Experience

Menomadin Foundation

• Israel
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  As founding CEO of the Menomadin Foundation, an international social-impact fund aiming for inclusive international development as outlined by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), I developed a platform which enables creative new implementations of the Blended Finance Approach. The Menomadin Foundation platform enables crafting highly inventive Proofs of Concept (POCs) of innovative full-value-chain solutions, that include collaboration with multi-sector partners. We work seamlessly with non-profits, private and public sector partners, and thus ensure scalability and sustainability, while leveraging the Blended Finance ecosystem so it enables small-medium foundations (SMFs), like ours, generate significant impact. Established in 2019 with international businessman and philanthropist Haim Taib, Menomadin Foundation is the first Blended Finance foundation in Israel, an extremely diverse, socio-economically-challenged society. In its two years of operation, the foundation has initiated and supported 27 projects in Israel and Africa. Show less



Bar-Ilan University

• Israel
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President Of Development

  • 2017 - 2019

  Member of the University's management team, responsible for defining the University's goals, development and execution.• Development of Board and lay leadership.o Recruitment of new Board members.o Responsibility for Board committees – steering, appointments and honorary doctorates.o Overall management of Board of Trustees meetings; content and execution.• Overall responsibility for leading and directing the Global Resource Development Departmento Management of 30 employees in Israel and abroad, including recruitment and training.o Responsibility for activities in Israel, Canada, S. America, Mexico, Europe and the Far East.o Preparation and implementation of strategies for penetrating new areas.o Responsibility for annual commitments and donations of over USD 100 million.o Responsibility for the Department’s annual operational budget.o Coordinating donors’ contractual commitments – creating an interactive planning, management, monitoring and execution methodology.o Embedding the use of a CRM system in day-to-day operations.• Global responsibility for fund raising and campaigno Management of a University-wide fund-raising campaign.o Embedding new fund-raising Tools and New Models of Partnershipso Specializing in fund raising from foundations and facilitating joint partnerships (for example, Keren Hayesod).o Initiation of a student-run Impact Investment Fund, a ground-breaking venture involving the University’s Business School, Social Finance Israel and Altshuler Shaham investment house. Show less

• HEAD OF GLOBAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

  • 2009 - 2017

  • Strategy and campaignso Development and execution of a multi-year strategic philanthropy plan for all 8 Faculties of the University, Centers and programs.o Management of fund raisers and Friends of Bar Ilan associations.o Overall responsibility for the new School of Medicine campaign, obtaining commitments of more than USD 130 million.o Organization-wide standardization of budget structures, reporting to donors, work procedures, and communication.o Developing fund-raising training sessions for Deans and leading researchers.• Improving work procedureso Definition, development and oversight of philanthropic data management systems.o Implementation of advanced communication technologies, platforms, web sites for internal and external communications.• Overall department managemento Upgrading the Donor Visits and Events Department, Board of Trustees and special events (about 350 visits and events per annum). o Creating new structures to support affiliates in North America, Israel, UK, Europe, South America and other English-speaking countries.o Managing staff and the departmental budget. Show less



The Jewish Agency for Israel

• Israel
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• MANAGER OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT BRANCH

  • 2007 - 2009

  • Establishment and management of the Department’s Resource Development Unit, Immigration & Absorption Department. • Fund-raising of millions of dollars annually; collaboration with Keren Hayesod, other affiliates and Jewish communities around the world. • Responsibility for strategic planning, quality assurance, work procedures, and donor relations. • Development of training programs. • Establishment and management of the Department’s Resource Development Unit, Immigration & Absorption Department. • Fund-raising of millions of dollars annually; collaboration with Keren Hayesod, other affiliates and Jewish communities around the world. • Responsibility for strategic planning, quality assurance, work procedures, and donor relations. • Development of training programs.



JDC (The Joint)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• MANAGER OF INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSISTANT TO THE CEO

  • 2003 - 2006

  • Cultivation of partnerships with the Jewish Federation of New York and individual donors.• Organization and execution of professional partnerships, steering committees, seminars and professional delegations in Israel and abroad.• Writing documents and reports, preparation of presentations and their delivery.

• PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF A LITERACY PROGRAM FOR ETHIOPIAN ISRAELIS

  • 2001 - 2003

  • Team member in an innovative national program for teaching language skills to Ethiopian-Israeli immigrants.• National coordination of local teams and program activities, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and non-profit associations.