President

John R. Fishel assumed the position of president of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles in 1992, after serving as the top professional executive at the Allied Jewish Community Services (the local Jewish federation) in Montreal, Canada since 1985.

Mr. Fishel joined Montreal’s Allied Jewish Community Services in 1982 as director of planning. Previously, he had served as executive director of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) and the Council Migration Services in Philadelphia; as planning associate at the Federation of Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia; and as a resource developer for the Ohio State Department of Health.

Mr. Fishel was graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in anthropology and a Master’s of social welfare administration and policy from the University of Michigan.

He and his wife, Karen, have one child, Jessica, a college student.