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Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
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SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
NIKKI DICARO STOOD
out immediately during
Jewish Federation of Greater
Philadelphia’s search for a new
chief financial officer.

“We were looking for a CFO
that had been in the public
sector and the for-profit world.

And we were looking for a CFO
who could build a solid finance
team,” Finance Committee
Chair David Gold said. “We were
very happy with her past experi-
ence and what we felt she would
bring to Jewish Federation.”
As CFO, DiCaro will be
responsible for accounting,
financial reporting and strategic
planning, among other duties.

She said her combination of
experience in the public and
private sectors will help her
focus on maximizing money for
Jewish Federation’s programs
and making financial adminis-
tration run smoothly.

Her goal is to make finan-
cial reporting as transparent as
possible so that board members
have access to information in
a timely manner, as well as
driving general organizational
growth and sustainability.

She got her start as a staff
accountant at a newspaper before
becoming a regional controller at
Comcast, first in Flint, Michigan,
and later in Philadelphia. After
Comcast, she worked as a
controller and then as CFO at the
startup venture firm Bachow &
Associates, helping to source and
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several companies.

She stayed in the private
sector for 25 years before moving
to the nonprofit world, where
she has worked for the past 15
years. She was the senior vice
president at Treatment Research
Institute and CFO at American
Friends Service Committee, the
Quaker social services organi-
zation. Immediately before
joining Jewish Federation, she
was the CFO and chief admin-
istrative officer at the Please
Touch Museum.

Community is important to
DiCaro, who has lived in the area
most of her life. She grew up in
West Philadelphia and attended
Saint Joseph’s University. After
Although she is not Jewish,
college, she lived in Havertown, she has always been a strong
Media and Glen Mills.

supporter of Israel and the
Jewish community.

“The Jewish people’s ability
to sustain and to thrive in spite
of all of their struggles has
been absolutely amazing, and
I’m encouraged by the unity of
their community,” she said.

She also was drawn to Jewish
Federation’s mission and dedica-
tion to building community.

“It is amazing to do work in
your backyard, and it speaks
volumes for this organization’s
ability to raise funds and put
those funds to work,” she said.

“I’m a big admirer of organi-
zations that can accomplish
what the [Jewish] Federation
has done as long as it’s been in
existence, and I’m honored to
be able to hopefully contribute
to their success.”
DiCaro celebrates an
important personal milestone
this year: Dec. 31 will mark
“the fifth anniversary of the
completion of my transition
to womanhood,” she said. She
believes it is important for all
organizations to have diverse
leadership. “I learn from being around
a diverse group of people,” she
said. “You get a chance to see and
All the business sense in the world
does not make any sense without
a strong sense of community...

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Nikki DiCaro, chief financial
officer of Jewish Federation of
Greater Philadelphia
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experience life through other
people’s lens, you get a sense of
what they struggle with.”
She said her career has
blossomed since coming out
and she has had the oppor-
tunity to be a role model for
other trans people and their
loved ones. People reach out
to her with questions and for
guidance about transitioning
and supporting transgender
individuals. “I’ve been able to coach and
mentor family members and
budding transgender children,
teenagers and adults to trust
your heart and live authenti-
cally, because if you don’t live
authentically, you’ll regret not
being true to yourself,” she said.

In addition to her finance
career, DiCaro is a creative
writer. She has published 18
books on Amazon, including
a series of thrillers, books of
poetry and four gender transi-
tion guides for trans individuals
and their parents, educators and
employers. She is working on
a seventh installment in “The
Amelia Chronicles,” which tells
the story of a working mother
in the Philadelphia area. l
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