Nicole Bernstein

Nicole Bernstein is a former high-tech executive who left Qualcomm in 2012 to focus on Jewish nonprofit work, political advocacy, and grassroots organizing. A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and the first American-born child of an Israeli immigrant family, she spent a decade in Tel Aviv as a startup executive, earning recognition as one of Israel’s “Top 10 Best Women-Led Companies” in 2007.
She has served as the San Diego Executive Director of StandWithUs and AIPAC’s San Diego Director. Now based in Carmel Valley, she sits on the Del Mar Union School District Equity Advisory Committee.
In 2021, Nicole co-founded PeerK12, a grassroots organization unapologetically combating institutionalized Jew-hatred in K-12 education by mobilizing communities for legal protections, policy reform, and curriculum transparency. Visit www.peerk12.org to learn more.