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Our Team:
Executive
Management
Board of Directors Auditing Committee
Advisors Professional Assistance
Executive Management:
Miriam Garmaise - Executive Director
Miriam Garmaise has a
varied background and wide range of experience in the
areas of urban design, business and the non-profit world
allowing her a broad, multi-disciplinary view of the
issues and resources around her. Prior to joining
Shomera For A Better Environment, Miriam’s experience
included urban planning and design initiatives at Carr
Lynch Associates, Cambridge, MA; Arrowstreet,Inc.,
Cambridge, MA and Abeles, Schwartz & Associates, Inc.,
NY. Miriam also worked in marketing and product management at
Knoll International, NY and was marketing director at
Danish Interiors, Israel.
In 2001 Miriam joined
Shomera, where she held a variety of senior positions,
until being appointed Executive Director in September
2008. As Executive Director, she began directing the
organization towards forging proactive partnerships with
business, academia and government, thereby making Shomera a
catalyst for change and the betterment of life in
Israel.
Miriam holds a dual
Masters degree from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, in City Planning (MCP) and Architectural
Studies (MSARCHS). She was the recipient of a Central
Mortgage and Housing Corporation of Canada Scholarship
Award. Miriam is the founder and CEO of a company which
facilitates business development opportunites.
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For biographies. see
below:
Board of Directors
(Pro Bono):
Shirry Dvir,
Michelle Kaplan-Green,
David Nordell,
Eli Shaharabany,
Shai Spetgang,
Ishai Wureit
Legal Services
(Pro
Bono):
Yigal Arnon &Co
A message from Yigal
Arnon:
"As
one of Israel`s leading law firms, Yigal Arnon & Co.
recognizes its responsibility to serve the greater
community and views pro bono work as an important
contribution to the society in which we live. Yigal
Arnon & Co. is pleased to support Shomera and its
"Greywater Recycling Initiative".
Auditor:
Tziporah Cohen
Advisors
(Pro Bono):
Rav Raffi Feurstein,Michael Schwartz,
Professor Alon Tal
Professional Assistance
(Pro Bono):
Yael Kliers, Carl Perkal
Our thanks to
Shomera's Board Members
from years previous:
Tamar Gindis (Founder and Chair of the Board), Muni Ben
Ari, Stephen J. Cohen,
Rav Raffi Feurstein,
Ariel Gorfung,
Chana Himmelfarb,
Moshe Kempinski,
Jeff Popper, Yehuda
Leib Keleman, Tzippy Ron, Michael
Schwartz, Eli Shaharabany
Our thanks to
Shomera's Auditting Commitee
from years previous:
Amiram Cohen,
Seth Jacobsen,
Amit Marom,
Jordan Katz
Biographies:
Board of Directors
(Pro Bono):
Shirry Dvir
Shirry comes to Shomera
with a firm background in management consulting,
strategy, marketing and content management, and vast
experience creating and establishing organizational
procedures. Taking companies from strategy right through
to the implementation of processes at all levels of the
organization. Over her 20 year career Shirry consulted
to various companies in a wide range of industries. Some
of these included: Partner Communications (Orange),
Clalit Health Services, Coca-Cola, Amdocs, EL AL,
Isrotel and the Israeli Military Industries.
Shirry’s experience includes working with “Seker” as a
strategy consultant, founding The Center for Medical
Information where she acted as Marketing Manager and
establishing and managing the Health Channel. Shirry has
also worked as writer and editor for the “Ha’aretz” and
“Ha’ir” newspapers, as well as various programs for the
Education channel.
Shirry holds a BA in Criminology and Anthropology from
Bar Ilan University and has studied Organizational
Consulting at The Management College Post Graduate
Program.
David
Nordell
David Nordell is the
founder and CEO of
New Global Markets, a financial technology start-up
based in Israel and the U.K. that is developing
intelligence systems to fight financial crime. He is
also a leading expert on the financing of international
terrorism, and writes analysis on this and other aspects
of counter-terrorism and security for leading Internet
analysis sites. After making aliyah from Britain in 1980
he worked as a journalist for both Israeli and foreign
media, then moving into consulting, working with the
Israeli ministry of science, the Israel Export Institute
and other public bodies on technology and economic
policy projects, and was the first professional adviser
to the Israeli government on Internet policy. David has
also active for nearly 20 years in the management of
voluntary bodies in Israel, especially in the field of
education, and is currently a member of the Board of
Governors of the Jerusalem Academy for Music and Dance.
