Ms. Falchuk is the new President of Hadassah. She grew up on Long Island and graduated from the Woodmere Academy, was raised in a Zionist home. Falchuk has been deeply involved in Hadassah for 30 years, volunteering her talents and time to serve a multitude of positions in both the Boston Chapter and at the national level. She was most recently the National Coordinator of Development, in addition to serving on the Executive Committee of the National Board. From 2000-2004, she was the Coordinator of Hadassah International and, also served as the Chair of the 2000 Hadassah National Convention in Los Angeles.
She was a Hadassah delegate recent World Zionist Congresses in Jerusalem, as well as a delegate to Vaad Hapoel meetings. In 2002, during the worst of the intifada and calls for boycotts of Israel, Falchuk promoted and facilitated the first conference in which more than 60 of America's most prominent physicians came to show their support for their Israeli colleagues and to make the statement that medicine must not be used as a political weapon of war.
A nurse by training with a BS in Nursing from Russell Sage College, in Troy, NY, she is the co-founder of the Hadassah National Center for Nurses’ Council, the first and still only national professional organization for Jewish Nurses.
Upon the completion of her position as coordinator of Hadassah International in 2004, Falchuk was honored by her international friends and colleagues, who established a scholarship award in her name: The Nancy Falchuk Nursing Scholarship Award is given annually and includes a grant to enhance the work of 3 nurses at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Ms. Falchuk is a Board Member since October 2007.