Marla Kaufman

Marla Kaufman is the executive director and founder of Jewish Addiction Awareness Network. After her own family's decade-plus experience of navigating resources to support their son's journey from addiction to recovery, Marla dedicated her life's work to silencing stigma and raising awareness. She has helped many Jewish communities across North America develop innovative programs and use proven strategies and best practices to address addiction and mental health from a Jewish perspective. In addition to supporting Jewish families in crisis and those desiring to integrate their recovery with their Judaism, Marla facilitates Jewish cultural sensitivity trainings for medical and addiction professionals. Her previous experience includes creating a parent support program for an adolescent wilderness therapy program, working as development director for a Jewish day school, and marketing and recruiting for a financial services company.