The 2016-2017 Robert B. Sturm Mountain States Leadership Fellows Program year reached its exciting conclusion with a festive graduation ceremony held on June 21, 2017 at the law offices of Greenberg Traurig. Regional Director Scott L. Levin offered the keynote presentation. The Fellows had an opportunity to explore what leadership means to them, and most importantly, to begin identifying
A member of ADL’s Jewish-Catholic Dialogue for twenty years, Tony (Antonio Francisco) Ledesma, a Catholic, reflects on his connection personally and professionally with the Jewish community and the Anti-Defamation League. How did you first become involved in ADL? My affiliation with ADL has been through my membership in the Jewish-Catholic dialogue since 1996. Jeff Haber, my colleague at Metropolitan
The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region is pleased to announce that at its Annual Meeting on June 15, the ADL Board unanimously elected Melinda Quiat as its new Chair-Elect and elected 14 new board members. Ms. Quiat will follow in the footsteps of her father Gerald M. Quiat, who was Regional Board Chair from 1980 – 1982. Ms. Quiat will
In a guest opinion piece published in the June 23, 2017 edition of the Intermountain Jewish News, Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region Board Chair Jim Kurtz-Phelan reflects on ADL’s universal message, its history and its relevance today. For over one hundred years, it has been the mission of the Anti-Defamation League “to stop the defamation of the Jewish people
ADL Board Member Greg Smith is the Executive Director of the Colorado Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA), which provides the pension for all employees in K-12 education in the state of Colorado. Greg is passionate about ADL’s educational initiatives, most especially No Place for Hate®. How did you first become involved in ADL? How are you involved now? I
