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QUEENS WEEKLY, MARCH 3, 2019
Queens College Hillel announces new executive director
with Jewish life on campus
and around New York City,”
she added.
Citron joined QC Hillel
as director of Jewish
student life in 2012 and
was promoted to assistant
director in 2016, leading
a team working to engage
the 4,000 Jewish students
on Queens College’s mostly
commuter campus.
Formerly, she served
as Jewish student life
coordinator at Hillel at
Florida State, where she
introduced Hillel’s relationship
based engagement
strategy and oversaw
student programming.
During her tenure at
Queens College Hillel,
Citron has worked closely
with students to create a
welcoming Jewish community
that reflects the
diverse backgrounds and
experiences of Jewish students
at Queens College.
During this time, the organization
has experienced
unprecedented growth,
Jenna Citron will begin her role as executive director on
March 1.
achieving a fourfold increase
in student engagement in
six years.
Under her leadership,
and that of former executive
director Uri Cohen, Queens
College Hillel received the
Phillip H. and Susan Rudd
Cohen Outstanding Campus
Award from Hillel International
in 2015, “for engaging
a vastly diverse Jewish student
body in deep, thoughtful
and relevant ways and
embodying pluralism and
tolerance in the best tradition
of Hillel.”
In 2018, after being appointed
interim executive
director, Citron received the
Richard M. Joel Exemplar
of Excellence Award from
Hillel International, for
“never being satisfied with
the status quo, and for building
a more diverse, inclusive
and engaging Jewish
community on campus.”
“I am so excited to welcome
Jenna to her new position
and pleased that we
were able to find the best
candidate for the position
from within our own Hillel,”
said Hillel Wallick,
president of Queens College
Hillel. “We are very proud of
what she has accomplished
so far, and very optimistic
about what she will accomplish
going forward, as we
work toward fulfilling our
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Queens College Hillel
announced its new executive
director last week,
who will continue to lead
the school in its mission
of enriching the lives of
students and the New York
Jewish community.
Jenna Citron, who currently
serves as interim executive
director of Queens
College Hillel, a role she
assumed in August of last
year, will begin her role
as executive director on
March 1.
“I am deeply honored
to have the opportunity to
lead Queens College Hillel
and build on the momentum
of the past eight years,”
“In collaboration with
students, staff, volunteer
leadership, and supporters,
I look forward to empowering
all 4,000 Jewish students
on campus, no matter
their Jewish background
or experiences, to engage
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Citron earned a bachelor’s
degree in political
science from Florida State
University and a master’s
degree in public administration
School of Public Administration
Florida State.
She is a graduate of the
Shalom Hartman Institute’s
Fellowship for Campus Professionals,
Ruskay Fellow, and served
as the 2018 conference chair
of Limmud NY.
She and fiancé Devon
make their home in the
Astoria section of Queens.
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