1. William C Daroff was born on 1968 and is the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.
18 Facts About William Daroff
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William Daroff moved with his family to suburban Cleveland, Ohio in 1980, when his father became the chairman of the Department of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University.
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William Daroff received his bachelor's degree in political science and history, his master's degree in political science, and his Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
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William Daroff studied at Krakow, Poland's Jagiellonian University, where he received a certificate in the history of Eastern European Jewry and The Holocaust.
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William Daroff managed campaigns for the United States House of Representatives and for the State Treasurer of Ohio.
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William Daroff was involved in the Jewish Community Federation of Greater Cleveland, serving on the board of its Young Leadership Division, the community relations committee, the advocacy task force, the Young Adult Initiative board, and the public education initiative.
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In October 2005, William Daroff became the vice president for public policy and director of the Washington Office of The Jewish Federations of North America formerly known as United Jewish Communities, where he advocates for the American Jewish community's agenda with the United States government.
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William Daroff has testified before committees in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
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President George W Bush appointed Daroff to serve on the honorary delegation to accompany him to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the State of Israel in May 2008.
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In September 2007, Daroff was appointed by President George W Bush to be a member of the US Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, which is charged with the oversight of the protection of properties in Europe associated with the heritage of US citizens, including Jewish cemeteries, synagogues, and memorials.
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William Daroff served during the Obama Administration as well, leaving the Commission in 2011.
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William Daroff was named one of the 50 most influential Jews in America by The Jewish Daily Forward newspaper.
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William Daroff was a member of the Board of the World Council of Jewish Communal Service as well as Vice President of the Board of the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America.
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William Daroff has served in leadership positions with the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington.
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In May 2009, William Daroff was named by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency as being among the most influential Jewish Twitterers in the world for his tweeting from @William Daroff.
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William Daroff was called "the fastest tweet in the Jewish organizational world" in a 2010 Jewish Telegraphic Agency profile.
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William Daroff often speaks publicly on social media, including in high-profile settings such as South By Southwest in 2012.
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William Daroff has been widely quoted in leading news outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, The International Herald-Tribune, Slate, The Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz, The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Jewish Daily Forward, and newspapers around the world.