Jef­frey Las­day is a past exec­u­tive direc­tor of the Coali­tion for the Advance­ment of Jew­ishE­d­u­ca­tion (CAJE). He has a B.A. from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Pitts­burgh, an Ed. M. from Har­vard Grad­u­ate School of Edu­ca­tion,. and is also a grad­u­ate of the Senior Edu­ca­tors Pro­gram at Hebrew University’s Melton Cen­ter for Jew­ish Edu­ca­tion in the Diaspora.