Shelley Binder, Development Director

Prior to joining the Workers Circle in 2021, Shelley was a development consultant providing comprehensive development services to non-profits such as the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience and the American Federation of Aging Research.

Shelley brings more than 30 years of experience in fundraising and program development. She has held leadership positions in a number of international non-profits, including the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, where she served as Northeast regional director. Shelley specialized in capital gifts and special projects as a senior development officer at UJA-Federation of New York, and managed programs and budgets in Latin America, Africa and Asia at the American Joint Distribution Committee. Born in South Africa, Shelley holds a B.A. in political science from the University of the Witwatersrand (S.A.) and studied further at the University of York (U.K.) specializing in the political economy of Africa.