About Us
Our Professional Team
We are a skilled, experienced, and highly invested team of consultants and educators with expertise in Jewish and secular early childhood educational practices, leadership development, and policy/advocacy work.
Staff
Kelli Pfaff
Kelli Pfaff, Executive Director, is a seasoned professional in the education and positive youth development field. Kelli has spent her time working as an informal and formal educator, coach, facilitator, trainer, non-profit director, and school district leader. Kelli’s expertise includes strategic planning and large change management, influencing school and non-profit policy, developing large multi-million dollar public/private initiatives, and engaging in designing and supporting community partnerships in a variety of contexts within and outside the Jewish community.
Kelli Pfaff
Executive Director
Victoria Bisharat
Network Director
Victoria Bisharat
Victoria Bisharat, Network Director, Pedagogy and Leadership, is a passionate early childhood educator who aims to provide high-quality support, coaching, and community building for the schools in the Efshar Project network. Victoria has been a teacher, school leader, graduate teaching assistant, and administrator, and is an advocate in the field of ECE.
She earned her undergraduate degree at SUNY Purchase and her Master’s in Educational Psychology and Early Childhood Education at the University of Colorado at Denver. Victoria brings a passion for deepening thinking around quality, curriculum and relationships. She is committed to strengthening the diverse Jewish ECE communities in Boulder and Denver. Victoria is a proud mom to a Boulder JCC alumni and lives in Erie with her son.
Josh Rifkin
Josh Rifkin, Pedagogical Coach, enjoys listening, learning, and thinking together with educators and children across the Efshar network. With 14 years of experience in early childhood education, Josh is passionate about learning with children in nature, focusing on sustainability, and thoughtfully considering the appropriate uses of technology in the classroom, all viewed through a Jewish lens.
Over the years, Josh has grown by benefitting from the pedagogical offerings of The Efshar Project and is now eager to give back to the community that has shaped his journey. He served on the Efshar board for three years and was a JCC Association leadership fellow with the Sheva Institute. During this time, he collaborated with educators and directors across North America and traveled around the world studying excellence in the field.
Josh believes that learning is a lifelong process, that curiosity and relationships are important, and that children are capable partners in discovery. He is a husband and father of two boys, ages 9 and 14. His wife works in the field of early childhood education at Temple Emanuel.
Josh Rifkin
Pedagogical Coach
Elana Ladd
Operations & Development Manager
Elana Ladd
Elana Ladd, Operations and Development Manager, brings a strategic, detail-driven approach to supporting the Efshar Project’s operations and development efforts. With a background in Corporate Technology and experience as a small business owner, she excels at building systems, streamlining processes, and supporting organizational growth. Elana is passionate about fostering connection and creating strong foundations for collaborative work. Outside of Efshar, she serves as a PJ Library Family Connector and enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband and daughter.
Carly Schlafer
Carly Schlafer, Development and Marketing Lead, brings more than a decade of experience in strategic communications, non-profit fundraising, advocacy, and events. Over the course of her career, Carly has worked with non-profits, associations, corporations, and organizations, both big and small, to elevate their work. Carly has a keen knowledge of the global and local Jewish community and philanthropic world having worked with numerous foundations and non-profits. Carly earned her Master of Science in Environmental Policy and Management from the University of Denver and her Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs with a concentration in Conflict and Security and a minor in Organizational Sciences from The George Washington University. Carly serves on the Board of Directors of JEWISHcolorado. She and her husband are most proud of their three young children who attend Jewish early childhood education programs in Denver.
Carly Schlafer
Development & Marketing Lead
Candace Lyons
Office Manager
Candace Lyons
Pedagogical Partners
Judi Morosohk
Judi Morosohk, Senior Pedagogy & Leadership Coach, has been in the early childhood education field for 45 years as a teacher, director, consultant, coach, and trainer. She was the Pedagogical Director of the Efshar Project from 2008-2022 supporting educators in Jewish ECE centers in Denver/Boulder in growing knowledge and skills of educationally sound practices, and seamlessly weaving Jewish values into everything they do. She continues to work for the project as a member of the coaching team. Judi holds an MA in Educational Psychology and Early Childhood/Special Education from the University of Colorado, Denver and a BS in Elementary/Special Education from the University of Delaware. Judi also works on a national level, coaching, mentoring, and training educators and directors in Jewish Early Childhood Centers across the nation.
Judi Morosohk
Senior Pedagogy & Leadership Coach
Natalie Drucker Boscoe
Pedagogy & Leadership Coach
Natalie Drucker Boscoe
Natalie Drucker Boscoe, Pedagogy & Leadership Coach, is a credentialed coach and certified trainer who has worked with a variety of Jewish and secular educational institutions, ranging from Sesame Street Workshop to Edmodo, the Denver Stanley British Primary School, Kodo Kids and the Paradigm Project. Most recently, she was the Director of Early Childhood Education at Congregation Sherith Israel, the oldest Jewish congregation in San Francisco. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Evolutionary Biology from Emory University and a Master’s in Educational Psychology from the University of Colorado. Natalie was also selected to participate in the Jewish Early Childhood Educators Leadership Institute (JECELI), a national professional development and leadership program. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband, five-year-old daughter, one-year-old son, and energetic goldendoodle.
Yeshnaya Dougherty
Yeshnaya Dougherty, Pedagogy & Leadership Coach, is an Early Childhood Educator who finds great joy in sharing her enthusiasm and experiences by partnering with educators as they explore, discover, and grow their teaching practice. She is a founding member of the non-for-profit Teaching Beyond the Square, based out of New York City, where she worked alongside educators in Jewish and secular schools across the Tristate area as a coach and presenter. Passionate and inspired by the curious minds of young children, Yeshnaya’s teaching practice and philosophy are largely shaped by her work with the Reggio Emilia approach. She received her M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University and her B.A. in Environmental Studies from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. Yeshnaya recently relocated to Denver, Colorado with her family and is thrilled to join the wonderful team at the Efshar Project.
Yeshnaya Dougherty
Pedagogy & Leadership Coach
