ABOUT
Our Mission
ELiT’s mission is to strengthen existing leadership and foster
highly effective future leadership in the Jewish world.
Meet ELiT
Founder, President and Staff
Dr. Simcha Assaf Leibovich – Founder
- Creator of the ELiT Leadership Training Method.
- Founder and Head of the Center for Leadership in Nature – a program based on principles found in ancient the Jewish sources. It is located in Neot Kedumim (Ben-Shemen Forest).
- Academic Director, Israel Management Center.
- Former Representative of the Executive of the World Zionist Organization in North America.
- Editor of Hafalopedia – the encyclopedia for social activities.
- Founder and editor of Ramah Program Bank.
- Programs Adviser- the Center for Leadership Development in the IDF.
- Consultant, Leadership and management development at the Israel Police and IPS.
- Consultant to management development programs for Israel Aerospace Industries, banks and insurance companies.
- International Advisor, Chabad JLI Leadership Development
- Advisor, Center for leadership development program of the JDC in the Ukraine.
- Head of Community and Social Education specialization at colleges of education.universities.
- Facilitator in Hebrew and English.
Eyal Postelnik – President
Commercial Endeavors
- Founder of E-DRIVE TECHNOLOGI Israel and Latin America.
Founder of ROAD TRAK in Israel and Latin America. - Founder and President of MOTIONIZE AND PLAYERMAKER.
- Partner at BELLINA: A network of Italian and Mediterranean health restaurants.
Community/Political Endeavors
- Active member, AIPAC lobby for Israel.
- Board member, Taglit-Birthright Israel.
- Active member, IAC (Israeli American Council)
- Active member, JNF and sponsor of the Lotem project
in Israel. - Sponsor, JLI, the Chabad World Center
for Jewish Studies. - Sponsor, Jewish education system in Georgia, Atlanta.
Our Moderators
Atara Volk Itzhaki
- Expert in Group Facilitation, having worked with activist groups all over the world.
- Specialist in Israel-Diaspora relations.
- MA in Hermeneutics.
- Advisor ELITand lecturer in Jewish identity in different frameworks.
- Coordinator of leadership development projects in the Jewish world.
- Training instructor, formal and informal educational settings.
- Expert in ELiT Leadership Development.
- Developer of international educational programs for young professionals from Israel and abroad.
- Facilitator, women’s leadership programs.
- Expert in developing Jewish leadership programs.
- Expert in marketing and branding methods in New Media.
- Facilitator in Hebrew and English.
Asher Lichtenberg
- Expert in leadership development and organizational consulting.
- Specialist in training development in educational and social systems.
- Editor of the Hafalopedia – the encyclopedia for social action.
- Training director and developer of ODT programs at the Center for Leadership Development, Neot Kedumim.
- Supervisor, management courses in business and public organizations.
- Lecturer and program leader for teaching staff at academic colleges.
- Central Shaliach, Education and Community Affairs, Jewish Agency in North America.
- Central Shaliach for education and community affairs in England.
- Leads international conferences to educational initiatives.
- Expert in the development of task teams.
- Commanders’ Facilitator of the IDF and security forces.
- Organizational consultant and facilitator at IAI.
- Facilitator in Hebrew and English, the ELiT method
Zeev Arieli
- Social-industrial psychologist and organizational consultant.
- Specialist in manager development in hi-tech companies.
- Former member of training and organizational development at Intel and Teva.
- Personal consultant to business managers developing task teams.
- Organizational development and implementation of changes in organizations.
- Expert in advanced management methods of the educational resource.
- Proven experience in improving organizational performance in four areas of expertise:
- Improving management effectiveness
- Improving team effectiveness
- Improving interfaces between organizational units
- Improvements and changes in the overall organization level
- Expert in outdoor training ( ODT )
- Experienced working with military units and security forces.
- Experienced in facilitating groups from abroad.
- Facilitator in Hebrew and English using the ELiT method
Danny Blondheim
- Organizational development expert and consultant to managers seeking to enhance management skills.
- Leadership development leader in indoor and ODT settings.
- Personal and business coach.
- Focuses on NLP and Mindfulness in integrative psychotherapy, for managers in business, public and non-profit organizations.
- Specialist for working with educational teams.
- Lecturer at the Academy: Lev Academic Center.
- Advisor and facilitator at Bar Ilan University and Tel Aviv.
- Leading workshops and processes for creative thinking.
- Leading workshops for commanders in the IDF, and in the intelligence and security branches.
- Accompanying development processes in the administrations and local authorities.
- Developing teams and service systems in government offices and business organizations.
- Guidance and working with Jewish organizations and populations from abroad.
- Development of managers in high-tech companies.
- Expert in ELiT method.
- Facilitator in Hebrew and English.
Iris Sadeh
- Organizational consultant (MA), group facilitator, personal trainer.
- Expert in women leadership development with international experience.
- Development and guidance in the “Maof” method.
- Director of feedback and evaluation of the program Shakti leadership at San Diego University
- Certified consulting and guidance from the global organization Conscious Capitalism
- Expert in outdoor training (ODT)
- Expert in the development of task teams.
- Personal guidance and facilitation of Tim Kelly’s “True Purpose” workshops.
- Expertise and experience in developing training for organizations.
- Process guidance of managers.
- Guidance in internal communications
- Individual and group empowerment.
- Personal guidance and workshops in career change.
- Lecturer at conferences in Israel and abroad.
- Facilitating ELIT workshops.
- Experience with groups from abroad.
- Instruction in Hebrew and English.
Yael David
- Facilitator by the ELiT method at the Center for Leadership Development of the World Zionist Organization at Mount Herzl.
- Doctoral student in Jewish Studies.
- Founder and director of a Jewish school network in the small European communities of Alliance.
- Leadership development among teachers and management teams.
- Founder of the “HaShayara” project to strengthen Israel-Diaspora educational relations.
- A Shlicha to Morocco and Director of AJJDC’s Department of Jewish Youth Education
- Has extensive experience in formal and informal education in Israel and abroad.
- MA in Jewish Education.
- Develops programs for the development of Zionist leadership in the KKL-JNF Education Department.
- Has leadership training in self-empowerment and empowerment groups.
- Graduate of the cadets’ course of the Jewish people.
- Languages: Hebrew, French, English.
Gabe Exler
- Expert in guiding and managing educational tourism.
- Developer and manager of social tourism.
- Leads management development processes.
- Facilitator and team development instructor.
- Founder and leader of Beerot community in Be’er Sheva.
- Leads marketing processes in the Jewish market in North America.
- Expert in Jewish organizations in the United States.
- Develop leadership training programs in the desert.
- Training languages: English and Hebrew.
- Master’s degree in Jewish community administration.
Gili Nir
- Specialist in developing personal, community and social resilience and emergency preparedness
- Director of the Judea and Samaria Resilience Centers
- Member of the Israeli Trauma Coalition
- Advisor to municipal authorities for setting up emergency teams and treating trauma
- MA in Nonprofit Management
- Director of International Resilience Development Programs
- Advisor at the Center for Leadership in Nature, in light of the sources in Neot Kedumim
- Leading travel and resilience in the world
- In the reserves – a behavior officer in the Home Front Command
- Facilitator in Hebrew, English and Arabic