J. David Heller is the Chairman of the Board of Governors, and the immediate past National Campaign Chair of the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and past Chair of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

In January 2009, the President of the United States, appointed Heller to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. In addition, Heller serves on the boards of the Parkwood Corporation, the Mandel Foundation, United Way of Greater Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Heller is devoted to serving the Jewish community in northeast Ohio. He has served on the Board of Trustees for Jewish Community Housing and Gross Schechter Day School. He was Board President of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, President of the Board of the Ohio Jewish Communities, and Chair of the Government Relations Committee at the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

Heller is the President, CEO and Cofounder of The NRP Group, which is one of the largest multifamily development companies in the US. Since its founding in 1994, The NRP Group has developed more than 70,000 apartment homes and currently manages over 32,000 residential units across the nation. Prior to founding The NRP Group, Heller worked as a consultant for The Townsend Group where he was responsible for more than $3.6 billion in real estate investments over a two-year period. Heller then spent five years at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Chicago as a manager in the real estate consulting division.

Heller lives in suburban Cleveland and Boca Raton with his wife Rebecca. They have four children: Lindsey, Ben, Ellie and Sam.