Laura Cutler
Managing Director, Center for Israel Studies
CAS | Israel Studies
Degrees
A.B. 1977, Washington University in St. Louis, Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa M.A. Johns Hopkins School of Advances International Studies
Favorite Spot on Campus
Anyway on campus! I love working in an arboretum. Every inch of campus is beautiful.
Bio
Laura Katz Cutler is Managing Director of the Meltzer Schwartzberg Center for Israel Studies at American University. A former commercial banker with Wells Fargo Bank, Ms. Cutler is a community activist and active member of the Washington, DC, Jewish community, where she has been a tireless advocate for innovation in Jewish education. She is past chairman of the board of PANIM: The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values and was a founding board member of the Partnership for Jewish Life and Learning. Ms. Cutler serves on the boards of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and Moishe House. She holds a masters degree in international relations from The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.