1. HAROLD FRIEDLANDER
508 Avenue M• Brooklyn, NY 11230• 646 713-8045 • rhf613@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Experienced and accomplished Hospital Chaplain with over fifteen years’ experience in end of life,
palliative and hospice. Performed End of Life ceremonies.Executive Director of Temple for twelve years.
Ability to forge solid alliances with strategic partners by usingimpeccable interpersonal skills.Recognized
for comfortably interacting with a diverse population, independently and collaboratively in a team
environment. Welcome and adroitly respond to new challenges, driving positive change and readily
adapting to quickly changing priorities.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Human Services • Community Outreach • Public Speaking • Event Planning
Project Management • Non-Profit Administration • Fiscal Oversight • Fundraising
Marketing • Website Design/Maintenance• Computer Literate • Internet Savvy • Writer/Editor
Influential Communicator • Researcher • Creative Thinker • Diligent Work Ethic • Detail Oriented.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
THE LISKER CONGREGATION, New York, NY 1995 -2011
400-member, outreach community synagogueon the Upper East Side in Manhattan
Executive Director (1995 –2011)
Reached out to potential congregants and members.Liaised with public officials to secure premises.
Engaged in outreachby building relationships with disaffected and other people otherwise
disengaged from the mainstream.
Launched, managed and financed successful $40,000renovationproject through fundraising,
including phone campaigns, annual dinner events and synagogue appeals.
Established community presence and increased membership 45% by identifying and capturing
untapped demographics, creating unique program offerings, implementing effective marketing tactics
and engaging in community outreach.
Assisted congregation members and the public to address their health care needs by
instituting aphysician referral hotline through connection the hospital staff with the patient and
their family.
Attracted and retained new members by collaborating with the synagogue president to
effectivelyplan and publicizeupcoming events,deviseengaging content for quarterly newsletter and
continually update thewebsite with current and relevant information
Director of Development (1998 - 2005)
Board Development, Fiscal Oversight, Chief Fundraiser
Improved attendance and augmented membership by increasing neighborhood safety through
successful appeal to local police precinct to expand police presence/patrols during the high holidays.
Created greater public awareness of the Lisker Congregation by strategically placing ads in
various newspapers, including Our Town, Jewish Week and the NY Post.
Communications Manager (1995 - 1998)
Increased donors 15%through effective grant writing.
Established web presence and affordedmembers immediate access to key information,
schedules and eventsby building and managing www.lisker.org website
Provided members their personal ancestral histories by carefully documenting information and
posting to website.

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NEW YORK BOARD OF RABBIS, New York, NY 1992 -2011
Chaplain
Assigned to Memorial Sloane-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Lenox Hill
Hospital and Payne Whitney.
Provide emotional comfort and support for seriously and chronically ill patients through
delivering pastoral counseling services and offering bereavement counseling for patients and families.
Help patients procure optimum health care by offering assistance with physician selection and the
hospital admitting process.
Improve patient outlook and emotional state by planning, coordinating and executing annual
Seder and Chanukah parties at each hospital. Ensure minimal expenditures by recruiting and
training volunteers.
EDUCATION
Certificate in Leadership and Fundraising
TULFA – Torah Umesorah, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Master of Science, Urban Affairs(Non-profit management, public policy and government)
Hunter College, New York, NY
2011
Bachelor of Art, History, summa cum laude
Touro College, New York, NY
2003