Staff & Board Biographies

Ms. Rachel Raden Berg

Rachel Raden Berg graduated as Valedictorian from Stern College for Women of Yeshiva University. She went on to earn her M.B.A. from New York University and began her career on Wall Street as Senior Options Strategist at Lehman Brothers. At Shearson Lehman American Express she became Vice President on the Institutional Sales Desk and eventually joined her husband in his private hedge fund as Director of Marketing.

During their children’s younger years, Ms. Berg chose to move her ambitions to a more accommodative environment, and taught high school math and college English in local schools. With four young children, and one on the way, Ms. Berg and her family moved to Israel for ideological reasons. During those years, she taught Biblical Text and Mishnaic Philosophy to post-graduate women in Jerusalem.

Ms. Berg and her family returned to the United States after four years in Israel. Following her return, Ms.Berg became active in a variety of philanthropic causes. After the suicide bombing in Sbarro’s, she began local programming to raise awareness in the Jewish community regarding the victims of terror in Israel. After 9/11, she established a weekly prayer meeting for women. She has also instituted intellectually stimulating programming for the elderly. During the presidential race of ’04, Ms. Berg became active politically in the Republican arena. As an activist for Israel, her relationship with the Evangelical Christian community is strong and continues to be helpful in support of the Jewish state.

Ms. Berg is a member of the Board of The One Family Fund, supporting victims of terror, and Beth Hatefutzot (The Museum of the Jewish Diaspora in Tel Aviv), dedicated to the preservation of Jewish continuity for our children, and is an officer of the Center for Jewish Values, promoting conservative Jewish values on the domestic landscape.

In 2002, she joined IDT, the global telecom company, well-known for its philanthropic efforts throughout the world. As a Senior Vice President of Corporate and Community Development, Ms. Berg had the opportunity to help advance the Israeli economy, create jobs for new immigrants in Israel, and move her activism both domestically and internationally to a new level.