Adina Lichtman
CEO of KKGS, Knock Knock Give A Sock
Adina is from West Orange, New Jersey, and is now living in the East Village of NYC. She founded Knock Knock, Give a Sock during her sophomore year of college, and went into it full time after completing both an undergraduate and graducate degree in social work at NYU. KKGS is a nonprofit that collects socks for the homeless while also building relationships between neighbors. Adina is in charge of the organization’s leadership and operations. When not busy collecting socks, Adina fills her time hosting big Shabbat dinners downtown and volunteering with a variety of organizations through which she meets people from all different walks of life. Adina, who influses her work with Jewish values, is motivated by her vision of a world in which people accept each other and act together to make a difference. She cares deeply about engaging others to give back and creating opportunities for this movement. Through KKGS Adina has created a platform for people to help others as well as get to know their neighbors in a meaningful way. She sees KKGS as a flame lighting the way and igniting the passion of those it engages.