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Kayla Fox
Kayla is the Gandel Young Leader Award Winner in 2017. Kayla was inspired after doing Stand Up ABC to collect over 300+ secondhand books that she donated to the Ardoch Youth Foundation. Kayla's donation via Ardoch gave 200 less privileged kids the opportunity to take books home (some for the first time) and improve their literacy levels.
Mazel Tov Kayla!
Gary Samowitz
Gary Samowitz was Stand Up's first CEO, serving for more than ten years. He is passionate about social change and experiential learning. Gary told the Australian Jewish News that he considered his work with Sudanese refugees, building and strengthening relationships between Indigenous elders and Jewish children, and the publication of Stand Up’s Haggadot as some of the highlights of his time at Stand Up. Thank you Gary for all your work to build Stand Up into what it is today.
Today, being Jewish is a choice and there’s a lot of competing interests out there. We need to make being Jewish inspiring and not something you do purely out of guilt. I don’t feel guilt is sustaining.
Stand Up Stars
People and activities Standing Up and Standing Out...
Does Stand Up provide kosher meals?
Yes. There will always be kosher food available to volunteers who have requested kosher food, and all our major events are strictly kosher.
Do you have volunteering opportunities for children?
From time to time we have opportunities for children to get involved. We believe it’s vital that children are introduced to values of giving and social justice from an early age. For more information please contact [email protected].
How old must you be to volunteer with Stand Up?
We accept volunteers of any age. However, most of the opportunities for volunteering are suited to those 18 years or over.
Henry Kalus
Henry is first and foremost a devoted family man and friend, who co-founded Kalus Kenny Intelex Lawyers nearly 30 years ago. Henry is a major contributor to Melbourne’s property industry and commercial landscape, and is a trusted adviser to many of Melbourne’s leading entrepreneurs. Henry has been committed to building his firm on well-articulated and lived values focused on quality, integrity and primarily always putting people first.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws (Monash University).
Dean Levitan (Chair)
Dean is a lawyer at MinterEllison, specialising in media and communications law. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Dean worked at Stand Up for 5 years as the campaign manager, helping to lead Stand Up’s efforts to mobilise the Jewish community toward important social policy change. In his spare time, Dean is an eager, yet decidedly average, yoga goer.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts (Hons) (Monash University), Bachelor of Law (Hons) (Monash University).
Andrew Woolf (Treasurer)
Andrew is a Chartered Accountant with 13 years of experience and is currently a Director at PwC in Melbourne. He works with a number of different ASX listed and privately owned clients delivering assurance and advisory services.
Qualifications: Bachelor of Commerce, Chartered Accountant.