OUR Team
Meet the people behind ReGrow Israel.
A groundbreaking grassroots and volunteer effort - all members of ReGrow Israel are currently volunteering apart from Volcani International Partnerships’ core team.
Board of Directors
Tasked with providing leadership and oversight of the activities of ReGrow Israel and prioritizing the projects recommended for funding.
Prof. Yoram Kapulnik
Chairman of the Board for ReGrow Israel, Former Director General of Volcani Institute and Executive Director of BARD
Dr. Michal Levy
Chief Scientist and Senior Deputy Director General, Agriculture Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture
Ilana Braude
Chairwoman Kibbutz Sa’ad, CEO of Tene
Uri Dorman
Chairman of the Farmers’ Federation of Israel, Chairman of MIGAL Galilee Research Institute
Yahel Ben Aris
Director of International Relations, Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council
Arbel Levin
Chief Business Development Officer, Mishkei HaNegev
Haim Jelin
Former Member of Knesset, Former Head of Eshkol Regional Council
Advisory Council
Dan Glickman
Former US Secretary of State for Agriculture
Meital Stavinsky
Partner and Co-Chair, Israel Practice, Holland & Knight
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Danielle Abraham
Head of the Leadership Team, ReGrow Israel.
Director, Volcani International Partnerships (VIP)
Prof. Uri Mingelgrin
Head of Scrutiny, ReGrow Israel.
Chairman of the Board, VIP, Former Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Environment
Oran Singer
Strategic Advisor, ReGrow Israel.
Serial High-Tech Entrepreneur
Janet Pahima
Head of Legal, ReGrow Israel.
Partner in Herzog Fox & Neeman's International Department
Avinoam Brog
Head of Communications and Messaging, ReGrow Israel.
Chairman, Ipsos Israel, Board Member, VIP
Prof. Itamar Glazer
Head of Innovation, ReGrow Israel.
Former Director of Research at Volcani Center
Joanne Moore
Head of Donor Relations, ReGrow Israel.
Director of JoMoConsult, Board Member, VIP
Daniel Ben Yehuda
Head of Impact Investment, ReGrow Israel.
CEO, OM2, Board Member, VIP
Dr. Avi Ortal
Head of Finance, ReGrow Israel.
Founding Partner, Manor Evergreen & Former CEO, Leumi Partners
Gil Horsky
Head of Corporate Giving for ReGrow Israel.
Founding Manager, Flora VC
Agriculture Steering Committee
This committee represents the voices of the farmers and is concerned with mapping the needs on the ground.
Dr. Eyal Blum
CEO, Moshavey HaNegev
Chen Itzik
CEO, YAHAM Hevel Ma’on Enterprises
Eran Ettinger
Director, AGMA
Yaron Grimberg
Mishkey HaNegev
Ido Seter
Shiqma Plantations
Strategic Planning Committee
Hagar Raznik
Tzeelim
Dr. Ronit Dulev Shaham
Chair, ReGrow Israel Strategic Planning Committee & Owner of Dulev Shaham Ltd
Dorit Korine
Director of Strategy & Partnerships, Patent Attorney
Ilan Tal
Brigadier General (Ret)
Innovation Expert Team
One of the unique value propositions of ReGrow Israel is the national panel of agricultural experts - the leading scientists and agronomists - who were selected in accordance with the areas of expertise requested by the farmers.
Prof. Zvi Peleg
Facultry of Agriculture, Hebrew University
Alon Turkaspa
AgriFood Sector Manager, Start-Up Nation Central
Prof. Abraham Gamliel
Plant Protection & Agricultural Engineering, Volcani Institute
Dr. David Assaf
Deputy Director of Environmental Resources Management, Ministry of Agriculture
Dr. Eran Ettinger
Consultant, Sustainable Agriculture
Merav Kenigswald
Soil Conservation and Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture
Prof. Naftali Lazarovitch
Director of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Ben-Gurion University
Dr. Lior Rubinovich
Head of Plant Physiology and Genetics Group, MIGAL Research Center
Prof. Joon Zilberman
Soil and Water, Expert
Shany Ishgur
Plant Protection Instructor in the Negev, Ministry of Agriculture
Prof. Tarin Paz
Professor, Ben Gurion University
Shahaf Mordi
CEO, AgroNegev
Roni Amir
Director of Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture
Uri Adler
Field Crop Instructor, Shaham (Israel’s Agricultural Extension Agency)
Dr. Gaby Adin
Head of Animal Production for Ministry of Agriculture
Yona Chen
Department of Soil and Water, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University
Doron Markel
Chief Scientist KKL
Baruch Louzon
Fruit Tree Expert, Ministry of Agriculture
Assaf Avneri
Field Crop Instructor, Private
Shany Greenberg
Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture
Alon Maor
Soil Rehabilitation, Ministry of Agriculture
ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS
Romy Thureau
French Market, ReGrow Israel
Rachel Bernstein
Giving Week, ReGrow Israel
Rachel Cone
Giving Week, ReGrow Israel
Laura Shulman
PR & Comms Lead, ReGrow Israel
Taire Brown
PR, Comms Advisor, ReGrow Israel
Michael Fine
Branding, Web & Design Lead, ReGrow Israel
Dani Roth
Video Editor, ReGrow Israel
Yadwinder Multani
German Market, ReGrow Israel
Ophelie Namiech
Strategic Philanthropy
VIP CORE TEAM (PAID)
Danielle Abraham
Executive Director, Volcani International Partnerships
David Chapot
COO, Volcani International Partnerships
Gladys Bendahan
Director of Outreach and Business Development, Volcani International Partnerships
Ellen Steel
Director of Programs, Volcani International Partnerships
Anna Tzriker
Finance Officer, Volcani International Partnerships
With you,
we can rebuild
the western Negev
Join our community of strategic investors and passionate donors to rebuild, rehabilitate and strengthen the farming communities devastated in the October 7th attacks.