Staff
Alice Johnson Cain
Executive Director
The Honorable Alice Johnson Cain is Executive Director of The Moriah Fund, where she advances civic engagement, education, and the rights of women and girls in the United States and globally. She also serves as a donor advisor focused on national electoral politics. Alice brings more than 35 years of experience spanning public service, policymaking, and philanthropy. In 2018, she successfully ran for office and served two years as a Delegate in the Maryland General Assembly. After helping enact landmark education legislation in 2020, she chose not to run for re-election. Earlier in her career, she spent two decades on Capitol Hill, authoring numerous laws and amendments to strengthen public education — work informed by her early experience as a teacher and literacy volunteer. She served as chief education advisor to Chairman George Miller (D-CA) during his leadership of the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor and as a policy advisor to Senator Paul Simon (D-IL). In 2008, she served as an education surrogate for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in several states. Locally, Alice strengthened public schools through two terms on the Annapolis Education Commission, having been appointed by both a Democratic and a Republican mayor. She also spent more than a decade in senior leadership roles at nonprofits focused on improving opportunities for children, including the Children’s Defense Fund, Teach Plus, and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Alice conducted education policy research in New Zealand through a Fulbright fellowship and participated in the Aspen Institute Senior Congressional Staff Fellowship program for two years. Widely respected for her pragmatic, bipartisan leadership, she has served on numerous nonprofit boards, acted as a peer reviewer for major national foundations and federal education grants, and contributes in advisory and policy roles across government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector. In 2026, Governor Wes Moore appointed Alice to a four-year term on the Maryland Commission for Women. She currently serves on the boards of the Sarbanes Center and Civics Unplugged and on the steering committee of Democracy Strategy Partners.
Don Futterman
Director, Israel
Don has worked with Moriah since 2005, leading Moriah’s efforts in Israel to strengthen civil society, human rights, liberal democracy and to promote equal opportunity in education. Don has overseen Moriah’s partnership with NGOs advocating on behalf of the Ethiopian immigrant community and Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Don is also the founding Executive Director of The Israel Center for Educational Innovation (ICEI), established in 2009, the leading organization for turning around underperforming low-income elementary schools in Israel, including many with concentrations of Ethiopian-Israeli students and several in Arab communities.
Don can be heard on TLV1’s The Promised Podcast, a weekly review of politics and society in Israel, named on multiple lists as one of the leading Jewish podcasts in the world. Don has been a columnist for Haaretz and has written for The Daily Beast. Don is also the creative force behind a second podcast, Futterman’s One-Man Show, and is the author of Yaniv’s Treasure האוצר של יניב a children’s book published by Tal-Mai of Yedioth Books.
Don is married with three children and has lived in Israel since 1994.
Katie Delaney
Grants Manager
Katie Delaney, EdD joined the Moriah Fund in May 2026 and serves as Grants Manager. For over a decade, Katie has volunteered and worked with nonprofit organizations in education, social services, climate justice, and community organizing. She earned her doctorate in education with a concentration in organizational leadership from the University of San Francisco in 2026. As both a grantor and a grantee, Katie has experienced the challenges and opportunities nonprofits face while navigating the world of philanthropy. She is passionate about building capacity and minimizing administrative burden to help organizations better serve their mission and vision.
Board of Directors
Gideon Stein
President
Gideon has served as the President of The Moriah Fund since 2019. Prior to taking the helm at Moriah, Gideon spent more than a decade founding and running both for-profit as well as non-profit organizations in the education space. In particular, Gideon was the Founder and CEO of LightSail Education, the adaptive reading platform that helps students, classrooms, and school districts significantly exceed their literacy goals. Prior to LightSail, Gideon co-founded and served as President of Future Is Now Schools, an organization focused on school turnarounds and union reform work. A leader in the national education landscape, Gideon serves on the board of Strategic Victory Fund and is the Chairman of Civic News Company.
Dorothy Stein
Dorothy has enjoyed a career spanning marketing, technology and real estate. In addition, she has long been active in fund-raising and development for non-profits in Washington, DC.
In 2011, Dorothy co-chaired Mary's Center's fund-raising gala, Noche Tropical, which raised funds for medical and psychological services for disadvantaged women, men and families in the Washington, DC area. She served on the Board of Directors of Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington (PPMW) from 2013-2019, and was chair of their annual fund-raising events, The Pink Ball and Cocktails For A Cause. In 2017, Dorothy teamed with PPMW's education directors to spearhead a new initiative, Pink Party, designed to educate young girls and their parents about peer relationships, communication and reproductive health.
Judith Lichtman
The president of the National Partnership for Women & Families until 2004, Judith currently serves as its senior advisor. Under Judith’s leadership, the National Partnership has been at the forefront of every major piece of civil rights legislation related to women and families for more than four decades. The National Partnership helped pass some of the most important legal protections for American women and families, including the Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) of 1993. In 1996, the National Partnership helped shape key provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that make it easier for women and their families to get and keep health coverage. President Clinton called Judith “a remarkable national treasure,” and Washingtonian magazine has identified her as one of Washington, DC’s most powerful women and Washingtonian of the Year in 1986. The Sara Lee Corporation awarded her the 1989 Frontrunner Award in the area of Humanities. That same year, the Women’s Bar Association named her Woman Lawyer of the Year. In 2000, Judith received the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Hubert H. Humphrey Award for her contributions to the advancement of human and civil rights.
Mary Ann Stein
Chairwoman Emerita (1943-2023)
The co-founder, and former President of The Moriah Fund for 35 years, Mary Ann served on the boards of Americans for Peace Now and the New Israel Fund, where she previously served as co-president and president, respectively.
Mary Ann was the co-founder of the Fund for Global Human Rights as well as the Israel Center for Educational Innovation. A graduate of Wellesley College and George Washington University Law Center, Mary Ann has chaired several committees, coalitions, and mayoral advisory commissions on family and children’s issues. She served on the D.C. Judicial Nominations Commission and wrote and published papers on public assistance and child welfare.