Laura Geller, Rabbi Emerita of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, one of Newsweek’s 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America, was recognized by nextavenue.org as a 2017 Influencer in Aging. A Fellow of the Corporation of Brown University, she serves on the boards of Encore.org and the Jewish Women’s Archive. She was ordained in 1976, the third woman rabbi in the Reform Movement.