40 Under 40: Lizzie Lack

After graduating from Georgia Tech, Lizzie Lack originally moved with a friend up to New York.

“Two years later, I realized I was more of a Southerner than I’d given myself credit for and moved back to Atlanta,” Lack said.

Something of a master fundraiser, from 2021 to 2025, Lack served as Director of Development at The Breman Museum, where she led fundraising strategy and donor engagement. During her tenure, she helped raise $1.2 million for the 25th Anniversary campaign, grew membership revenue by 40 percent in a single year, and helped establish three endowed funds totaling $2.5 million.

According to her nominator, “she is deeply relationship-driven and has an uncanny ability to connect a donor’s values with the larger needs of a community.’

Eventually, she transitioned into the Regional Director role for Birthright Israel.

“After Oct. 7, like many of us, I just felt that I needed to do more that could directly impact Israel in our community here, and it sort of just happened, it was beshert, that this opportunity came about for Birthright Israel.”

In addition to her professional involvement, Lack is a board member on both the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and American Jewish Committee (AJC) ACCESS, and participated last year in the Jewish Women’s Fund ACT cohort.

“My Jewish identity has always been a defining part of who I am, largely because of the importance my parents placed on raising my sisters and I with a strong connection to Judaism, Israel, and our heritage. Growing up, I understood innately that being Jewish was something to take pride in, and that has only deepened as I’ve gotten older.”

“Beyond the traditions and shared history, it’s the people who make Jewish life so meaningful to me. We are fortunate to have such a special Jewish community here in Atlanta.”