Michele F. Prince, MSW, MAJCS

Michele Prince was appointed the Director of the Kalsman Institute on Judaism and Health of the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in July 2007. She received her M.S.W. from the USC School of Social Work and M.A. in Jewish Communal Service from HUC-JIR in 2002. Since 2004, she had been associate director of the Kalsman Institute and a member of the oncology social work staff at the USC/Norris Cancer Hospital. At the end of her first year of service at Norris, she was named Norris Employee of the Year.

Ms. Prince is founder of The Jewish Bereavement Project, at a website based service which has served thousands of people in the Los Angeles area with information and referrals since it was launched in 2002 (jewishbereavement.com). She has conducted over thirty workshops on such topics as "A Behavioral Health Introduction for Rabbis," "The Basics of Hospice," "Communication Skills," "Advanced Cancer & End of Life Care," and "Putting Our Affairs in Order: Legal and Financial Matters from a Jewish Perspective."

Michele moved into to the world of health and communal service after a fifteen-year career as an accomplished account manager in marketing, strategic planning and advertising in the non-profit and for-profit marketplaces.