ISAAC ADLERSTEIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Since December 2021, Isaac Adlerstein has served as the Executive Director of Broadway Community.

Raised in Queens and Long Island, Isaac has formally been involved in homeless services since 2017, when he began his work at the Interfaith Nutrition Network (The INN), Long Island’s largest homeless services agency. At The INN, Isaac served at the agency’s flagship soup kitchen and assisted Guests with securing employment, housing, and other resources. He ultimately joined The INN’s staff and led projects to develop more effective case management and reporting tools. 

Immediately prior to joining Broadway Community, Isaac served as the Director of Volunteer Services at Commonpoint Queens, Queens’ largest social service agency. There, Isaac oversaw all agency volunteer operations and mobilized 1,500 volunteers to provide critical support to the agency's food pantries, workforce development initiatives, senior centers, and after school programs.

Isaac has also worked with Paul’s Place in Baltimore, the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services, and Habitat for Humanity NYC.

In the Summer of 2023, Isaac led a $75 million initiative with the Eric Adams Administration and New York Disaster Interfaith Services (NYDIS) to create 50 new shelters within houses of worship for asylum seekers — with the programs of Broadway Community being held up as the model for what's possible. Isaac was a central part of a working group about the faith community's response to homelessness and wrote the language upon which the program is based.

Isaac holds a Bachelors in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and currently serves as the Board Chair of the Emergency Shelter Network (ESN), a subsidiary nonprofit of NYDIS that empowers faith-based organizations to provide shelter, assistance, and support to New Yorkers experiencing homelessness.