Direct Light Consulting was born of friendship and a deep commitment to human flourishing, organizational well-being, and community-building.
We are a Reverend and a Rabbi, with roots in Iran and Israel. We are organizational leaders and faith leaders, staunch friends who wish to be of greater service to the wider community. In a time of division and polarization, we bring both humanity and heart as well as organizational acumen and community building expertise to the consulting process.
Reverend Mitra Jafarzadeh
Mitra Jafarzadeh is an American minister of Persian descent focused on supporting organizations and individuals through transitions of all kinds, including trauma, grief, growth, and transformation. Throughout decades of service as minister and senior minister, Mitra taught courses, trained and mentored community leaders and staff, and engaged in interfaith and cross-denomination dialogue and collaboration with religious leaders and community activists both locally and nationally.
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen
Jonathan Cohen is an Israeli born scholar and rabbi who served as faculty member, director of an academic center, campus dean, and senior rabbi. Jonathan has been a board member of arts, social service, and denominational as well as interfaith organizations. He brings extensive experience in teaching and mentoring, coaching, organizational consulting, governance support, fundraising and budgeting, human resources, project management, and community building and organizing.
Light
must come from inside. You cannot ask the darkness
to leave; you must
turn on the light.-Sogyal Rinpoche