Julie Platt

Chair, Jewish Federations of North America

Julie Platt is the current board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), a position she has held since June 2022. JFNA is the umbrella organization for 146 Jewish Federations and over 300 network communities across North America, representing more than 300,000 donors and supporting a wide range of programs and services for Jewish communities in North America and around the world.

Prior to her role as board chair, Julie served as JFNA’s national campaign chair and chair of LiveSecure. She has been actively involved in Jewish philanthropy and communal leadership for many years, including serving as chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and chair of the Foundation for Jewish Camp, where she was instrumental in saving Jewish camps during the pandemic. She now serves on the Advisory Board of the Jewish Future Promise (of which she is a signatory), as well as the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, and Penn Hillel’s National Board of Governors.

She and her husband, Marc, have five children. They live in Los Angeles.