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The Charlotte Jewish News - October 2012 - Page 4 Tracy Brown Receives Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award at International Lion of Judah Conference Eight Lions of Judah traveled to New York City September 10-12 to attend the International Lion of Judah Conferenee. The eonferenee, whieh drew 1700 of the world’s leading Jewish women philanthropists, was held at the Marriott Marquis Times Square. Celebrating the 40th anniver sary of the founding of the Lions of Judah and weleoming some of the world’s most influ ential leaders and philanthro pists as speakers, the International Lion of Judah Conferenee brought together Lion of Judah women world wide involved in the highest eehelons of leadership and phi lanthropy in their own Jewish eommunities. The Lions of Judah are a diverse group of women philanthropists giving $5,000 or more in their own names to their loeal Federations. This year’s eonferenee fea tured Norma Kipnis-Wilson, eo- founder of the Lions of Judah, who took part in an awards presentation honoring winners of the Kipnis-Wilson^riedland Award. The award is named after Kipnis-Wilson and Lion eo-founder Toby Friedland, z”l - and reeognizes extraordinary women who have set a high standard for philanthropy and volunteer! sm. The Jewish Federation of SAVE THE DATE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012 7:30 PM, TEMPLE ISRAEL The Main Event of the 2013 Annual Campaign "AN EVENING WITH AJ. JACOBS" AJ. Jacobs is the editor at large at Esquire magazine and author of three New York Times bestsellers: My Life as an Experiment, The Year of Living Biblically and Drop Dead Healthy. His mind, body and spirit trilogy will be the central theme for this year's Main Event. According to other communities who have hosted him, A.J. Jacobs is witty, charming, hip and just basically fabulous. For more information, please contact the Federation office at 704-944-6757. Event Co-Chairs: Wendy and Adam Petricoff JEWISH^ FEDERATION 5 OF GREATER CHARLOTTE Greater Charlotte is proud to name Traey Brown as Charlotte’s winner of the 2012 Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award. She follows in the foot steps of three dynamie leaders who were our previous hon- orees - Bobbi Bernstein, Jill Newman, and Staey Goreliek. Traey Brown is an inspiration to others. She believes in empowering women who have the ability to make a differenee and eneourages them to step outside their eomfort zone to beeome philanthropie leaders. She is a woman who found her niehe in volunteerism and mak ing the world a better plaee. After graduating from Brown University in 1986 and Benjamin N. Cardozo Sehool of Law in 1991, Traey worked as a labor/employment lawyer in New York City before moving to Charlotte, NC in 1994. She and her husband Larry have three ehildren - 19 year old Sammy, 17 year old Annie, and 14 year old Katie. In 2000, Traey beeame a Ruby Lion and an advoeate for women’s philanthropy. In 2008, she saw the need to bring young women into the Lions’ Den. As eo-ehair of the Lion of Judah 2008 Campaign, she brought in 11 new Lions during her first year, and inereased the number of Lions by 33% during her three years as eo-ehair. During that time, Traey hosted intimate parlor meetings in her home eneouraging other young women with eapaeity to step up their philanthropie giving at the Lion of Judah Level. “You don’t have to be a eertain age to beeome a Lion,” Traey empha sized. Today, as Major Gifts ehair, Traey eontinues to lead by example, and is an extraordi nary role model for her family and her eommunity. The motivation for many of her volunteer projeets stems from her love of ehildren, her love of learning, and her desire to instill a love of Judaism for eurrent and future generations. Inspired by the 2010 International Lion of Judah Conferenee “Day of Serviee,” Traey set out to provide a deep er meaning for our Lions through soeial aetion. Traey has a leader ship role in the newly implement ed Shalom Park Freedom Sehool, the first Jewish sponsored Freedom Sehool in the eountry. Traey served first as Flarambee Chair engaging Lions and eommunity leaders as greeters and readers, and spearheading the effort to pro vide swim bags and baekpaeks full of supplies for eaeh of the 50 underprivileged ehildren enrolled. Traey eo-ehairs the Freedom Sehool’s first ever Teen Board, whieh is a model Tracy Brown for eommunities throughout the eountry. She also volunteers weekly as a language arts tutor at one of the elementary sehools served by the Freedom Sehool program. When her ehildren were at the Charlotte Jewish Day Sehool, Traey served on the board and ran the annual fund. Motivated by her love of learn ing and her ehildren’s enthusi asm for their Jewish studies, Traey proudly beeame an adult bat mitzvah ten years ago. She also worked side by side with her daughters assisting them with their b’not mitzvah proj eets - knitting blankets for the Levine Children’s Flospital; and raising funds for Soeeer for Peaee in Israel. A board member of the Jewish Book Couneil, an organ ization that promotes reading, writing, publishing, and distri bution of quality Jewish eontent books, Traey ehairs the Children’s Illustrated Book Committee. This spring, Traey eombined her love of Jewish books with her mission to add a deeper meaning to the Lion of Judah pin, by bringing new author Wayne Floffman to Charlotte for Charlotte’s first Lion of Judah Appreeiation Event. Traey’s leadership, past and present, extends to the boards and eommittees of other eom munity ageneies sueh as the Jewish Federation, the Jewish Presehool on Sardis, Temple Beth El, and Temple Israel. A graduate of the Bernstein Leadership Group, the first ehair of the Jewish Federation’s Main Event, and a three year ehair of the Spring Leeture, Traey’s volunteer efforts have enhaneed the entire Jewish eommunity. t I i I t t i y % % % t t From Left to Right, Tracy Brown, Stacy Goreliek, Alison Lerner, Gail Baron, Sue Worrel, Dana Ditesheim, Amy Augustine and Nancy Kipnis Joining Traey Brown in New York City were eo-lions Amy Augustine, Gail Baron, Dana Ditesheim, Staey Goreliek, Naney Kipnis, Alison Lemer, and Sue Worrel. ^
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