Shawn Landres
Shawn Landres PhD has built a multi-decade track record of leadership across the social good sectors - nonprofit, philanthropic, academic, and public alike. He has served on and led numerous local government boards in Southern California, including for Los Angeles County*, the City of Santa Monica*, and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District*. Much of his work has focused on nurturing public access to and trust in government and strengthening diverse and inclusive democratic civil society, including as the co-designer and volunteer lead for the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles’s* CIVruta initiative, which was awarded the Lippman Kanfer Prize for Applying Jewish Wisdom to Democracy and Civic Engagement. A UCLA Luskin* Senior Fellow since 2016, Shawn currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs* and is an emeritus board member of the Santa Monica Bay Area Human Relations Council*, as well as an advisory board member for Global Jewry*. The co-founder of Jumpstart Labs* and co-author of groundbreaking charitable giving research, he holds degrees in religious studies and social anthropology from Columbia, Oxford, and UC Santa Barbara, where he earned a PhD. *All organizational affiliations listed for identification purposes only.
