Meet our professional team — committed to empowering ERG leaders and collaborating with partners to strengthen and uplift the Jewish ERGs across over 200 companies worldwide.
Steven Phillips is an activist and community builder from London. He began his career in IT and cybersecurity, and while at Amazon founded the Jewish Employee Group, sparking his focus on Jewish identity and workplace inclusion.
In response to the challenges he faced Steven founded JewishERGs, now the world’s largest network of Jewish ERG leaders, supporting Jewish communities across more than 230 workplaces globally. In 2024, he left his tech career to become its full-time Executive Director.
Steven leads international Israel trips, conducts research on Jewish workplace experiences, and regularly speaks on panels and delivers lectures online and across the UK and US.
Bella often makes surprise appearances in the background of video calls, effortlessly brightening the mood with her fluffy Bichon Frise charm.
She is an avid lover of walks where she can explore every scent and sight with boundless enthusiasm but only when it’s not raining and there’s no mud to contend with!
Bella’s vocal personality shines through her enthusiastic barking, which occasionally adds a lively note to meetings usually when the doorbell rings.
Bella has a particular fondness for challah and is always excited and ready to eat her slice at the shabbat table.