Joanna serves as President of the Goodwin Foundation, which has supported more than 100 organizations and programs focused on health, community service, women’s and children’s welfare and peace. She also serves as President of the Middle East Peace Dialogue Network, Inc, an organization which believes that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential to Israel’s long-term survival as the democratic homeland of the Jewish people. Working with the Geneva Initiative’s Israeli and Palestinian teams in 2009, MEPDN was the primary underwriter of the draft of 13 Geneva Initiative annexes that were compiled into a 423-page Regional Peace Plan, a road map to peace. As an active member and leader of J Street since it’s founding, Joanna has focused in particular on the successful expansion of J Street U and the development of youth leadership. Joanna received her undergraduate degree from Temple University, Cum Laude. She is the proud mother of two accomplished daughters and three successful step-sons. She lives in Baltimore, MD with her husband, Mark J. Friedman, a partner at the law firm DLA Piper.
| Types | Person |
| Gender | Female |