The Staff
Officials
Yaniv Hagyi
Chair and Founder
Member of Kibbutz Be’eri, former Kibbutz Secretary with experience in managing social, business, and technological systems. Volunteers as Chair of the “B’yachad” Partnership at the Jewish Agency. Engineer with an MBA (with honors).
Lilach Shamir
CEO, Founding Team Member
Social entrepreneur with an MBA, leading complex projects in the western Negev and building partnerships between communities, institutions, and public organizations.
Osnat Gilboa
CTO, Founding Team Member
Involved since day one in establishing the organization. Holds a degree in Computer Science and an MBA. Expert in Data Science, NLP, and the management of complex digital infrastructures.
Bar Louppo
COO, Founding Team Member
Former police officer specializing in research and data analysis. Currently responsible for content collection operations, project management, volunteer coordination, and connecting teams and partners.
Dr. Ayala Shklar
Content manager, Founding Team Member
Historian and documentary creator, leading the development of the archive and the editorial team. Makes content accessible to the public and is a graduate of the Mandel Program in the Gaza envelope region.
Shani Rubovitz
Data Development Manager
Plans and builds the archive’s databases, and manages coding, structuring, and uploading of materials.
The executive committee
Prof. Smadar Ben Asher
Representative of the Mandel Foundation
Educational psychologist and program head for Educational Counseling at Achva College, faculty member at the Mandel Center; researcher of exclusion, bereavement, and societal crises.
Gonen Harel
Representative of Eshkol Negev West
Director of Rights Realization and Advancement at the Eshkol region; led resilience and emergency preparedness programs in Sderot and conducted community fieldwork.
Daniel (Danito) Wengrovsky
The representative of the kibbutz movement
Member of Kibbutz Zikim; former Secretary General of Hashomer Hatzair and former community manager at Zikim; currently serving in the Society Division and the Cooperative Headquarters.
Dr. Aharon (Areleh) Cohen
Representative of Sderot
Historian and resident of Sderot; works in education and community remembrance, bringing research expertise to the board.
Oshrah Gabbai
Representative of the Eshkol Regional Council
Public representative from the Eshkol Regional Council; brings experience in community work and strengthening regional resilience.
Dr. Amir Peleg Uziyah
History researcher
Researcher of the history of Zionism, World War II, and the Holocaust; member of the Yad Vashem Council and Chief Historian at the Claims Conference; active in public affairs in the Eshkol Regional Council.
Zohar Maimon
Owner and Chairman of Pilat Group
Owner and Chair of the Pilat Group; brings managerial and strategic experience from the fields of human resources and human capital.
Dr. Paz Alnir
Representative of the Yad Tabenkin association
Researcher and lecturer in the fields of society and settlement; represents Yad Tabenkin and bridges research, community, and memory.
Dalia Budinger
VP Communications Elbit Systems
Israeli TV producer and Vice President of Communications at Elbit Systems. Former spokesperson for the Israel Electric Corporation.