Advisory Council Members 2024

Michal Beller

Founding CEO of the National Authority for Measurement and Evaluation in Education (RAMA). Recently retired from her position as President of the Levinsky-Wingate Academic Center.

Menachem Bombach

Founder of the “Netzach” Haredi school network, which integrates religious and secular studies. Holds a master’s degree in public policy, is team member at the Mandel Institute, and lecturer on education and society.

Michael Feuer

Dean of Education at George Washington University. Former president of the US National Academy of Education, and elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Educational Research Association.

Alan Feld

Founder and Managing partner of Vintage Investment Partners. He also founded the Power in Diversity Israel initiative, which aims to integrate underrepresented populations into the venture capital and high-tech community.

Irwin Kirsch

Formerly, the Chair of the Large Scale Assessment Department and Director of the Center for Research on Human Capital and Education at Educational Testing Service (ETS). He also served as the international survey director for PISA and PIAAC.

Rachel Knoll

Physics teacher, Chair of the Education Committee in the National Council for the Advancement of Women in Science and Technology under the Ministry of Science, and director of field programs at MindCET.

Boris Koichu

Head of the Department of Science Teaching at the Weizmann Institute of Science, researcher of mathematics education specializing in mathematical problem-solving and partnerships between researchers and teachers.

Ariel Kor

Psychologist and social entrepreneur, founder of the Maytiv-Israel Center for Applied Positive Psychology and the Israel Center on Addiction & Mental Health. Researcher at the Medical School of the Hebrew University.

Oren Kurland

Data science researcher at the Technion, founder of the undergraduate and graduate programs in data science, and a member of the international Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

Gili Leibushor

Director of the Orcha Initiative for promoting social and emotional learning in both formal and informal education. Clinical psychologist and graduate of the Mandel School for Educational Leadership.

Dalit Stauber

Former Director-General of the Ministry of Education, faculty member at the Mandel School for Educational Leadership, and Ono Academic College.

Naama Tal

Mathematics teacher, mathematics coordinator, and pedagogical coordinator at a high school in Jerusalem. Former regional mathematics instructor at the Ministry of Education and lecturer in academic retraining program.

Mahmoud Zohdi

Director of the Education Department in Umm al-Fahm Municipality, was involved in research and teaching chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the University of California, Berkeley.