Ariella RosenAriella is the VP of Operations at PresenTense Israel. Ariella began her career at PresenTense as Director of HR and Operations, a position which includes financial management, building organizational infrastructure, managing the team of trainers, recruitment, and content production. She came to PresenTense with a valuable background in human resources, project management, and operations, and worked at several organizations including JSS, BioLineRX, and JVP. Ariella was born and raised in Jerusalem, and has been a political and social activist from a young age. She was part of the campaign to free Gilad Shalit, where she managed strategy, communications, logistics, and the volunteer network. In the IDF, Ariella served in a commanding role at the Educational Corps, where she was responsible for 200 soldiers with special needs.
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Galia GranotGalia is Program Officer at the Ruderman Family Foundation. She has over 15 years of experience initiating, developing and running social impact programs with NGO’s and philanthropic foundations. She specializes in building effective models and developing programs to encourage and enable higher education and employment for underprivileged and marginalized populations. Previously, Galia worked as program officer for the Rothschild Caesarea Foundation and the Israel Women’s Network.
Galia has a Master’s Degree in Labor Studies from Tel Aviv University where she graduated with honors. She also has a B.A. in Communications from the College of Management and completed a two year program in Group Facilitation and Dynamics at Bar Ilan University. Galia lives in Israel with her husband and four children. |
Jackie GorenJackie is a Director at IVN, and is responsible for the investment management of social businesses. Jackie is also a lecturer and head of the department of strategic consulting at the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University. She also serves on several boards of public companies in Israel and abroad. Previously Jackie served as VP of business development at Koor Industries Ltd., and directed its venture capital investing department. Jackie has a BA degree in medical science from the Hebrew University, a BA in Law from Tel Aviv University, and MBA from the Kellogg-Recanati program of Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University.
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Lili LevintonLily has been working at Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) since 1986. Since 2010, she has served as the professional Deputy-Director, responsible for professional services, as stand-in for the Executive Director, and as a member of the organization’s management.
She has a Bachelor’s degree in Hebrew Literature and Educational Psychology from Ben Gurion University, and a Master’s degree in Educational and Developmental Psychology from the Hebrew University. In recent years, Lily has focused on identifying innovative trends, and managing and leading projects that cut across the organization. She led the establishment of BIS’s Technology Center that deals with identifying needs, building models for dissemination, training professionals, entrepreneurs and developers, building partnerships and joint projects with all sectors, and developing an accelerator for encouraging technological solutions for people with disabilities. |
Noa ElefantNoa Elefant-Loffler is a senior public policy manager at Google. She leads Google public policy work in Israel, including initiatives around safer internet, counter speech, digital growth and inclusion. Noa Elefant-Loffler has been in the the public policy sphere for 20 years. Prior to joining Google, she worked for the Israeli media regulator as Head of Research and Chief of Staff. Before that, she worked at the Knesset and had central part in forming the Knesset’s Research and Information Center.
Noa Elefant-Loffler is a mother of three young girls. She was born and raised in Haifa and lives in Hod Ha-Sharon. She has a bachelor degree in political science from Haifa University and master's degree in political communications from Tel Aviv university. |
Nadav Klein - VLX VenturesNadav serves as CTO at VLX Ventures as well as Data Science lecturer and consultant. He holds vast and diversified experience as a technology expert and researcher in both industry and academia, bringing years of experience in building, managing, and nurturing technology driven companies and startups, in the information technology, industrial and life science industries.
Nadav holds both a PhD and a BSc magna cum laude in Bioinformatics. |
Noa NitzanOccupational Therapist. Noa has a Bachelor’s Degree in Occupational Therapy and a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Studies. She has been working at Beit Issie Shapiro since 2005 supervising over the occupational therapy and technology departments in the School for Special Education at Beit Issie Shapiro. She has had a major role in developing the implementation model for the use of tablets at Beit Issie Shapiro, and has many years of experience adapting and integrating the use of technology for therapy and rehabilitation.
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Ziv AzmanovZiv Azmanov is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of a start-up company. He has extensive experience in product innovation, marketing, business development, and general management roles in Fortune 500 and start-up companies.
Ziv graduated magna cum laude from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from San Jose State University in California. |
Keren HendelKeren is the Director of Missions and Program of the Israel Office of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles. Keren is responsible for helping to design inspiring, engaging, and educational mission experiences for different constituencies from Los Angeles, and for deepening Federation's programmatic impact in a number of important spheres.
Born and raised in Israel, Keren spent the 14 years in Los Angeles working in both the private and public sectors. Prior to her return, she was a lead social worker in the Ezra Network, a Federation initiative in partnership with Jewish Family Service, Bet Tzedek Legal Services, Jewish Vocational Service, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, bringing social services to the community. Keren holds a BA in psychology and completed her MSW from the University of Southern California (USC). |
Mentors
Mentors play a crucial role in guiding the startups and making valuable connections. Great mentor relationships often last beyond the official program for the benefit of both the mentor and the startup. If you are interested in mentoring with A3i - LEAP, please be in touch with davidbar@presentense.org