Rabbi Deborah Bravo is founder and spiritual leader of MakomNY: A New Kind of Jewish Community. Prior to taking becoming a spiritual entrepreneur, Rabbi Bravo spent 17 years serving Reform synagogues from Washington D.C. to Long Island. Ordained from HUC-JIR in 1998, Rabbi Bravo also holds a Master in Education from Xavier University and received her Doctorate of Divinity after 25 years of service. Rabbi Bravo currently serving as an officer of the NYBR.