[[Home]] → [[Index]] → [[Person]] → <u>**Philip Wolgin**</u>  # LinkedIn Profile Bio: > Results-oriented executive with experience leading a high volume employer-sponsored immigration program and shaping impactful US immigration policy and strategy. Proven track record of people and leadership development, team alignment, change management, and executive communication. > > I hold a Ph.D. in US History, with a focus on the development of the modern system of immigration and refugee policy. I spent 9 years on the Board of Directors of the global refugee agency HIAS, and was part of the prestigious leadership development program, the Schusterman Fellowship (Cohort 6)[^SC] > > Informally, I also help academics (particularly in the social sciences and humanities) figure out how to transition out of the academy. I wrote "An Academic’s Guide to Getting a Non-Academic Job" which you can find here: https://medium.com/@pwolgin/an-academics-guide-to-getting-a-non-academic-job-fa9d566b57fb. [^SC]: [SCHUSTERMAN FELLOWSHIP](https://archive.ph/OqEqf) — *The Schusterman Fellowship was our signature leadership development program designed to support, cultivate and invest in exceptional leaders committed to building and sustaining Jewish nonprofits and Israeli civil society. In March 2024, we announced our shift to fully focus our resources in the U.S. on our existing grantmaking priorities. As part of this shift, the Schusterman Fellowship, which shaped the leadership of nearly 200 senior professionals over nine years, ended after its seventh cohort.* Experience: