Roberta Berrent

Roberta Berrent
Director, Donor and Community Relations
323.761.8617
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Roberta Berrent is responsible for the strategy, implementation, and monitoring of all aspects of BJE’s resource development and communications, working closely with BJE staff and volunteer leaders on financial resource development and agency visibility.
 
Roberta comes to BJE after 12 years on the senior staff at Temple Israel of Hollywood, as Director of Development & Communications, where she designed and led all annual fundraising programs and major giving campaigns for the temple and its 3 schools.  In addition, Roberta designed and led four capital campaigns that resulted in the complete rebuilding of TIOH’s schools, chapel, community theater, library, outdoor sports field and playgrounds, and the establishment of a new endowment fund for the schools.

Roberta brings years of corporate experience to her work in the non-profit sector, having previously served as a creative brand strategist for Walt Disney Television and as a writer, producer and marketing director at ABC. She was inspired to devote her talents to Jewish community service after being a parent volunteer and seeing the invaluable impact of Jewish education on students, families, and the greater community, and describes it as the most meaningful and satisfying work of her life.

Roberta is a transplanted New Yorker who loves Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband, David and their daughter, Isabelle. She is a dog person who also loves people.