Liza Levy

Liza Levy is an American community activist in Washington, D.C. She is a past president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, co-founder of the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, and co-founder of the Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation.

She has been honored with the Kipnis/Wilson Friedland Award from the Jewish Federations of North America as well as the Jerome J. Dick Young Leadership Award.

Biography She was born in Cape Town, South Africa, to a Jewish family. She graduated from the University of Cape Town Teachers College with a degree in childhood education.

In 2000, Levy co-founded the Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, for which she is an executive board member. In 2003, she co-founded the Tikkun Olam Women's Foundation, which invests in programs for women and girls.

She has been a member of the board of the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School since 2001, and the board of the Adat Shalom Reconstructionist synagogue from 1999 to 2003. and received the Kipnis/Wilson Friedland award "for women demonstrating the highest ideals of leadership, philanthropy and volunteerism" from the Jewish Federations of North America.