Idit Klein is President and CEO of Keshet, a nonprofit dedicated to creating a welcoming and supportive Jewish community for LGBTQ Jews. After grading from Yale University, Klein moved to Israel, where she began a community organizer in the gay, lesbian, and bisexual community. She began volunteering for Keshet when she returned to the United Sates and was hired as the organization’s Executive Director in 2001. Her work has been instrumental in developing a consciousness of LGBTQ issues in the Jewish community.