Leora Mallach
Leora Mallach is an experiential learner at heart and entrepreneur by day. Born in Philadelphia, she took a gap-year before college, and then after completing her BA at Washington University in St. Louis, spent a couple of years as an outdoor educator around the northeast. The first time she reacted to poison ivy she was 31 years old! She has also completed a self-designed interdisciplinary Masters in Education degree at the University of Vermont.
Upon arrival in Boston, she worked with the Youth Conservation Corps program at Boston Natural Area Network, and then consulted with The Trustees on the buildout of a statewide YCC program and learned the value of land trusts.
She co-founded Beantown Jewish Gardens and for ten years directed the non-profit that taught about the agricultural traditions inherent in Jewish text, tradition, and culture. She maintains a healthy obsession with the resiliency of local farms and food systems and is a proud (and happy) Stearns Farm member.
After many moons in Jamaica Plain, she moved to Framingham in 2017 and is working to make her home pollinator and people friendly, including growing blueberries, boiling down maple syrup, and hosting a little free library. She is on the board of Friends of Framingham Trails.
In 2021 she was elected to the Framingham City Council. She currently serves on the Finance Committee, as Chair of the Environmental and Sustainability subcommittee, and as liaison to the Youth Council. She was Chair of the Mayor’s Compost Task Force.
She has a batik art business and loves to create – from fabric and quilts to organizations and community groups. Along the way she has lived and traveled abroad, developed a taste for olives and a love of tea, and embarked on numerous kitchen experiments. She is still amazed at the wonders of the natural world, and hopes she always will be.
