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