As the Chief Executive Officer of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, William Daroff is the senior professional guiding the Conference’s agenda on behalf of the 50 national member organizations that represent the wide mosaic of American Jewish life.

Named by The Jerusalem Post as being among the fifty most influential Jews worldwide, and by The Forward newspaper as one of the fifty most influential Jews in America, Daroff steadfastly guides the leadership of American Jewry through its thorniest issues. He builds consensus among the Conference’s diverse membership to craft cohesive foreign policy goals for the American Jewish community. He advocates for a secure Israel, for strengthening the US-Israel relationship, and the protection and security of Jews worldwide. Daroff is an international leader fighting antisemitism in all its forms, both in America and abroad.

As CEO of the Conference, Daroff is in continual dialogue with key policymakers, members of Congress, and the White House. He regularly engages with the diplomatic corps in Washington and at the UN on a range of issues that are of interest to the American Jewish community. He is frequently invited to give testimony before committees of the US Senate, US House of Representatives, European Parliament, and Knesset.  Daroff also travels extensively to meet with governmental and Jewish communal leaders from across the globe, including the top leadership of the Israeli government.

Daroff was the principal co-convener of the largest Jewish/pro-Israel gathering in modern history — the November 14, 2023, March for Israel, where over 290,000 people gathered on the National Mall in front of the United States Capitol.

As the representative of the American Jewish community, Daroff served as the inaugural Chair of the J7, Large Jewish Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism. The J7 consists of the representative bodies of the seven largest Diaspora Jewish communities; the United States, Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. 

Daroff received his Bachelor’s Degree (summa cum laude) in Political Science & History, Master’s Degree in Political Science, and Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University in his hometown of Cleveland, OH.  He is an adjunct Professor at George Washington University and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a regular contributing columnist for the Jerusalem Post.

He met his wife, Heidi Krizer Daroff, in Krakow, Poland in 1995, while studying at Jagiellonian University, from which they both received certificates in the history of Eastern European Jewry and the Holocaust.