Rabbi Stacy Offner is the first career congregational rabbi and the first woman to hold the position of vice president of the Union for Reform Judaism. She arrived at a pivotal moment in the Union’s history and quickly assumed the mantle of leading the transition team that is overseeing a complete restructuring of the 136-year-old organization. The new Congregational Support Center and the Congregational Consulting Group are in her purview. She is also responsible for overseeing the Union’s North American board of trustees and promoting leadership and development among its members. Prior to joining the Union in 2008, Rabbi Offner spent nearly 25 years as a congregational rabbi in Minneapolis, MN. She was the first woman rabbi in the North Star State and is the founding rabbi emeritus of Shir Tikvah Congregation in Minneapolis. 

Rabbi Offner has served as adjunct professor of Jewish ethics at Hamline University, on the Ethics Committee of Minneapolis Children's Hospital and as chair of the Socially Responsible Investing Committee of the Reform Pension Board. She is a past president of the Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis, and was the first rabbi to serve as the officially elected chaplain of the Minnesota State Senate.

A magna cum laude graduate of Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, Rabbi Offner received her master's degree in Hebrew literature in 1982 and her rabbinic ordination in 1984, both from Hebrew Union College in New York.

 

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