Who We Are

Who We Are

Board Members


	Board of Directors Board of Directors members are elected during the annual general meeting, joining us from a variety of professional backgrounds and areas of activity. They Board holds monthly meetings in the shelter to consider administrative and budgetary planning and follow up. Some of the members are active on committees, such as the Finance Committee, which meets on a monthly basis to oversee Woman to Woman`s financial management and ensure that it is complying with the various regulatory requirements, and the Grants Committee, which is charged with overseeing educational and vocational grants to women in our various programs. In addition, Woman to Woman has an independent two-member Audit Committee. Chairperson Ofra Ginio held a number of positions in the field of hi-tech before she left for a career in interior design and art. She has been a volunteer with Woman to Woman since 2005 and a member of the Board since 2006. Her volunteer activities with us include direct involvement in the Shelter’s Volunteer Mentorship program, chairperson of the Finance Committee, member of the former Events Committee. She was elected Chair the Board in 2015. Previous board chairpersons include Professor Shulamit Shahar and Orna Reshef. Board Members Hila Boral joined the board in 2020. She is the director of PELE the “Solutions for Children” project in Jerusalem’s Alyn Orthopedic Hospital for Children. Her connection to Woman to Woman is a deeply personal one: her late parents, Shifra and Nahum Ziv, were two of our most valuable and beloved volunteers whose long-standing contribution to the workings of the Shelter was immeasurable. They imbued Hila with their own zeal for the work carried on here. Michal Corcos joined the Board in 2016 and has since then served as Chairperson of the Finance Committee. Michal left the Israel Police in 2008 as a deputy commander, after a career in the Planning and Organizational Division – Resource Planning and Administration for budgets, human resources, and equipment. Esther Yuval joined the Board and Finance Committee in 2022, after retiring from a long career in management. During the present stage of her life, Esther is interested in taking an active role in volunteer work, especially that which involves empowering women, and in which she can contribute from her experience. Shalvit Gross has been an active volunteer of the organization for over 12 years due to her belief in the imporance of being part of the struggle to end violence against women. She has been an member of the board since 2021. Ayelet Elyashar began volunteering in the shelter and the board in 2022. She joined our organization after serving in the Israel Police for 30 years. In her last role, as the legal advisor for the police, at the rank of brigadier general.