Linda Volpert Gross has had a career in marketing but today is primarily focused on community volunteer work. She serves as vice chair at American Jewish University, is a new client interviewer at SOVA Food Bank and works in the college guidance office at her high school alma mater, Van Nuys High School. Mrs. Gross sits on the Board of Directors at Valley Beth Shalom where she is currently the vice president of education. She formerly co-chaired the Strategic Planning Committee at VBS. Mrs. Gross was a member of the board and a previous chair at Brandeis-Bardin Institute, leading the merger of Brandeis-Bardin Institute and University of Judaism to create American Jewish University. She has chaired and co-chaired many fundraising events including the Jewish Federation Valley Alliance Major Gifts Dinner, AIPAC’s Valley Dinner and numerous events on behalf of the Jewish Federation’s Young Leadership Division. She received her bachelor’s degree, cum laude, in American studies at Amherst College and a master’s of business administration degree from Harvard Business School. Mrs. Gross and her husband, Larry, reside in Encino, are members of Valley Beth Shalom and have three children.

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