transactions. Although he did
not grow up in Metro Detroit,
Danny enjoys being an active
member of the Detroit Jewish
community and currently
serves on the board of the JCC
of Metropolitan Detroit.
Appreciating when he can be
active and outdoors, Danny
loves to run, hike, play tennis
and travel. He is happiest
spending time with his wife,
Lauren, and daughters Alma
and Michal. Danny is honored
to be named as a member of the
JN/The Well 36 Under 36.
ELLIE SMALL
Ellie Small is a
third-year medical
student at
Michigan State
University College
of Osteopathic
Medicine. Attending the
College’s Detroit Campus, Small
served as president of Detroit
Street Care (DSC), a street out-
reach organization providing
medical services to those expe-
riencing homelessness in
Detroit. Under the supervision
of licensed providers, DSC’s
purpose is to go to the people,
meet basic needs, build trust,
and provide care for both
chronic disease maintenance
and acute non-emergent care.
This past year, Small was select-
ed as the 2020 National Student
D.O. of the Year and received an
Excellence in Public Health
Award from the U.S. Public
Health Service. Currently, Small
is completing her medical
school clinical rotations, serves
as the chief coordinator of the
Street Medicine Institute
Student Coalition and is com-
pleting the Albert Schweitzer
Fellowship. To learn more about
DSC and find ways to help, visit
www.detroitstreetcare.org or
search Detroit Street Care on
Facebook/Instagram.
EMILY DAIELL SNIDER
Emily Daiell
Snider, 27, is the
associate regional
director for
Michigan ADL
(Anti-Defamation
League). Emily joined ADL in
2019 and her efforts are essen-
tial in combating antisemitism
and hate in the state. Emily’s
responsibilities include
responding to incidents of hate
reported to the office, leading
communications, coordinating
the Sills/Glass Leadership
Institute, and presenting educa-
tional programs about antisemi-
tism and other hate trends.
Prior to joining ADL, Emily
worked at the University of
Florida Hillel as the Student
Success Director and
Springboard Fellow for Social
Justice working to transform the
organization into one that
empowers Jewish students
through leadership develop-
ment, identity exploration and
justice work. Emily’s experience
being an adoptee and her Jewish
identity has fueled her passion
in working for social justice and
tikkun olam. Emily fights the
good fight in both her profes-
sional and personal life and
supports various causes and
organizations including Black
Lives Matter, Foster Care to
Success, Adoptees for Justice,
Fair Fight, Equal Justice
Initiative, ACLU and others.
She currently resides in Monroe
with her husband, Matthew, and
their three rescue pets. Emily is
an avid reader, traveler and
social justice advocate. She has
been to 44 states and 10 coun-
tries.
LAUREN HERRIN
Lauren Herrin is
the associate direc-
tor of the Jewish
Community
Relations Council/
AJC (JCRC/AJC).
In this position she oversees the
organization’s Government
Relations committee, board
development and outreach, and
media relations efforts and
online presence, among other
duties. More specifically, she
plans and executes communi-
ty-wide programs and liaisons
with legislators and their staff at
all levels of government on mat-
ters of mutual importance. Prior
to joining JCRC/AJC, Herrin
spent more than a decade at
Marx Layne & Company, a
Metropolitan Detroit public
relations, marketing and digital
media agency. Outside of JCRC/
AJC, Herrin serves on the
Jewish Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit’s Jewish
Working Women’s Network
committee and board of the
Birmingham Farms
Homeowners Association. The
Bloomfield Hills resident
received her bachelor’s degree in
communications, with a spe-
cialization in public relations,
from Michigan State University.
A member of Temple Beth El,
she is married to Wes and is the
mother of Olivia and Nathan.
JAMIE GREENE KANIARZ
Jamie Greene
Kaniarz is the
Executive Director
of Defeat the Label,
a nationally known
anti-bullying non-
profit organization. In her role,
Jamie is responsible for oversee-
ing the Upstander program in
middle and high schools
throughout the metro area.
Upstander is an antibullying
program that encourages stu-
dents to look at their own
schools and communities and
to become the change that they
know needs to happen. Jamie is
also responsible for the yearly
Community Conversation on
Bullying Conference and yearly
Stand4Change Day. Jamie is a
graduate of Grand Valley State
University and resides in Troy
with her husband, John, and
their three young daughters.
“UPSTANDER IS
AN ANTIBULLYING
PROGRAM THAT
ENCOURAGES
STUDENTS TO LOOK
AT THEIR OWN
SCHOOLS AND
COMMUNITIES AND
TO BECOME THE
CHANGE THAT THEY
KNOW NEEDS TO
HAPPEN.”
— JAMIE GREENE KANIARZ
continued from page 8
ON THE COVER
OUR COMMUNITY
“MY JEWISH
IDENTITY HAS
FUELED MY
PASSION IN
WORKING FOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE
AND TIKKUN
OLAM.”
— EMILY DAIELL SNIDER
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