Jane Sherman
Jewish Philanthropist
Jane Sherman is a long-time leader in Jewish philanthropy, acting in executive and board member roles for several essential community organizations, from Detroit to Israel. Jane was the founding Chair of the Young Women's Leadership Cabinet and was a founder of the Israeli Forum. She was a vice chair of UJA and UJC for many years and served as chair of the UIA. Jane has held numerous leadership roles at the Detroit federation, including Women's Campaign Chair and President, first woman chair of the General Campaign, and Vice President of the Federation. She was a member of the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency for over twenty-five years and is now an honorary board member. She is a member of the Jewish Agency Executive, where she chaired the Israel Department, Youth Aliyah and Allocations, and was first chair of Project Renewal. Jane is currently chair of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation. She serves on the board of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and Aspen Music Festival and School. Jane and her husband Larry have led over fifty missions to Israel and are intimately involved in Fisher Flight, a program to train future campaign leadership of the Federation. She has won numerous awards including Detroit's highest honor, the Fred M. Butzel Award. She is a recipient of the Herb Garon Young Leadership Award, Israel Bonds Leadership Award, Sylvia Simon Greenberg Young Leadership Award as well as having been made an honorary citizen of Ramle, Israel.
