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

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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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