Our Team
Staff
Sara Luria, Executive Director
Sara (she/her) is a rabbi, founder, and, at her best, cultivator of ideas and dreams. She is currently leading Beloved after her 4 years as spiritual leader of Beloved Brooklyn. Prior to Beloved, Sara was the founder and executive director of ImmerseNYC: A Community Mikveh Project, now part of the JCC Manhattan. A Brooklyn native, Sara now lives in Northampton, MA with her husband Isaac, 3 kids, and their new dog Wallace.
Email Sara at sara@belovedgarden.org
Sam Hipschman Nunke, Program Director
Sam Hipschman Nunke (they/them) is a social worker by training who has worked in a range of settings offering program design and implementation, community cultivation, and deep listening for growth. They are a heart-forward community builder and connector who believes that earnestness and silliness are equally important. In addition to their work for Beloved, Sam offers somatic psychotherapy through private practice. They are growing their home in western Massachusetts with their spouse, Skye, and their dog, Maisy Muppet.
Email Sam at sam@belovedgarden.org
Amanda Doster, Finance and Operations Director
Amanda (she/her) brings to Beloved an innate knack for systems that make world-mending work possible. She is an experienced non-profit director who has worked in municipal finance, public health, community service, education, and the arts. Amanda thrives on solving complex logistical challenges, delights in a well-designed yet simple spreadsheet, and loves using these talents in service of her community. She's also a poet and a proud mom. Amanda lives with her magnificent kiddo in Western Massachusetts.
Email Amanda at amanda@belovedgarden.org
Molly Rosenberger, Program Coordinator
Molly (she/her) has devoted the past 5+ years supporting mostly nonprofit organizations through program coordination, web/graphic design, and social media management. She’s particularly passionate about working in Jewish and spiritual spaces and feels happiest when she’s contributing to the continued education and expansion of individuals within these communities (also when eating nachos and going on walks with her dog, Molly Junior). Currently a student at Northeastern Illinois University in pursuit of a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Molly hopes to grow her offerings to someday include helping others along their healing paths.
Email Molly at molly@belovedgarden.org
Cultivators
Keshira haLev Fife, Wisdom Cultivator
Keshira (she/they) is a Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess) and a queer Jewish woman of Colour who delights in serving as davennatrix (shlichat tzibbur), lifespiral ceremony/ritual creatrix, liturgist, songstress, teacher, and public speaker. In addition to her work at Beloved, Keshira is the founder/co-leader of Kesher Pittsburgh and Program Director of the ALEPH Kesher Fellowship.
Email Keshira at keshira@belovedgarden.org
Stephanie Levin, Lead for Special Projects
Stephanie (she/her) is non-profit leader and coach with expertise in organizational change and development. strategy, finance and operations who is passionate about creating and supporting thriving, innovative, and inclusive communities centered around the transformative power of belonging and connection for people of all ages. In addition to working with Beloved, Stephanie is the Executive Director of the Community Hevra Kadisha of Greater Boston and the founder of Ampersand Consulting Solutions.
Email Stephanie at finance@belovedgarden.org
Reed Love, Dahlia Blossom Facilitator
Reed Love (they/them) is a passionate teacher, spiritual counselor, and musician. With over ten years of experience across Jewish movements and interfaith settings, Reed completed their chaplaincy residency at St. Mary's Medical Center where they enjoyed bringing yoga, music, and spirituality practices to the adolescent psychiatric ward. Reed is a hospice chaplain, certified massage therapist and yoga teacher, and has had a spiritual counseling, life cycle facilitation, and Craniosacral Therapy bodywork private practice for the past decade.
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Stewards
David Trietsch
David (he/him) has worked as an executive coach, consultant, and facilitator within the Jewish community and beyond for over thirty years. While at Greater Boston’s Jewish Federation, David founded and directed the Leadership Development Institute (LDI), providing consultation, mentoring, and coaching in the areas of group dynamics, leadership, and organizational change.
David’s is passionate about helping people and organizations succeed in not only meeting their goals and objectives, but in doing so in ways that develop and nurture both individuals and the organizational systems in which they work. Utilizing multiple frameworks for self-reflection and interpersonal dynamics, David works to weave differences into fabrics that enrich the organization rather than divide.
He has led workshops and retreats for HUC’s Tisch Fellowship and for the Reconstructionist College. In addition, he has lectured and facilitated workshops at the national conferences of the URJ, NATA/NAASE as well as the Jewish Federations of New York, Baltimore, and Miami.
Among his volunteer activities, David is currently on the board of 2Life Communities and is a supporter and former board member of Mayyim Hayyim, a mikveh rooted in ancient tradition, reinvented to serve the Jewish community of today.
Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Hoffman
Rabbi Dr. Yechiel Hoffman has enriched the Jewish journeys of children and adults in Los Angeles and around the world in synagogues, schools and community organizations. Yechiel guides organizations to foster creativity, holistic wellbeing and greater growth and performance, and promotes a relational approach to collective inquiry, collaboration, and experimentation. Yechiel raises the bar for the collaboration and growth for Jewish professionals in co-founding JedLab and the Independent Journeyers networks. In addition to serving on Beloved's board, Yechiel serves on the boards of the Jewish Studio Project, Gender Equity in Hiring Project, and R&R: The Rest of our Lives, transforming the broader Jewish community through innovative approaches to leadership development, social justice, creativity and human wellbeing. Yechiel received the prestigious Pomegranate Prize from the Covenant Foundation and earned a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University.