 Evan Traylor is the NFTY President for the 2012-2013 year. He served as the Membership Vice President of NFTY-TOR in 2010 and President this past year. He is from Edmond, Oklahoma and belongs to Temple B’nai Israel in Oklahoma City and was an active member of the local youth group (OKATY) and taught Hebrew School. Evan will be attending the University of Kansas where he plans to study Political Science and Jewish Studies. He is a 3 year alum of the URJ Greene Family Camp and NFTY in Israel 2010. Evan enjoys playing sports, singing and dancing, and watching Boy Meets World.
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 Jordan Rodnizki proudly serves as NFTY's 2012-2013 Programming Vice President. A freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, Jordan currently plans on studying Theatre Arts and English (although he fully admits to being flexible in his studies). A former PVP of the Southern Tropical Region, Jordan originally hails from Clearwater, FL and is a three-year alumnus of his "other" home, the URJ Kutz Camp, where he was a TYG and Regional Board Leadership participant before serving on staff. He loves the Tampa Bay Rays, performing, reading a great book, eating great food, and giving back to the greatest youth movement ever.
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 Joy Nemerson is the incoming Social Action Vice President (SAVP) of NFTY. Last year she was the SAVP for NFTY Northeast. She will be living in Washington DC next year attending American University. She is originally from New Haven, CT and although she is sad to leave she is happy to become an honorary member of NFTY Mid-Atlantic Region. In college Joy will continue to study Chinese and pursue a career in politics.
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 Jacob Georginow is the NFTY Religious and Cultural Vice President for the 2012-2013 year. He was the regional RCVP for NFTY-STR in 2010 and 2011. He is from Loxahatchee, Fl. and hails from Temple Beth Torah in Wellington, Fl. Jacob is a freshman at the University of Central Florida this year studying political science and minoring in Hebrew and leadership studies. He spent his first summer at the URJ Kutz Camp in 2009 in the Torah Corps major and in 2010 for the Regional Board leadership track. In the summer of 2011 he was a Machon at URJ Henry S. Jacobs Camp in Utica, Mississippi. Outside of NFTY, Jacob plays basketball, has a fondness for writing and journalism, and enjoys fast food.
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 Marlee Ribnick, NFTY's Membership and Communications Vice President, is a Freshman at the University of Missouri-Columbia where she is majoring in Journalism with a minor in Music. She was born and raised in the land of 10,000 lakes, and was a part of the NFTY-Northern Region where she served as the Communications Vice President on Regional Board. She is a URJ Kutz Camp Alum, as well as a NFTY L'Dor V'Dor Alum. She studies voice privately in studio, loves singing in choir, has fun finding errors in essays, and is infatuated with frozen yogurt.
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NFTY » NFTY PVP
Fall represents a time of transition. For some, this means the annual stresses of shopping for back-to-school necessities and reverting back to a normal sleep schedule. For others, this means moving to a new city or town and starting a new phase of life.
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NFTY » NFTY SAVP
This year’s action theme, “R'Fuat HaNefesh- Caring for the Soul: NFTY Addresses Mental Health” can be a little tricky to navigate. This may be attributed to the fact that we know very little about the topic of mental health, and even less about what it means to take action accordingly.
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NFTY » NFTY RCVP
From January 6-12, representatives from 11 countries descended upon Jerusalem to engage in thoughtful sharing, learning, and collaboration as a part of the Netzer Olami Veida. Although we all came from different Jewish backgrounds and lifestyles, we all united as leaders in Netzer Olami to share and appreciate these differences and discover common ground as the Progressive Jewish youth of the world.
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NFTY » NFTY MCVP
When I started my journey as a NFTY participant over four years ago, I never would have thought that I’d be traveling so far (a flight and a ferry ride) to attend a NFTY event. Coming from NFTY-Northern myself, my weekend in Northwest proved to be an eye-opening experience that thrust me into an entirely new NFTY culture.
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The NFTY North American Board is comprised of youth leaders who are generally enrolled in their first year of university. Being a member of the NFTY Board is very different than holding a local or regional leadership position, and is an honor that has been held by very few individuals compared to our incredible membership over the past 65+ years.
