In September 2025, Shiri Sandler joined Five Together as the first Executive Director. Previously, she was the Chief Advancement and Strategy Officer of the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village, a long time Five Together grantee. At ASYV, Shiri built donor pipelines leading to six and seven figure gifts, spearheaded a five-year $20M comprehensive campaign, built strategic plans, built out complex fiscal systems, and developed governance best practices for a 100+ member committee and Board structure. Among her proudest achievements at ASYV were doubling the organizational budget, undertaking the Village’s first national-reach programs, and developing a partnership with Tulane University that produced a summative evaluation that proved ASYV’s impact. Shiri has a special interest in complex multi-entity fiscal relationships, organizations dealing with trauma, and countering extremist and supremacist ideologies that drive discrimination and violence.   

Earlier in her career, Shiri spent a decade as the U.S. Director of the Auschwitz Jewish Center at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where she led immersive programs on dehumanization and genocide for military students, developed new ethics programs for professional school students, and learned to fundraise.  

Shiri has an M.A. in history with a focus on the Holocaust and genocide history. She lives in the Hartford, CT area with her husband, two children, two cats, intermittent foster dogs, and any number of fish.