alum­ni Sup­port Project. She taught mid­dle school Juda­ic stud­ies for 7 years. A trained men­tor through the Jew­ish New Teacher Project, Aman­da men­tored for the David­son School at JTS, the Pardes Edu­ca­tors pro­gram, and the Solomon Schechter School of Man­hat­tan. Aman­da is a grad­u­ate of the Pardes Edu­ca­tors Pro­gram, has a Mas­ters in Jew­ish Edu­ca­tion from Hebrew Uni­ver­si­ty and a BA from Barnard Col­lege. She is co-founder of Alt­shul, an inde­pen­dent egal­i­tar­i­an minyan in Brook­lyn, where she lives with her hus­band Aaron Bis­man and their two chil­dren, Ash­er and Maisie.