Rabbi Diana S. Gerson, MAHL, has been successfully advancing the New York Board of Rabbis' leadership role in confronting family violence in the faith community since 2005. As a re...view moreRabbi Diana S. Gerson, MAHL, has been successfully advancing the New York Board of Rabbis' leadership role in confronting family violence in the faith community since 2005. As a recognized authority in the field, Rabbi Gerson has provided education and training to more than three thousand members of the clergy and faith leaders around the nation. She has also provided family violence prevention education to more than a thousand teenagers and adults through her extensive outreach in faith communities. In October 2009, Rabbi Gerson founded a new organization, Love Squared, which focuses on building leadership in faith communities to support and engage their members in fostering healthy relationships and healthy marriages. Love Squared will continue to work in partnership with the New York Board of Rabbis as its lead sponsor. She also has developed training programs for the New York City Mayor’s Office to Combat Domestic Violence and has educated faith leaders for the New York City Family Justice Centers. Rabbi Gerson serves as a member of the board of directors of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and continues to chair its Jewish Women’s Caucus. Rabbi Gerson is a recipient of the Faith Leaders Award from Affinity Health Plan and was named one of the "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" by Women’s eNews. Her work in the faith community has been the focus of articles in the New York Daily News, Hadassah Magazine, Moment magazine, Women’s eNews, and the Mann Report. Rabbi Gerson received her rabbinic ordination from the Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City. She previously served congregations in Short Hills, New Jersey, and Atlanta, Georgia.view less