Boca Raton resident Cindy Orbach Nimhauser recently was named head of the United Jewish Community’s National Young Leadership Department and a Cabinet co-chairwoman.

Nimhauser shares the chairman position with Las Vegas spine surgeon Hugh Bassewitz. She will provide the overall vision for the UJC’s young leadership cabinet and department. “This is a great opportunity and I am truly honored. It is critical that young people take leadership roles in the Jewish community and make it a priority to help those less fortunate,” she said.

Nimhauser recently returned from an Arizona retreat where 245 people raised $2.2 million for the cause. Nimhauser is no stranger to leadership roles within the Jewish community, having served the national young leadership department as membership vice chairwoman and co-chairwoman of the cabinet study mission.