Rabbi Ari Strulowitz first got involved in Agudath Israel of Illinois in 2013 with Camp Nageela Midwest, then a project of Agudath Israel of Illinois. In 2016, Rabbi Strulowitz began as Executive Director for Nageela

focused on growing the camper enrollment and kiruv impact. Over the years in Agudah, Rabbi Strulowitz worked on several projects and events including Midwest Convention, H3 Business Halacha Summit, and the Midwest Siyum Hashas. Rabbi Strulowitz is now Director of Operations for Agudath Israel of Illinois, overseeing the Agudah’s various programs and initiatives, helping the Jewish community of Chicago and beyond.

Mr. Moshe Davis comes from three generations of community leaders. His grandfather, Rabbi Shlomo Davis, was one of the founders of Telshe Yeshiva in Cleveland and Telshe High School, serving as a member of the hanhala

for over 50 years. R’ Yosef Davis, Moshe's father, came to Chicago in 1964 to learn in Telshe Chicago, establishing a lifelong association with the yeshiva. Along with the Telshe Rosh Yeshiva Harav Avrohom Chaim Levin zt”l, R’ Yosef became one of the founders of Agudath Israel of Illinois, serving as its president in the early years. Continuing the family legacy of community involvement, Moshe Davis has served on the boards of directors of many local organizations over the last 25 years, including the Midwest Region of Agudath Israel where he started as Founding Chairman, the Jewish Federation and Jewish United Fund and the Associated Talmud Torahs. Most recently Mr. Davis volunteered as a co-president of JDBY-YTT, the largest Jewish day school in the Midwest, for over 12 years. He has been on the Board of JDBY-YTT for over 20 years, currently serving as its Chairman of the Board. Prior to joining the Agudah in official capacity as its Executive Vice President in February 2022, Mr. Davis worked as a licensed professional and business owner in the healthcare and real estate industries. He maintains several relationships in each of those fields. R’ Moshe and his wife Chevie currently live in Chicago and are the proud parents of many children and grandchildren.

Rabbi Shlomo Soroka studied in Yeshivas Toras Moshe in Israel, Mir Yeshiva in Brooklyn, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, and Yeshivas Mir in Jerusalem before moving to St. Louis in 2005.

There, he served as Associate Rosh Kollel and Executive Director of the St. Louis Kollel. In addition to managing the kollel’s general operations, he taught classes, published weekly columns and newsletters, and delivered monthly lectures for physicians on Jewish medical ethics, in partnership with BJC Healthcare and Washington University School of Medicine. In 2015, Rabbi Soroka relocated to Chicago and joined Agudath Israel of Illinois. As the Agudah’s Director of Government Affairs, Rabbi Soroka works closely with lawmakers to influence federal, state, and local legislation that will affect the Orthodox Jewish community. His primary focus is on the areas of education, public safety and security, and religious liberty. Rabbi Soroka played a key role in the creation, passage, and implementation of a tax credit scholarship program in 2018, which brought over $120 million in relief to Illinois’ yeshiva tuition-paying families. He has also secured numerous government grants for the Jewish community, totaling tens of millions of dollars.

Rabbi Yitzchok Bider has been working for Agudath Israel of Illinois (of Chicago, when he first came on board) for the last 53 years. During that time he has served in numerous capacities ranging from Day Camp and Overnight camp director

to his current position as Executive Director of Agudah of Illinois. He is responsible for the founding of numerous very popular Agudath Israel programs and community services; these include the Antonia Spitzer Jewish Library, the Shaimos Project, numerous community Pesach related programs (Be’ur Chometz, Hagalos Keilim, Erev Pesach Garbage Removal and the Pesach Guide etc.), the Annual AI Family Calendar, the Simcha G’mach and the exponential growth of Bnos Agudath Israel of Chicago. In spite of this he remains extremely humble and good looking and looks forward to help AIoI continue to grow in community programming and services in the decade ahead.

Rabbi Yaakov Robinson, a Chicago native, is a musmach of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. In 2006 he and his family moved to Cincinnati where he became a Kollel member and later the assistant Rabbi of Cong.

Zichron Eliezer. Rabbi Robinson joined Beis Medrash Mikor Hachaim in Chicago as Co-Rav in 2011, where his warm personality and leadership skills were instrumental in the kehilla’s growth. His popular weekly shiurim include topics on shalom bayis, chinuch, and practical halacha. Rabbi Robinson founded and runs the Zichron Avraham Gershon Kollel Boker and he gives regular shiurim to the women of Mikor and the broader community. Since 2013 he has been on the Executive Leadership team of Agudath Israel of Illinois and the Menahel of the Midwest Agudas Yisroel Council of Synagogue Rabbonim. He serves on the Orthodox Rabbinic Task Force for SHALVA, is the Rabbinic Advisor for the Kehilla Fund and is on the Vaad Hachinuch for both JDBY-YTT and Hannah Sachs Bais Yaakov.