Rachel Kalikow is the CEO of Friends of the Arava Institute. Prior to assuming this position, she served as Director of Development and then Chief Development Officer of FAI for nearly five years. She comes to FAI with extensive non-profit experience in development and community outreach, having worked for organizations including the American Jewish Committee (Chicago), the New Israel Fund (Boston and New York), Jewish Women’s Archive (Boston), and Gann Academy (Boston). Rachel has an MSW from the University of Maryland and a BA in Religion from Columbia University in New York City. She lives in Newton, Massachusetts, with her husband. Her grown children visit from Brooklyn and Colorado Springs.