The first Rabbinic Leadership Initiative cohort of North American rabbis ran from 2001-2004. At the end of their program, they were named Senior Rabbinic Fellows of the Hartman Institute. The participants are listed below.

• Rabbi Bill Berk Makor Educational Journeys Jerusalem, Israel
• Rabbi Shimon Brand Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
• Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus B’nai Yehuda Beth Shalom, Homewood, Illinois
• Rabbi Ed Feinstein Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, California

• Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl Beth Tzedec Congregation Toronto, Ontario

• Rabbi Laura Geller Temple Emanuel Beverly Hills, California

• Rabbi Ira Grussgott Freehold, NJ

• Rabbi Eli Herscher Stephen S. Wise Temple Los Angeles, California

• Rabbi Yoel Kahn Congregation Beth El Berkeley, California

• Rabbi Arturo Kalfus Temple Emanu-El Oak Park, MI

• Rabbi Asher Lopatin Yeshivat Chovevei Torah  New York

• Rabbi John Moscowitz Holy Blossom Temple Toronto, Ontario

• Rabbi Howard Ruben Jewish Community High School of the Bay, San Francisco, California

• Rabbi Steven Sager Sicha, Durham, North Carolina

• Rabbi Michael Wasserman The New Shul, Scottsdale, Arizona

• Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt Bnai Tzedek, Potomac, Maryland

• Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan, Lehrhaus Judaica San Francisco, California

• Rabbi Carl Wolkin Congregation Beth Shalom Northbrook, Illinois

• Rabbi Larry Zierler Jewish Center of Teaneck, Teaneck, New Jersey