Leadership
Rhonda Lindner
Interfaith Organizer, Wisconsin Interfaith Engagement Campaign
Rhonda worked for 27 years as a public school teacher, teaching English and Spanish. For many years she led a highly successful philanthropy and social action service club. Rhonda has participated in many social justice campaigns in her congregation while also coordinating civic engagement campaigns with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism-Illinois. She serves both as an interfaith organizer for WIVEC and as a Jewish Social Justice Educator for Tikkun Ha-Ir. Her position supports the missions of both organizations to strengthen faith communities’ involvement in civic engagement through organizing, educating, communications, research, and technical support. Click here to email Rhonda.
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis
Executive Director, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice
Rabbi Bonnie Margulis is the founder and Executive Director of Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice and Chair of the Wisconsin Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, as well as a member of the executive Committee of the NAACP of Dane County, and a founder and steering committee member for the Dane Sanctuary Coalition. She was a founding board member of We Are Many–United Against Hate. Rabbi Margulis holds a Masters’ Degree in Judaic Studies from New York University, and was ordained at Hebrew Union College (HUC), Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1992. Rabbi Margulis served as the Director of Clergy Programming for the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, from 1996 to 2008.In this capacity, Rabbi Margulis ran the Clergy for Choice Network and supervised the Religious Coalition’s signature All Options Clergy Counseling program, providing training to clergy in both All Options Clergy Counseling and Pastoral Counseling for Reproductive Losses, and teaching others to provide these trainings. Rabbi Margulis has served as a member of the Central Conference of American Rabbis Justice and Peace Committee and is a Past Chair of the Women’s Rabbinic Network Social Justice Committee. In addition, Rabbi Margulis has served as a member of the J Street National Advisory Board for Field and Grassroots Organizing. Rabbi Margulis is proud to have been a member of the Reform Jewish Movement’s Commission on Social Action, where she sat on the Women and Minorities Task Force. Click here to email Rabbi Bonnie
