Rabbi Hershel Lutch is the chief financial and operating officer of Tikvah and serves as its Corporate Secretary. In addition to leading Tikvah’s finance, administrative, business process reengineering, and operating functions, Rabbi Lutch helps direct Tikvah’s strategic planning, development, and program management initiatives. Before coming to Tikvah, Rabbi Lutch served as the Chief Operating Officer of Aish HaTorah, where he managed Aish’s dramatic growth into a $65 million organization, engaging over 700,000 participants each year.

Rabbi Lutch is a member of the executive committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and the rabbinic circle of the Coalition for Jewish Values. His scholarly articles, opinion pieces, and conversations have appeared in a wide variety of Jewish and general publications. Rabbi Lutch also has an active interest in government advocacy: he has served as guest chaplain in the US House of Representatives, testified before legislative committees, and led missions to Israel with members of Congress.

Rabbi Lutch earned his MBA and MS in Nonprofit Management (MSM) from the University of Maryland and his semicha (rabbinic ordination) from the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem. He lives in Baltimore with his wife and three children.