Our Team
Gila Goldsmith-Rockman
CEO & Co-Founder
Jason Gardner
Chairman & Co-Founder
Avi Naim
Sports Center Building Consultant
Jon Mensh
Chief Financial Officer
Joanne Davis Rose
Philanthropy Relations
Yonatan Schimmel, MSW
Project Manager
Sports Therapy Programming
Shaked Jehudah Becker
Director of Implementation
Eden Rubui
Athletic Services Specialist
Tamar Schwarzbard
PR Consultant
Yael Katz
Chief of Staff
Programming Manager
Yotam Brandler
Director of Partnerships
Our Volunteer Team
CONSULTANTS
Latham & Watkins
Israel Trauma Coalition
Shaul Elkana
Sports Center Director
Rebecca Goldsmith
CRM Consultant
Sari Nossbaum
Marketing Consultant
AMERICAN FRIENDS of THE ARIEL CENTER
Michael Douglas
Honorary Member
Susanne Deegan
Leila Feldman
Jonathan Harris
Stacey Wechsler
Susie Weinberg
Shai Weingarten
Kathy Roth-Douquet
CEO, Blue Star Families
Thomas Schueman
Patrol Base Abbate
Australian Friends of The Ariel Center
Adina Belfer
Chaim Kingsley
Daniel Parasol
ADVISORS
MK Michael Biton
Member of Knesset, Former Chairman of the Department of Resilience and Development of the Negev and the Galilee
Danny Brom
Founding Director of Metiv: The Israel Psychotrauma Center
Major General Giora Eiland
Retired Major General of the Israel Defense Forces and a former head of the Israeli National Security Council
Barry Finestone
CEO, Jim Joseph Foundation
Shivi Fruman
Community Leader & Social Activist
Ambassador David M. Friedman
Former US Ambassador to Israel
Seth Goldstein
CEO, Shalem College
Rabbi Benny Lau
Community Leader, Activist, Author
Mor Sapir
World Champion Paralympic Climber
Dr. Itamar Erez Shidlov
Head of the Physical Education Department, Givat Washington Academic College
Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, NY
MK Yehiel (Chili) Tropper
Member of Knesset, Former Minister of Culture and Sports