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Raanana, Center District, Israel

Greater Seattle Area

• Recruited and trained 25 volunteer mentors (125% of goal) by promoting the program to larger audiences, presented at multiple leadership events; introducing new initiatives and actively encouraged individuals to join our program and become mentors• Collaborated with board members to create organizational strategy and improve execution; Created new workshops to address organizational needs; ran and analyzed results to optimize core outcomes• Grew the programs to include over 90 students (K-12) and 80 community volunteer mentors across 15 schools, with observed 80% school attendance improvement on average among students in the mentoring program

Kent, Washington

• Established corporate partnerships to increase and diversify donation and volunteering resources. Partnered with: Amazon Fulfillment center, Starbucks Plant Kent and Seattle’s Favorite (including The Great American Bagel and Craving’s)• Manages “Breakfast for the Kids” - CIS’s annual fundraising event. Exacted this year’s goal of $60K in donations, 250 individuals and local businesses participated, including the mayors of Kent and Covington. This year I have also created a unique networking opportunity for 25 students who took part of the event

Kent, Washington

• Work closely with school staff developing and implementing site-wide plan to increase students’ school engagement and to decrease dropout rates; the plan includes tracking attendance, using incentives to increase attendance rates, initiating individual interventions, and setting up 6-students' social-emotional groups• Assessed 30 students' needs and overall trends and developed a per-student annual strategy and success measurements; as part of implementing the strategy, managed 30 student cases and coordinated the work of 15 mentors and 15 mentees • Enhance students' sequence-of-services by collaborating with community organizations (after school programs, tutoring, home visits) while maintaining student's confidentiality• Built partnerships with local businesses to expose students to broader knowledge and opportunities; partnered with Microsoft and coordinated 20 5th-graders' Tech Day, and created 100 6th-graders' first-ever Career Day, presenting 8 different occupations

Jerusalem Area, Israel

• Founded JDC Israel’s Youth-At-Risk Afternoon Programs department, managed $0.4M 3-year budget, and reported to government sponsors and private donors• Led collaboration with 5 government ministries and 17 social organizations to map potential afternoon program opportunities to be implemented by the Ministry of Education• Managed the “Fathers and Sons” soccer program, bringing low socioeconomic status families closer together; managed 30 teams across 18 cities, doubled program’s number of participants and achieved 90% attendance rate

Jerusalem Area, Israel

• Programs: NFTE: Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship; and Networks: workshops for entering the workforce • Led Research and Development Committee in evaluating programs’ effectiveness and adjusting them accordingly; developed a data driven approach leveraging research institutes, academic partners and participants’ feedback• Adjusted and expanded the programs to operate within Israel’s Bedouin and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities• Trained and mentored 100 teachers, social workers and youth instructors in running the programs; programs had 1,200 participants across 85 groups in 25 cities and achieved 85% students’ participation rate

Tel Aviv Area, Israel

• Co-founded Access Israel’s Educational Department to complement existing legal/professional focus• Initiated and managed Access Israel’s 30-person multi-age volunteer group and recruited 12 instructors to run school workshops and trainings; developed unique content that was taught in over 150 school classrooms• Managed “No Parking in Handicapped Parking” campaign; worked closely with the Israeli Police in workplaces and schools to raise awareness for handicapped parking. As a result, bloggers started tracking handicap parking violations

Tel Aviv Area, Israel

• Built development plans for each of the 25 children in the center after identifying their individual qualities• Recruited and on-boarded the volunteers team (ages 16 to 60), and built training and feedback processes• Organized multiple events which brought together the volunteers and the participants’ families

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

Activities and Societies: As part of my studies I researched the leadership transformation in the Board of Directors of “One in Nine”.

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Informal Education

Activities and Societies: As part of my studies I mentored a group of teenage girls in The Women’s Courtyard, a “second home” for young.