Many leaders of Bay Area Jewish organizations are admired. Many are passionate, many effective.
Avi Rose, who steps down this month after 15 years as executive director of Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay, is all that, but he is also beloved.
“Avi inspired a culture of warmth and support and true caring that all of us staff treasure deeply,” said JFCS development director Holly Taines White, who has worked closely with Rose for 14 years. “It’s part of what makes working here such a joy. His passion for the work is obvious to everyone, but he also created something special inside the agency that only staff members really got to see.”