For Immediate Release
Founding Executive Director Naomi Eisenberger to Become Executive Director Emeritus and Master Mentor on July 1, 2026
Millburn, NJ — November 3, 2025 — Julie Fisher, Associate Executive Director of The Good People Fund (GPF) and a noted nonprofit leader in the US and Israel, has been named as GPF Executive Director beginning July 1, 2026, the organization announced today.
Fisher will succeed Founding Executive Director Naomi Eisenberger, who will become Executive Director Emeritus and Master Mentor.
“Julie is the ideal leader to advance The Good People Fund’s work elevating the power of good people who are making a difference,” said Beth Gansky, Chair of the GPF Board of Trustees, announcing the appointment. “She is strategic, relational, and profoundly committed to the success of our mission — shaping a welcoming and inclusive community for all of our stakeholders and understanding the power and possibilities of grassroots social visionaries.
“Over 18 years, Naomi has built a strong, thriving organization, and we are fortunate she will be part of our strategic growth in a role that will continue to support our grantees. I have great confidence in the continuity and growth of GPF for many years to come.”
Fisher joined GPF as its first Director of Engagement in 2023 and became Associate Executive Director earlier this year.
“It is the honor of a lifetime to be invited to take the helm of The Good People Fund, an organization I have admired and supported for many years. I am inspired every day by the courageous, compassionate work of our grantees, bringing dignity, healing, and hope to those in need. Their determination fuels me, as does the legacy of GPF’s 18 years of impact that I am humbled to help carry forward,” Fisher said.
“I join the entire GPF community in expressing gratitude for Naomi’s deep dedication and tireless leadership. What she has built is unique and beautiful, and I am committed to advancing this work, guided by the values and vision she has infused into GPF from the beginning.”
In her GPF senior leadership positions, Fisher has played a key role heightening GPF’s profile within the Jewish and general philanthropic communities through exposures and partnerships; positioning GPF grant-making to advance the social entrepreneurial movement and meet social challenges; and, collaborating with the GPF Board and staff to evolve the organization — the design of a new strategic plan for an emerging phase of growth and impact being a driving component.
“As we guide GPF into its next chapter, I am energized by the powerful foundation we inherit and by all that lies ahead,” Fisher added. “Together, we will elevate, champion, and support our grantees and partners as they continue to repair the world in bold, enduring ways, at a moment when their work is needed more than ever.”
In her new role, Eisenberger will apply her deep insight into the sphere of Jewish philanthropy occupied by GPF — and the power and potential of grassroots, visionaries making change — as she counsels GPF and grantees to higher levels of impact.
“As I step back and become GPF Executive Director Emeritus and Master Mentor, I look forward to continuing to support and advance the work that I and others began 18 years ago,” she said.
“In my years knowing and working with Julie, I have observed a unique and compelling compassion for people less fortunate and a commitment to changing realities — attributes I certainly recognize in myself as founder and the very values that will continue to make GPF a unique entity and force for change under her leadership.”
Fisher was an educator in Boston and Washington, DC, before relocating in 2011 to Tel Aviv, where as the spouse of the United States Ambassador to Israel, she engaged with educational, medical, and philanthropic institutions highlighting partnerships between the United States and Israel, and supporting programs to elevate minority communities, promote women’s health, and advance shared society.
Before joining GPF, she was the Founder and Director of the Consortium for Israel and the Asylum Seekers, an organization bringing greater attention to the needs of African asylum seekers, a vulnerable sector of society in Israel.
She served on the Board of Trustees of the Walworth Barbour American International School in Israel for six years, including two as Board Chair. During her tenure, she led the board through a period of change including the creation of the school’s first strategic plan, oversight of the school’s finances, and renegotiation of an international agreement resulting in additional American-trained educators joining the school.
Fisher lives in the Washington, DC area with her husband and three daughters.
Since its establishment in 2008, GPF has raised just over $37.6 million to support and help grow 266 grassroots nonprofit organizations primarily in the United States and Israel.
GPF identifies and supports change-making visionaries working in crucial areas including inclusion, health and well being, women’s and girls’ empowerment, welfare of children and youth, care of elders, hunger relief, food rescue, support of refugees, fighting antisemitism and hatred, LGBTQ+ support and more. Beyond financial support, GPF mentorship and community advances grantees’ visibility and sustainability.
The Good People Fund, founded in 2008, is inspired by ordinary people with extraordinary drive making a deep, uplifting impact in communities in the United States, Israel and elsewhere around the world. We find them, support them, counsel them … and watch as lives are changed and new and creative ways of addressing seemingly intractable social and economic challenges take root and flourish. Our driving value is tikkun olam – repair of the world – and our extended family of visionaries, supporters and donors embrace the notion that small actions lead to huge impacts. www.goodpeoplefund.org
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