in Chabad of Royal Oak, 
attending events and often 
consulting on program ideas. 
Having two children attending 
Hillel Day School, Jennifer has 
started volunteering with the 
PTO and is currently working 
to create programs throughout 
the year for Hillel’s ECC parents 
to attend.
She enjoys going to 
Kensington Park to see the 
changing leaves and go for a 
hike.

JUDY 
MARGOLIN 
LANDAU
Judy Margolin 
Landau, 33, 
is a business 
strategy and 
transformation 
manager at Ford Motor 
Company, where she oversees 
large-scale collaborative 
projects across the SUV 
portfolio. In this role, Judy 
enjoys helping her team make 
data-driven decisions to solve 
unique business challenges. 
For the past six years since 
she’s been back in Metro 
Detroit, Judy has been an 
active participant in the Detroit 
Jewish community and is 
passionate about ensuring 
its vibrancy for the next 
generation. Judy is on the 
NEXTGen Detroit Board of 
Directors and was previously a 
vice president of campaign for 
three years. Judy now serves 
on the Local Agency Planning 
Department (LAPD) for 
the Jewish Federation, is the 
NEXTGen liaison to the Board 
of Governors and is on the 
Advancement Committee at 
Hillel Day School. 
Judy has a master’s in public 
policy from the University 
of Michigan’s Ford School 
of Public Policy, a master’s 
in education from Relay 
Graduate School of Education 
and a bachelor’s degree from 

Washington University in St. 
Louis, though her favorite title 
she is most proud of is “Mom” 
to daughters Emma, 3, and 
Naomi, 7 months. 
Judy lives in Birmingham 
with her husband, Andrew, and 
their girls. Beyond spending 
time with her family and 
friends, Judy loves to exercise, 
watch sports, bake and travel to 
big cities or places with warmer 
weather. 

LEXIE 
VINEBURG
Lexie Vineburg 
was born and 
raised in Metro 
Detroit. She 
is an office 
clerk at Lipton 
Law in Southfield and the 
youth engagement leader at 
Adat Shalom Synagogue in 
Farmington Hills.
Lexie is passionate about 
educating and empowering 
the next generation of Jewish 
youth and is a fervent advocate 
for children with special needs. 
She is currently a Hebrew 
school instructor at Adat 
Shalom Synagogue and has 
taught in Hebrew schools 
in the Detroit, Kalamazoo 
and Milwaukee areas. She 
has previously worked with 
students as an applied behavior 
analysis therapist in Milwaukee 
and as a para-educator in 
Metro Detroit’s Jewish schools 
through Opening the Doors. 
Lexie also served as the 
community coordinator of 
Matzah Factory and JServe-The 
International Day of Jewish 
Teen Service.
Lexie’s love of Jewish 
community was fueled in a 
large way by her involvement 
in BBYO. She served on the 
BBYO regional board. She 
has also enjoyed many hours 
volunteering at the Friendship 
Circle and JARC. In college, 
Lexie was a board member of 

Hillel at Western Michigan 
University. 
Lexie lives in Farmington 
Hills with her husband, 
Isaac. They are both active 
members of the Detroit Jewish 
community, Adat Shalom 
Synagogue and The Well. In 
her free time, Lexie enjoys 
baking delicious sweets, hosting 
game nights, and gathering 
with friends and family. She has 
55 cookbooks in her collection 
(and is looking for more).

MALLORY 
TYNER
Mallory Tyner 
has been the 
seventh- and 
eighth-grade 
reading and 
writing learning 
specialist at Hillel Day School 
of Metropolitan Detroit for the 
past five years. After working 
in West Bloomfield Public 
Schools, she wanted to share 
her passion for evening the 
playing field for all students 
with the community that 
supported her as a child. 
Mallory is a proud alumna of 
Hillel Day School and Frankel 
Jewish Academy; when she 
rejoined the Hillel family, 
the school had increased 
its resources and classes for 
students with learning needs. 
Since being a part of the 
community, she introduced and 
implemented a new intensive 
reading intervention course for 
middle school students, aiding 
in reading comprehension 
growth for informational texts. 
She is always looking for new 
opportunities or methods 
to help her students grow as 
learners and as young Jewish 
people. 
Mallory works to bring 
nostalgia into her relationships 
with students, sharing her own 
Hillel experiences from unique 
holiday programs to important 
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