Rabbi Dr. Laura Novak Winer, RJE is the Director of the Master of Educational Leadership program at the Hebrew Union College’s Rhea Hirsch School of Education in Los Angeles, CA where she teaches courses on pedagogy and organizational leadership, and mentors students. Laura is a past president of the Association of Reform Jewish Educators. Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a Master of Arts in Jewish Education from the Rhea Hirsch School of Education and rabbinic ordination at HUC-JIR, and a doctorate in Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary Davidson School of Graduate Education. She lives in Fresno, CA with her husband Rabbi Rick Winer.