President and Chief Executive Officer

MAZON; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 275,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger seeks a President and Chief Executive Officer to lead the organization into its next chapter. The CEO will steward MAZON's national advocacy, policy reform, and grantmaking while guiding strategic investments and community engagement from its Los Angeles or Washington, DC offices.

The role requires strategic judgment, strong relationship-building, and the ability to lead through change, with a focus on expanding philanthropic support and deepening partnerships

Qualifications

• Experience leading a national advocacy organization or similar.
• Strategic judgment and ability to navigate complex policy environments.
• Strong relationship-building, fundraising, and public policy experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for MAZON's advocacy, policy programs, and investment portfolio.
• Lead coalition-building, policy reform efforts, and fundraising initiatives.
• Oversee organizational leadership, board engagement, and external relations; travel as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Advocacy

Public policy

Fundraising

Job description

MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger (MAZON) seeks a President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to lead the organization into its next chapter. For more than forty years, MAZON has advanced systemic solutions to hunger through public policy, strategic investment, and community engagement. In the United States, MAZON advances systemic change through policy advocacy, strategic grantmaking, legal advocacy, public education, research, and community engagement. In Israel, MAZON supports partner organizations working to advance food security through advocacy, coalition building, public education, research, grantmaking, and policy reform. Today, the organization enters this transition with a strong reputation, financial stability, an accomplished staff, a dedicated board, and deep credibility within the anti-hunger, policy, philanthropic, and Jewish communal sectors.

The next CEO will assume leadership at a pivotal moment for both MAZON and the broader anti-hunger movement. Programs that protect people from hunger are under extraordinary pressure. The federal policy landscape has become more challenging, states are playing an increasingly important role, and long-standing assumptions about bipartisan support for nutrition assistance can no longer be taken for granted. At the same time, many in the Jewish community are seeking meaningful ways to translate Jewish values into action.

Under the leadership of outgoing CEO Abby J. Leibman, MAZON has evolved into a sophisticated national advocacy organization with a strong presence in Washington, D.C., growing engagement in selected states, and deep relationships across the anti-hunger and Jewish communal sectors. The organization also supports a network of advocates across 19 states and Puerto Rico.

The next CEO will inherit a highly capable organization with significant expertise and momentum and will help determine where MAZON can have its greatest influence and impact in the years ahead.

The successful leader will bring strategic judgment, strong relationship-building skills, and the ability to lead through complexity and change. They will understand how organizations drive change through advocacy, coalition building, and public policy and will be excited to lead one of the nation's most respected anti-hunger advocacy organizations. Direct experience in hunger policy is welcome but not required, given the substantial expertise already within the organization. More important is the ability to harness MAZON's strengths, deepen relationships across the Jewish community and beyond, expand philanthropic support, and build on MAZON's legacy as one of the nation's leading advocates for ending hunger.

The CEO must live and work in, or be willing to relocate to, either the Los Angeles or Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Los Angeles is MAZON's headquarters and home to much of its senior leadership, while Washington, D.C., is central to the organization's policy and advocacy work. Regardless of home base, the CEO will maintain a meaningful presence in both locations and will travel regularly for Board meetings, policy engagement, fundraising, conferences, and meetings with partners and donors.

MAZON anticipates a salary range of $275,000 to $315,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications, along with a competitive benefits package.

Isaacson, Miller is assisting in this search. Screening applications is ongoing. Submit inquiries, nominations, and applications (resume/CV and letter of interest) below. For reasonable accommodations, contact Harley Bartles at [e-mail].

Rebecca Swartz is leading this search with Berkley Braden and Harley Bartles.

MAZON is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion, and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including people of color, people with disabilities, people of all gender identities, people of all races and national origins, veterans and LGBTQIA individuals. We strive for a diverse workforce, and we acknowledge that our diversity also comes from our experiences and perspectives. We want all staff and team members to be treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to ensuring that you can carry out your assigned mission in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment.