Arnold M. Eisen is the Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary and Koshland Professor of Jewish Culture and Religion at Stanford University. One of the world's foremost experts on American Judaism, Professor Eisen has worked closely for the past twenty years with synagogue and federation leadership on Jewish identity, tradition, and American Jewish community. 

A product of the Conservative Movement, Professor Eisen is a frequent scholar-in-residence at synagogues across America. He has regularly served as a faculty member of the Wexner Heritage Program, the Wexner Fellowship, and the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship of the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture. He has long been well known as a passionate advocate of strengthening connections between American Jews and Israel.

Professor Eisen's recent publications include a personal essay, Taking Hold of Torah: Jewish Commitment and Community in America (1997); Rethinking Modern Judaism: Ritual, Commandment, Community (1998); and The Jew Within: Self, Family and Community in America (2000).

Professor Eisen received a PhD in the History of Jewish Thought from Hebrew University; a BPhil in the Sociology of Religion at Oxford University; and a BA in Religious Thought from the University of Pennsylvania. He previously served as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Jewish Philosophy at Tel Aviv University, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Columbia University.

Professor Eisen is an Associate Member of the Board since October 2006.