Prizmah / Amy Wasser
Accepting the award on behalf of Prizmah is Amy Wasser, Senior Director Prizmah School Services
Prizmah
Prizmah has served Schechter schools and Jewish day schools across North America since 2016. Led by CEO Paul Bernstein, the Prizmah team continues to help day schools shape the future of Jewish education. Through their cohort of small day schools, Prizmah facilitates the development of close professional networks and sharing of best practices that have sustained schools like Schechter Manhattan over the last several years. Prizmah consistently offers quality programming, expertise on growing enrollment and expanding funding opportunities, professional development initiatives, data on trends in Jewish education, and countless resources.
Accepting the Award on behalf of Prizmah is Amy Wasser
Amy brings over 30 years in Jewish education to her work in strengthening schools. She leads our work in leadership search, school accreditations and assessments, engages with small schools in small communities and oversees our field advancement work. As a BoardSource certified governance consultant, Amy works with schools on leading practices of governance in independent schools.
She is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of Akiba Hebrew Academy, the impetus for her dedication to Jewish day schools. Amy served at Hillel Academy in Tampa for 20 years, 13 years as head of school. She was also active in the accreditation process of the Florida Council of Independent Schools. Her career began at United Synagogue, where she was director of USY on Wheels and national assistant director of USY. Amy devoted more than 20 summers serving on the staff of Ramah camps, and her three adult children are all day school and Ramah alumni. Amy earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at JTS and Columbia, respectively.