Avraham Infeld, President Emeritus of Hillel – the Foundation for Jewish Campus life – has invested a lifetime building Jewish identity and strengthening the State of Israel.  
 
 
Avraham is the founder and director of a succession of innovative educational institutions.  He today serves as a consultant on Tikkun Olam to the Reut Institute, is a member of the faculty at the Mandel Institute, and expresses his love for the Limmud enterprise, by serving as a roving ambassador for Limmud International. In May 2012, Avraham was elected Chairman of the Board of the Hillels of Israel. 
 
In the 1970s, Avraham founded Melitz, a non-profit educational service institution that fosters Jewish identity rooted in a pluralistic understanding of Jewish life and the centrality of Israel.  He stood at the helm of Melitz for 30 years.  He also served as chairman of Arevim; director of the Birthright Israel planning process; founding chairman of the San Francisco Federation’s Amuta in Israel; chairman of the Board of Israel Experience, Ltd., an independent company created by the Jewish Agency. In the late 70’s and early 80’s, concurrently with the above, Avraham was also Director General of both Gesher Educational Affiliates and the Shalom Hartman Institute. Avraham served abroad as the first Community Shaliach in Baltimore, Maryland, and as Director of the Jewish Agency’s Youth Department in Great Britain.  In 2003, Avraham was appointed President and International Director of Hillel – Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, and served in that capacity until September, 2006, when he returned to Israel to assume the Presidency of the Chais Family Foundation until it was forced to close in December 2008, due to a massive fraud on Wall Street.  He continues to serve as President Emeritus of Hillel International.