Today, we’re so happy to share that Cincy Jewfolk’s first annual storytelling show will be emceed by the amazing Jackie Congedo, Chief Executive Officer of the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, and promises to be a stunning night of storytelling!
Jackie’s Thoughts on Storytelling
Jackie says, “When I think about my own career journey, I’ve always been a storyteller. With a 10-year career in journalism, my job was to help audiences connect with diverse stories. In my work now, our museum is a facilitator of story. Stories transform because they speak emotionally to us. Stories reach where facts can’t.
“I love what this show is trying to do. We desperately need in our world today more spaces for people to connect with each other, for people to open up to sharing and being shared with. This show does that. That level of vulnerability can be scary, but it is also transformative. It is a catalyst for community and connection.”
Don’t miss Jackie as the emcee Stories from the Tribe: Cincinnati!
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About Jackie
Jackie Congedo is an innovative executive leader known for driving organizations toward success with an unwavering commitment to excellence.
With a proven track record in guiding teams and executing strategic initiatives, Congedo brings a wealth of experience in development, marketing, communications, stakeholder engagement, and education to address antisemitism and other contemporary issues. Her extensive network within Jewish and civic communities underscores her passion for fostering meaningful connections and collaborations.
A nationally recognized expert in the intersections of antisemitism, extremism, and civic engagement, Congedo is passionate about the power of education and engagement to catalyze change and build community across lines of difference. She joined the Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center’s leadership team in July of 2022 as the Center’s Chief Community Engagement and External Relations Officer, where she has played an integral role in growing a team of seven to more than 25 mission-driven professionals. In July 2024, she was selected to lead the organization into its next chapter and will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer in August.
With extensive experience in advocacy, government and public affairs, and marketing, she has led a robust portfolio of initiatives to build and refine brand awareness for the organization while expanding relationships with key stakeholders, donors, influencers, and policy makers. Congedo’s strategic efforts have helped elevate and activate the Center’s mission in impactful new ways– redefining the role Holocaust education can play in addressing some of society’s most complex challenges.
During Congedo’s tenure as Chief External Relations & Community Engagement Officer, the Center’s award-winning museum saw record-high attendance and gained national attention for its leadership in Holocaust education and combating antisemitism.
Congedo has grown the Center’s philanthropic base, quadrupling annual giving and corporate fundraising, and tripling public funding, including securing the organization’s first-ever federal earmark. She also oversaw the establishment and growth of a fee-for-service vertical that has engaged more than 50 organizations, generating significant revenue within its first year. She has cultivated relationships with donors and funders that have enabled dramatic expansion of public programming, the creation of digital storytelling initiatives, and considerable growth in school district partnerships and engagement.
A former journalist turned community advocate and bridge-builder, Congedo spent six years as the director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, which works to ensure Jewish security by working in coalition across diverse communities to build a more just society for all people. In this role, she served as the chief architect of the Leaders in Light Institute, a leadership development program for civic influencers designed to address trends of extremism and polarization and to strengthen democratic practice and civil society. Congedo has served on various community boards and committees, including the National JCRC Directors Association, the National Jewish Council for Public Affairs Restructuring Task Force, the City of Montgomery Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and the Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate.
Prior to her work in Cincinnati’s nonprofit community, Congedo spent nearly a decade as a broadcast journalist, working for stations in Washington, D.C.; Lexington, Kentucky; and in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she specialized in enterprise and investigative storytelling. Congedo received a BA in journalism from the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where she graduated summa cum laude. A native Marylander, she has called Cincinnati home for more than a decade.
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About the show
An event by Cincy Jewfolk, Stories from the Tribe features 12 women on the bima telling their true Jewish stories that have a thread to Jewish motherhood – whether that’s about their own Jewish mom or about being a Jewish mom – and includes all of the ups and downs, highs and lows, laughs and tears that come with the real-life experience of Jewish motherhood in Cincinnati.
This promises to be a stunning night of storytelling and community and we’d love for you to join us!
This year’s show will be on Monday, November 10th, 2025 at 7 p.m. Seating is General Admission, and the doors will open at 6 p.m.
