Bio
Deborah Moses, DPA, MPH is the Executive Director of Temple Isaiah in Los Angeles. Prior to taking this position she served in several lay leadership roles in the Jewish Community, as vice chair of the Board of Directors at Mount Zion Temple in St Paul Minnesota, and Chair of the Tzedek/social justice committee. She also co-chaired the National Council of Jewish Women Minnesota racial justice committee and has been an active volunteer with Jewish Community Action a Jewish social justice organization in the Twin Cities.
Previously she served as Executive Director of the newly merged St Stephen’s Human Services and House of Charity, a program meeting the needs of the Twin Cities’ homeless and hungry community through housing, outreach, shelter, health including mental health and substance use disorder services and food services. Her experience also includes 13 years working within Head Start programs.
In addition, to teaching at AJU she serves as an adjunct professor in the areas of public health and public administration at St Mary's University Twin Cities and Metro State University in Minnesota. Deborah holds a Doctorate in Public Administration from Hamline University and a master's in public health with a major in Health Services Administration from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. She relocated to Los Angeles in 2021 to be closer to her three amazing adult children (and a daughter and son in law) as well as granddaughters Rumi and Coretta the joys of her life.