Hannah Strasser Olson

Hannah was born and raised in California, where her passion for the Jewish community and Jewish communal work was ignited. After receiving her BA in Religious Studies from UC Santa Barbara and her Teaching Credential from the California State University, Sacramento, she spent 10 years teaching in elementary school classrooms. Her career path switched to fundraising and donor relations when she became the Executive Director of the Jewish Community Foundation of the West and then the Director of Major and Planned Gifts at the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Returning to her roots in education, Hannah spent over two years as the Chief Donor Relations Officer and Director of Marketing at Berman Hebrew Academy before joining Prizmah, the North American network for Jewish day schools. Today, Hannah is honored to work closely with funders and philanthropists who are looking to make a difference for the Jewish future.