Carolyn Amacher has been named director of the St. Louis Hillel at Washington University. She will begin July 10.
Amacher spent the past 13 years working in executive management of several Jewish Community Centers throughout the United States, most recently as chief operating officer of the Merage JCC of Orange County, Calif.
Amacher has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and psychology from Syracuse University. She also earned a master of social work degree from Yeshiva University and a Jewish studies certificate from the International Program for Israel and Jewish Learning in Arad, Israel.
She has served as vice president for the Association of Jewish Center Professionals, president of the Syracuse University Alumni Club of Central Virginia and chair of the Community Advisory Board for KXCI Community Radio in Tucson, Ariz.
As a member of the Western Region Partnership 2000 Steering Committee, she developed an environmental educational workshop with American and Israeli teens.