Executive Committee

Mr. Israel Berman

Chairperson of the Executive Committee

Son of the late Deborah Berman, who volunteered at Beit MICHA for more than 40 years.
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Shufersal (since February 2016).

During his business career he served in senior management positions in Israeli and international companies, and has consequently lived abroad with his wife from 2008-2016.

BA from Ben Gurion University and MBA from Tel Aviv University

Mr. Roi Pilpel

Executive Director

Tel Aviv resident, in relation with Keren and father of two. Roi has held the position of CEO since 2018. 

He has many years of experience working in the social sector. His previous titles include: CEO of “Big Brothers Big Sisters of Israel” association, CFO of “Hadassim school village” and administer director of the education department of World Wizo. Prior to that, Roi served as the emissary of The Jewish Agency for Israel in Sydney, Australia.

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics from Ben-Gurion University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Bar Ilan university

Mr. Nissim Yehuda

Owns a company dealing in investments and finances, and specializes in funding real estate investments in Israel and abroad.

BA in Economics (Tel Aviv University)

Udi Peless

Born in 1957, Udi is an entrepreneur, and was involved in setting up, managing and selling several high-tech start-ups. He continues to work as an investor and a mentor in several ventures and volunteers at nonprofits. He is a graduate Computer Engineering of the Technion.

Idit Levy

Born in 1960, married, mother of 3, including 27-year-old Yuval, hearing-impaired who received excellent professional treatment in Micha as a child. She recently retired from Bank Leumi after a long career.
Among other things, she served in her positions as the manager of a commercial area with 7 business branches in the Dan area, as well as as head of a division and deputy head of the human resources division and managed the human resources of two divisions in Leumi.
is working to expand its voluntary activity in the social sector.

Advocate Maha Mansour Ali

A resident of Isfaia. Her father, Kamal Mansour, is an Israel Prize laureate. Married to attorney Lt. Col. (res.) Adel Ali, and mother of 3 children. Partner in a law firm. Holds a bachelor’s degree in political science, and law (L.L.M. with honors from Bar-Ilan University. Former director of the Electric Company, Ashdod Port and others .

Currently – director of the Aerospace Industry and chairman of the committee for corporate governance, sustainability and diverse populations of the aerospace industry. Member of the public committee for appeals on housing assistance issues of the Ministry of Construction and Housing. 2010 receiving the President’s Medal for a volunteer for social and voluntary activities for the community, and for activities with many achievements for side soldiers and received them. 2015 – Received the certificate of Dearness of the City of Karmiel for assisting and providing voluntary legal services to new immigrants and needy populations.

Adv. Yossi Cohen

Resident of Ramat Gan and father of five. Married to Sagit, a communication therapist who began her professional career at the Beit Miha association. Holder of a Bachelor of Laws degree LLB from Tel Aviv University, an active commercial lawyer since 1996, a partner in the firm ‘Mitar Lawyers’, known for its activity for the community in a variety of fields as a fundamental and central value. Voluntarily active in helping the needy as part of a family association, as well as in the field of team sports in the field of handball.

Bucky Carmeli

Former CEO and founder of the National Cyber ​​Defense Authority in Israel (NCSA), under the Ministry of Defense, and former head of the Cyber ​​Division in the Ministry of Defense. Carmeli, trained as an electronics engineer, served for more than 17 years in the famous 8200 unit in various managerial and development positions. Carmeli is one of the first founders of the cyber security field in Israel, since the early 90s, and currently advises a variety of companies and government bodies; He also serves as the official cyber security consultant of the Central Election Commission in Israel, to secure the elections in Israel against cyber attacks. In the financial field, Mr. Carmeli has extensive experience in systematic and algorithmic trading, both on the development side and on the execution side, and in managing hedge funds; In his last position in the fintech industry, before being recruited by the Prime Minister, Mr. Carmeli served as the founder and CEO of Sphera systematic hedge fund, a hedge fund from Sphera, the largest hedge fund manager in Israel, which manages approximately $1.3 billion in capital in the United States.

Yaron Ben Hurin

Married and father of three, expert in banking and finance.In the last 25 years he has been involved in private and business banking, both in Israel and in the USA.
In recent years, he manages the Israeli representative office of Wally National Bank, a public American bank with ties to Israeli operations, and serves as a bridge between the American and Israeli operations.
Yaron brings with him a wide range of experience, a deep understanding of banking finance, financial statement analysis, investment portfolio management, business development and marketing, both on the business side and for private clients. He also previously served as an internal director of a training fund on behalf of Bank Hapoalim.
Has an MBA degree from the Hebrew University and training in additional courses including options, debt financing, building bond portfolios and a board of directors course.
In his free time he is involved in community and sports activities.

Adv. Odia Maman

Lawyer and notary public. Owns an independent law firm in the field of civil law, real estate and inheritance.Has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in law.

Ambulance driver and emergency medicine medic at the MDA. Since 2019, member of the audit committee at the Foundation for Disability (AR) – Industry for people with disabilities.

CPA Moshe Ben Shoshan

Audit committee member