Daniel Grossman

CEO, Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Sonoma, Marin and the Peninsula

National Advisory Board

Danny Grossman is the CEO of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, Sonoma, Marin and the Peninsula.  Prior to taking that role, he founded and ran two companies, Wild Planet Entertainment, a toy company that promoted non-violent, open-ended play patterns and SLOW Food for Fast Lives, a company that promotes healthy, vegetable-based eating.   In his first career, Danny was a diplomat and served in India, the Soviet Union, Austria and the State Department.  Most importantly, Danny has coached more than 20 seasons of youth baseball and baseball, many for and with his and his wife Linda’s  two sons, Noah and Jonah.