
Member of the Board of Governors
The Jewish Agency for Israel
Gail Norry is the Immediate Past Co-chair of the Board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia and served as the Campaign Chair from 2014-16. She is a member of its Executive Committee, Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. She served as co-chair of the Center for Jewish Life and Learning and is a past president of Women’s Philanthropy. She participated in the Federation’s Leadership Institute. She is a past chair of Young Women’s Division and was the 1996 recipient of the Myer and Rosalie Feinstein Young Leadership Award.
Gail Norry is the Chair of the Endowments Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America, and serves on the Board of Trustees, and Domestic Policy & Government Affairs Committee. She is the Immediate Past Chair of the Emergency Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America and is the past chair of National Women’s Philanthropy. She chaired the National King David Society, which included missions to China and Morocco during her tenure. She was the co-chair of the 2014 JFNA General Assembly. Gail was the co-chair of the 2008 International Lion of Judah Conference, and she served as co-chair of the T.E.C.H. Team, providing Training, Education, Consulting and Help to communities across North America. She was also the co-chair of National Young Leadership in 2005.
Gail was a member of the United Israel Appeal Board. She has been on numerous missions to Israel, the Former Soviet Union, South America and across Europe. She was the founder and co-chair of OROT, a special needs initiative in Philadelphia’s Jewish day schools. She chaired the Perelman Head of School Search and is a Vice Chair of Prizmah, the Center for Jewish Day Schools. She also serves on the Board of 21/64. Gail is married to Dr. Elliot Norry and is the proud mother of Dahlia, Benjamin and Jordana, and Savta to Cobi and Isaac.