Rabbi Amber Powers became executive vice president of Reconstructing Judaism in September 2016. She also serves as a member of the regular faculty. Powers served as a member of RRC’s academic administration from 2004-2016. Her previous roles at RRC included dean of admissions and recruitment, assistant vice president for enrollment and rabbinic formation, acting vice president for academic affairs, and vice president for student development. Before joining the RRC staff, she served as rabbi of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai in Northeast Philadelphia and as the mid-atlantic regional director of the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation.