Simone Friedman is the Founder and Chair of the Partnership for Patient Advocacy, and manages several charitable giving programs under the EJF Philanthropies umbrella. In addition to patient advocacy, Simone’s interests include promoting a food system that centers around health, sustainability, and justice — lifting up entrepreneurship and opportunities for new business creation, and supporting efforts to help close the racial wealth gap. Simone embodies many Jewish values in her work, but most of all her commitment to repairing the world, Tikkun Olam, which is one of the many reasons she is high up on our list.