Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel. He has been at Berkeley Hillel for 14 years  and has been at the epicenter of navigating the future of Jewish students’ relationship with Israel and is the co-founder and co-Director of the Antisemitism Education Initiative at UC Berkeley.  Before coming to Berkeley Hillel he served as the Director of Hillel at the University of Colorado at Boulder for three years, upon completing his Rabbinic Studies at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.  He has been a leading thinker in the Hillel movement around engagement, robust Israel programing and most immediately addressing antisemitism on campus.  Adam grew up in Los Angeles and was active in the Jewish community as a youth and teen, attending Heschel Day School and Camp Alonim.  He attended the University of Rhode Island where he studied Accounting and Management Information Systems. Upon completion of college he began work for Arthur Andersen as a business consultant. After working for Arthur Andersen he spent five years in Rabbinical School which then led him to the Hillel world. Adam loves living in the Bay Area and the active lifestyle.  At anytime you will find him training for a triathlon, marathon or some other race. He has completed a full Ironman and is currently looking for the next major race.