Staff and Advisors
Staff
Lesley Levy
Director of Student Accessibility
Rachel Lloyd
Program Coordinator for Inclusion and Belonging in Student Affairs, THRIVE
Arianna Rodriguez
Assistant Director of the Center for Multicultural Life
Jasmine Ross
Director of the Center for Multicultural Life
Natalie Turrin
Director of the Sexuality, Women, and Gender CenterPart-Time Advisors
Lisa Vinikoor, Jewish Life Advisor
I was born and raised in Vermont and I’m thrilled to return to northern New England to serve as Bowdoin College’s Jewish Life Advisor. I earned my Bachelor’s degree in History from Smith College, Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and most recently my Rabbinic ordination from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. Before entering the rabbinate, I worked for fourteen years in the greater Boston area, first as an elementary school teacher and later as a social justice organizer. As a social justice organizer, I worked with a team to engage thousands of clergy and lay leaders in a campaign to win expanded access to quality, affordable healthcare for nearly half a million low income people in Massachusetts. I also organized a campaign to stop the devastating effects of home foreclosures in Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts. As Jewish Life Advisor, I support students in creating vibrant Jewish religious and cultural life here at Bowdoin. I serve students in helping to build community, work for justice, explore various aspects of Judaism and engage in spiritual and religious practices. I also serve as the advisor to Hillel. When I’m not at Bowdoin, you can find me jogging, biking, cooking or trying to catch a glimpse of a moose or two in Baxter State Park. I also love to drink coffee and look forward meeting you for coffee or tea or at one of our events!
Contact Rabbi Vinikoor: lvinikoo@bowdoin.edu
The Bowdoin Orient: Teacher, activist, rabbi: Lisa Vinikoor guides Hillel
Connor Dedrick, Jewish Life Advisor
Contact: c.dedrick@bowdoin.edu