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ranklin native and 
George Washington 
University sophomore 
Rylie Rosenfeld, 19, has had a 
lifelong love for economics.
“I grew up in a very entrepre-
neurial family,
” she explains of 
her childhood, which included 
attending Temple Israel. With 
her father having his own com-
pany, Rosenfeld says she was 
“interested in business” from a 
young age.
Her involvement in Jewish 
youth organizations, including 
BBYO, also instilled a deep love 
for her Jewish culture and her-
itage. Fast forward more than a 
decade, and Rosenfeld has found 
a way to combine her passions 
into a promising career as both 
an entrepreneur and community 
leader.
Heavily involved with TAMID 

Group, an experiential organi-
zation that facilitates learning 
through business in Israel, 
Rosenfeld is gearing up to 
step into the role of president 
of the organization’s George 
Washington University chapter.

REAL-LIFE 
CONSULTING 
EXPERIENCE
Started locally at 
the University of 
Michigan in 2007, 
TAMID includes 
both Jewish and 
non-Jewish students 
passionate about 
Israel and learning 
about Israeli busi-
nesses.
As an entrepreneurship 
and innovation student at 
George Washington University, 

Rosenfeld’s curriculum and 
interests suited the national 
organization well.
Encouraged by a friend to 
attend a GWU TAMID session 
her freshman year, Rosenfeld 
went into the informative gath-
ering hoping to learn something 
that might benefit her 
studies in business 
school, but left filling 
out an application to 
join the organization.
TAMID applica-
tions are competitive 
— some 25 out of 75 
GWU applicants were 
accepted this year — 
but Rosenfeld quickly 
moved from a first-
round interview to a second.
Then she submitted a case 
study and was ultimately admit-
ted to the program.

“
At that point, I knew nothing 
about consulting,
” she says of her 
current focus at TAMID. 
Yet by her second semester 
with TAMID, Rosenfeld was 
placed as co-manager of a con-
sulting project for Loop, a cod-
ing camp from Israel looking to 
make waves in the U.S.
“We were tasked with finding 
a city in the U.S. that would be 
sustainable for their business 
model,
” Rosenfeld explains of 
her first real foray into market 
research. 
At the end of that semester, 
when applications for GWU 
TAMID’s executive board 
opened, Rosenfeld didn’t need 
to think twice before applying 
to become co-director of con-
sulting.
This semester, as co-direc-
tor of consulting, she worked 

The George Washington University student is the first 
sophomore to hold the role in the chapter’s history.

Franklin Native Steps Up as 
TAMID Chapter President

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VOICE OF A NEW GENERATION

George 
Washington 
University 
TAMID chapter 
executive board.

Rylie Rosenfeld