Oren Slozberg

Oren Slozberg became the executive director of Commonweal in 2017. He is also the program director of the Center for Creative Community at Commonweal in Bolinas. Oren joined Commonweal in 2013 as the chief strategies officer. He works closely with Commonweal President and Smith Center co-founder Michael Lerner, developing sustainability and organizational development strategies for future programming. As director of the Center for Creative Community at Commonweal, Oren developed new programs including the Power of Hope summer camp for teenagers, the Fall gathering, the ROC gatherings, and more.

He has been a senior program developer in the fields of education, youth development, and the arts for more than 30 years. Before coming to Commonweal he was the Executive Director of the national organization that implements VTS in the United States and abroad reaching more than 100,000 students. In 2016 VTS merged into Commonweal to further expand its reach into new communities around the world. In 2002 Oren was the Executive Director of the San Francisco LGBT Community Center when it opened. He also developed the program for the conference center for the California Endowment’s new center for health providers in downtown Los Angeles.