Amy joined Menorah Heritage Foundation from the Kansas City Royals, where she served as Senior Director of Community Impact and Executive Director of The Kansas City Royals Foundation. In that role, she oversaw charitable community investments and increased foundation revenue by 63 percent over two years. Prior to that, she spent nine years at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, rising to Senior Program Officer and managing a large grants portfolio. Her career began in education, including service as a Teach for America corps member and lead arts educator with Chicago Public Schools.
Gale holds a Master’s degree from Dominican University and a Bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. Her community involvement includes board service with City Year Kansas City and Kansas City Young Audiences. Email Amy
Kim Lewis | Program Officer
Kim Lewis joined our predecessor foundation, the Jewish Heritage Foundation, in December, 2013. She previously served as the event planner for the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City for eight years. Before moving back to Kansas City in 2002, Kim spent many years as Director of Administration for the Bureau of Jewish Education, Orange County, California. Kim brings to the Foundation an extensive knowledge of Jewish and General communal nonprofit organizations.
Mirra joined the Menorah Heritage Foundation in June 2018. Mirra earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Psy.D. from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She has worked professionally in non-for-profit organizations in roles related to clinical psychology as well as grants. She moved back to Kansas City from Maine in 2000 and has been involved with several Jewish and general community nonprofit boards since.
Amy Gale | Chief Executive Officer
Kim Lewis | Program Officer
Mirra Klausner| Grants Manager