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Youngstown Area Jewish Federation CEO announces retirement

By Staff report

Updated January 2, 2024 4:38 PM

Andrew Lipkin, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation CEO, announced his retirement effective Dec. 31, 2024.

Lipkin has been with the Federation since 1985 in various roles, including Jewish Community Relations Council and Women’s Division Director, Campaign Director, Assistant Federation Director, and finally CEO, a position he assumed in January 2015.

The Federation is negotiating with Lisa Long, currently Federation financial resource development director, to replace Lipkin.

Long has served as FRD Director since April 2018, and has worked in Vermont and the Mahoning Valley in a variety of nonprofit roles, including leadership positions, for more than 20 years.

”When we moved here almost 12 years ago the Jewish community embraced us with open arms and truly made this our home,” Long said. “It is now my turn to return that favor. I am ecstatic and honored to have been chosen as the next leader of Jewish Youngstown. It has been a goal I’ve been working toward since joining the Federation in April of 2018.”

Long said she is excited about the new responsibility.

“The foundation that our CEO’s, Stanley Engel, Sam Kooperman, and Andy Lipkin, laid has set our community up for success. I am excited to take our Federation to the next level,” she said. “This is not just a career for me, this is a calling. I am building a community for my children, and hopefully their children. Jewish Youngstown is our home.”

The Youngstown Area Jewish Federation is the umbrella organization for several agencies, including Senior Living by Youngstown Area Jewish Federation, the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and Jewish Family & Community Services.