Allison Gutman is a Program Officer for the Jewish Life Portfolio at the William Davidson Foundation, where she oversees grant opportunities and steward’s grantees and partners. Her work primarily focuses on strengthening Jewish education by supporting leading Jewish educators, and fostering a deeply engaged Jewish community in Detroit.
Before joining the William Davidson Foundation, Allison served in the Israel & Overseas Department at the Jewish Federation of Detroit, where she supervised the ShinShinim program and the Elaine & Michael Serling Israeli Camper Program. Her extensive experience in Jewish communal service includes teaching Jewish studies at Hillel Day School, and leading educational programs as the Director of Youth and Family Learning at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
Allison holds a master’s degree in Jewish Education from the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is also a graduate of the Mandel Teachers Education Institute and has completed advanced programs through the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and participated in the first ReFrame Cohort at the Davidson School of Jewish Education. Her academic foundation is further strengthened by an undergraduate degree in Comparative Religion and Sociology from Western Michigan University. Allison resides in Metro Detroit with her husband and three children.