About David Feinman

David Feinman (pronouns: he/him) is CLF’s Vice President of Government Affairs. Prior to joining CLF, David served as Washington Representative for both the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) and World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO), as Senior Legislative Associate and Project Director for The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), and on the staff of former U.S. Congressman Robert Wexler of Florida and former U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley of Nevada.

David is an adjunct professor in the Department of Government, School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC, where he teaches courses on Congress and Legislative Behavior and a Dialogue Skills Practicum on Grassroots Advocacy and Coalition Building. He is an alum of the University of Florida, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science with a focus on International Relations, and of the University of Central Florida, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Political Analysis and Public Policy. 

Born in Queens, New York and raised in South Florida, David has lived in the Washington, D.C. area for nearly two decades. He enjoys traveling (especially to Portugal), playing and watching sports, spending time with family and friends, searching for the best buffalo wings, and exploring the outdoors.

David Feinman

Vice President of Government Affairs

“All lands are ancestral lands. I live and work in Washington, D.C., the unceded ancestral lands of the Piscataway, Pamunkey, Nentego (Nanichoke), Mattaponi, Chickahominy, Monacan, and Powhatan peoples. I hope this land acknowledgment inspires others to stand in solidarity with Native nations.”

— David Feinman, Vice President of Government Affairs