Jennifer Gerber

Biographical Information
"Jennifer joined the FPA Board of Trustees in 2007. Jennifer was Special Adviser to Andy Burnham MP in his Government departments (HM Treasury, DCMS, DoH) and Director of Progress, a left of centre think tank. She also worked for Andy Burnham as a Researcher in the Commons, and for the Labour Party and has worked on three successful general election campaigns. Jennifer is Director of Labour Friends of Israel, a not-for-profit campaigning organisation which works for peace in the Middle East."

In September 2010 Labour Friends of Israel appointed her a their new director to oversee the parliamentary lobby group's work. "Jennifer Gerber replaces former director Luciana Berger, who was elected as an MP for the Liverpool Wavertree constituency in May. Ms Gerber, from Finchley, north London, is a former director of Progress... She edited its magazine, for which she has written articles on Israel and antisemitism."