Michelle Kaplan-Green
Michele is the Director
of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Go North Program. Previously,
Michele was a partner of Info-Access and @The Source
Israel. She ran the Community Aliyah Program for
Raanana, a joint program of the Raanana municipality,
the Ministry of Absorption and the Jewish Agency. In the
US, Michele worked in PR and Marketing at UJA-Federation
and later opened her own firm servicing clients such as
the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services
(JBFCS) and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Michele
is a founder of Meitarim Raanana, a Jewish pluralistic
middle and high school, is involved in the Raanana
Networking Group, co-chaired the English speaking Sharon
area program for the Israel Women's network and
volunteered at the L.O. Combat Violence Against Women's
hotline.
Shai Spetgang
Shai Spetgang is a
project developer and project manager in the CleanTech
space.
Shai has managed the Ontario Environment Industry
Association, has consulted to the Israel Economic
Mission in Canada to assist Israeli CleanTech companies
in their participation in the Canadian CleanTech market.
Shai has served as Executive Director of the Canadian
Environmental Markets Association,
is a founding board member of Canfei Nesharim, the
International Orthodox Jewish environmental educational
group and a past Chair of the Jewish Nature Centre of
Canada.
Ishai Wureit
Adv. Ishai Wureit
is the CEO of
Gilad Government Relations and Lobbying.
In the past he
served as the Corporate and Regulatory Affairs
Manager of BAT in Israel, as Editor of the daily
financial section in Maariv and a reporter and
producer at the IDF radio station (Galei Zahal).
Ishai is a graduate of the Faculty of Law in the Tel
Aviv University and a graduate of the Recanati
Executive MBA program in the School of
Administration, Tel-Aviv University.
Advisors
(Pro Bono):
Rav Raffi Feurstein
Rabbi and clinical psychologist. One of the founders and
Chairman of the Board of Tzohar, Director of the
International Center for Enhancement of Learning
Potential and Rabbi of the Dati Leumi Synagogue in Har
Nof, Jerusalem
Michael
Schwartz
The principal of "Michael
Schwartz & Associates", a 25 year old Jerusalem-based
firm of architects and planners, with a Tel Aviv branch.
The architectural practice has a broad base of clients,
both local and foreign, and works on a diversity of
projects. They have been the in-house architects of the
renowned American Colony Hotel for the last 15 years and
have developed a solid reputation in both historical
preservation and ultra-modern design.
Professor Alon
Tal
Professor Alon Tal is deputy chair of
the Green Movement. Tal founded Adam
Teva V’din, the
Israel Union for
Environmental Defense in
1990, today largely considered Israel’s
leading environmental advocacy
organization. There he spearheaded
hundreds of campaigns and legal actions,
as well as legislative initiatives. He
also helped in the founding of Friends
of the Earth Middle East and the
Arava Institute
for Environmental Studies,
leading regional initiatives that bring
together Israeli and Arab
environmentalists. Between 1998-2003, he
served as chairman of Life and
Environment, expanding membership in
Israel’s green umbrella organization
from 24 to 80 environmental groups.
Recently, he was elected to the
international board of the Jewish
National Fund, where he now chairs the
committee that oversees forestry, river
restoration and development projects,
implementing a new agenda of
“sustainability” for the venerable
organization. Professor Tal is a faculty
member at Ben Gurion University and has
held appointments at Harvard University,
Tel Aviv University, the University of
Otago in New Zealand. In 2008, he was
awarded a life achievement award
by Israel’s Ministry of Environment as
party of the country’s 60th anniversary
celebrations.
Professional
Assistance (Pro
Bono):
Yael
Kliers
Non-profit grantwriter,
editor, translator and writer. Yael holds a Masters
degree in English Literature from Bar-Ilan University,
and has worked as a professional grantwriter for Laurie
Heller and Associates, and for JDC (Joint Distribution
Committee). Her first book of folktales, The Wise Men
of Chelm, was published by Sefer Ve Sefel Publishing in
2002. Yael was an active member of Bustan Brody, one of
Jerusalem's first community gardens, and now enjoys
organic gardening in the yard of her new home in Elazar.
Carl Perkal
Carl Perkal is director of resource
development at an equal rights advocacy NGO.He has
served as a consultant to many non-profit organizations
in Israel for fundraising and media.
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