Meet Our Kol Ami Team

Avital studied criminology, sociology, and anthropology. She runs logistics for all of our Mechinot branches. Avital is responsible for visas, health insurance, payments as well as overall organization of programming and events, and relationships with our families. Avital currently lives in Kochav Hashachar and spends a lot of her time in Jerusalem at our main office.

Matan has spent the last 8 years in the fields of social leadership and change, activism, community engagement and group processes. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Community Social Work from the Hebrew University, and his MBA from Ben Gurion University, in the Mandel program, focused on social leadership and change process. Matan’s passion for developing leadership in a rapidly changing social context, through experiential learning and complex group process is what brought him to Kol Ami.

Mogs Asenkau has a bachelor's degree in social work, and graduated from the Mandel program for social leadership in the north of Israel. He immigrated to Israel at the age of 15 from Ethiopia, and is dedicated to helping other Olim Chadashim make their way to Israel. This passion has led him to become Director of our Beit Rimon campus that brings together Israelis and Olim Chadashim.