Malcolm Hoenlein
A roll-call vote of member organizations to approve the nomination is scheduled to take place via Zoom on April 28.
New CEO William Daroff says the role of the organization is to ensure “that support for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship continues to stand above that partisan bickering.”
Conference of Presidents taps William Daroff as new CEO
Currently senior vice president for public policy and director of the Washington office of the Jewish Federations, William Daroff steps into the lead executive role held for 33 years by Malcolm Hoenlein.
Hoenlein tells JNS that following the selection of a new executive—a process that could take one to two years—he will continue to focus on external relations as well as plans to structure the Conference for the years ahead.
Jewish leaders are applauding the Trump administration’s newly released global strategy doctrine, which rejects the notion that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the main cause of Mideast turmoil.