Hela Lahar

Hela Lahar is an American-Israeli currently serving as the CEO of Tech2Peace, a nonprofit organization working to build a network of Israelis and Palestinians looking to develop the high-tech skills, professional opportunities, and mutual understanding needed to work together towards a brighter future. Hela has spent the last 17 years in executive positions in a variety of nonprofit organizations - such as OneVoice Movement, Israel Movement for Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) and The Israel Education Center at Columbia/Barnard Hillel - with a particular focus on multinational programs bridging the divides between communities, strategic organizational growth and scaling.