Meet the CAAN Team

  • Lisa Fields Lewis

    National Chair
    Parent '26

  • Michael Teplitsky

    President
    Weinberg '02, Kellogg '08

  • Sara Mason

    Director of Communications
    Medill '91, Parent '26

  • Stuart Gibson

    Senior Advisor, Legal & Policy Affairs
    Medill '73

  • Michael Rogal

    Antisemitism Ombudsman
    Parent '24 & '26

  • Ben Hermes

    Digital Marketing Manager
    Communication '97

  • Jenifer Wachs

    University Relations
    Parent '26

  • Orete Harkavy

    Direct Action Leader
    Parent '27

  • Marcy Zoller

    Direct Action Leader
    Parent '26

  • Allison Ross

    Interfaith Leader
    Parent ‘26

  • Michael Rutsky

    Legal Policy & Compliance Advisor
    Pritzker JD ‘25

  • Kelly Michelson, MD, MPH

    Feinberg School Liaison
    Feinberg Faculty

  • Prof. Rick Silverman

    Faculty & Jewish Studies Liaison
    Weinberg Faculty

  • Andrew Khanin

    Former Student Leader; Current Advisor, Strategic Partnerships (New York)
    Weinberg '25

  • Rom Brown

    Feinberg School of Medicine Liaison
    Feinberg ‘28

  • Shawn Grossberger

    Northwestern Law Liaison
    Pritzker JD ‘26

  • Forest Romm

    Graduate School Liaison
    The Graduate School ‘26

  • Kevin Waldman

    Graduate School Liaison
    The Graduate School ‘26

  • Max Schlanger

    Student Liaison & Jewish Life Liaison
    Weinberg ‘28

  • Christina Sher

    Student Liaison & Jewish Life Liaison
    McCormick ‘28