Debi Himelfarb - Class of 1989

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/ Apr 17, 2025 /

After graduating from Schechter in 1989, Debi Himelfarb attended Hall High School and Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ. She spent her junior year at Hebrew University in Jerusalem prior to receiving a B.A. in English and Political Science.

In 1997, Debi moved to Washington, DC and began her career in client care. She joined Blackboard, the global leader in e-learning and education software during its early stages in 2003. Eight years later, after the birth of their second child, Debi left her position as Director of Client Support to be a full time mom.

In April 2012, ShalomLearning, an innovative approach to Jewish learning, recruited Debi to be the Vice President of Operations. Debi spent ten years helping to foster ShalomLearning's mission to make Jewish education more engaging and accessible for everyone.

Currently, Debi leads a sales operations team at PowerSchool; she and her husband Evan live in Rockville, MD with their two sons Dylan and Alec.

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