20+ years of Philanthropic Strategy 
Across three continents

I Have Sat at Both Ends of the Table. That Changes Everything.

Few people in this field have done what I have done: directed philanthropic capital from one of the world’s leading Jewish charities, and then fought to secure it, from the other side, as the leader responsible for an organization’s survival.

That is not a career arc. That is a strategic education that cannot be replicated in a classroom, a consultancy, or a boardroom.

 

Over more than two decades, I have worked across Israel, the United States, and Europe, three distinct philanthropic ecosystems, each with its own culture of giving, governance expectations, and definition of impact. American foundations operate with rigorous metrics and strategic frameworks. European funders bring institutional depth and long-term relationship capital. Israeli civil society possesses an irreplaceable asset that no one else can replicate: ground truth.

I have operated professionally inside all three worlds. That triangulation is the foundation of everything I do.

 

For nearly a decade, I served as Northern Region Director at UJIA- one of the UK's most significant Jewish charities investing in Israeli society. In that role, I spearheaded grant strategy and implementation across an entire region, served as the steward of major donor relationships, and provided a professional lens through which international philanthropic capital met Israeli field realities. I evaluated organizations. I shaped funding decisions. I understood - with precision - what a serious foundation demands before it commits, and what it watches for long after.

 

Consequently, I served as Director and VP for Resource Development across multiple NGOs in Northern Israel, leading the full range of institutional fundraising, donor stewardship, and organizational positioning in both the American and European philanthropic landscapes. I built cases for support, managed international grant cycles, navigated the competing expectations of funders from New York to Paris and London, and carried the full operational weight of what it means when the capital does, or does not, arrive.

 

I have handed the check. I have needed the check.
I know what happens on both sides when the bridge between them is poorly built.

 

Since 2021, I have channeled this dual expertise into a consultancy built on one irreplaceable asset: ground truth. Not theory. Not distance. The lived, verified, operational understanding of how global philanthropic vision, from American foundations, European institutions, and family foundations across both continents, either takes root in Israeli soil or doesn’t.

I mediate the structural gap between international donor expectations and the realities of field operations in Israel – ensuring that capital is not merely deployed, but actively stewarded as a high-stakes investment in systemic resilience and lasting change.

I do not represent one side of this ecosystem. I protect the integrity of both.