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Meet OUR 2025-2026
UVM Hillel
Student leadership
The Hillel Student Board is here for you!
Student leaders take on various responsibilities to support our campus community. Keep an eye out throughout the academic year for programs and opportunities put on by our student board.
Scroll down to learn more!
Executive Team
President: Hadley Kalson
Treasurer: Eliot Barrengos
BAMIDBAR OUTDOOR EXPLORERS
chair: lexi sussan
Love the outdoors? Want to help plan hikes, ski trips, climbing trips, and other creative outdoor adventures through a Jewish lens? Bamidbar is for you.
Israel engagement, Education, and travel
chair: Cooper Hartog
for travel info, contact: Sophie@uvmhillel.org
Are you an alum of Birthright or going on this upcoming trip? Join the Israel Trip track to take students interested in Israel trips for a discovery conversation and plan recruitment events.
Jewish Council of Sorortiy Women
LEADERs: Samara Harmatz & Lexi sussan
Involved in a registered sorority on campus? Looking for a Jewish affinity space and community within the FSL community - Join the Jewish Council of Sorority Women. They will be putting on affinity events as well as events open to the entire FSL community.
Social Media & Marketing
interns: Samara Harmatz & Ella farris
Contact: michala@uvmhillel.org
Help bring everything we are doing at Hillel to life visually! Make TikTok videos, run our Instagram account, take photos of events, create graphics and other promotional material, etc.
Hillel fresh
director: Izzy Reiner
Hillel Fresh is a group of students that brings Shabbat to students’ apartments through locally sourced food, easy-to-follow recipes, and interactive packets filled with games and Shabbat rituals. Learn more about Hillel Fresh here!
tikkun olam
chair: jackie spinnell
Are you passionate about making the world a better place? Want to be more involved in the greater Burlington and UVM community? This is the track for you to make a difference with your Jewish values. *In partnership with Repair the World and Hillel International.
Business operations
contact: info@uvmhillel.org
Be a part of creating the Hillel magic!
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Make challah in the kitchen for weekly Shabbat dinners.
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Welcome and greet students at Hillel.
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Learn the ins and outs of how an organization operates.
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Every day will look a little different!
DIY!
email Sophie at sophie@uvmhillel.org if you have an idea!
Don’t connect with any of the above tracks? Sign-up and let us know your idea! We will connect you with another student or staff member to make your idea happen!