Ann Baidack Pava, President of Micah Philanthropies, is an activist, philanthropist and thought leader. A natural community builder, Ann strives to embody the core Jewish values that animate her work, as expressed by the prophet Micah - “Only to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God.”

Ann is a past chair of Prizmah: Center for Jewish Day Schools and a past chair of National Women’s Philanthropy of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA). She is Founding Chair of the Hebrew High School of New England, and past chair of the Jewish Federation of Western MA. She currently serves on the boards of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA), and JFNA. She serves as Committee Chair for the Graduate Program for Advanced Talmud Studies for Women (GPATS) at Yeshiva University.

She and her husband Jeremy are PJ Library Alliance Partners, AIPAC Minyan members and founders of the Jewish Free Loan of Greater Hartford.