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The Office Team


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Brent Isaacs
Acting
Executive Director

   

Responsible for
•       Being the face of Hebrew University in the UK
•       Directing the professional and lay-leadership teams
•       Setting the goals and strategy
•       Knitting the web of knowledge and support for the University throughout the UK

julia  Julia Markson
Administrative Director

 
   


Responsible for
•     Administration across the whole organisation
•     Relationship management
•     Development of donor campaigns

Julia has spent most of her working life, which started at the RNIB, in the family retail business. She has just completed a 3 year stint as warden at West London Synagogue.

 


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Gill Benson
Legacy & Scholarship Campaign Manager

   


Responsible for
•     Promoting and developing the Legacy Campaign
•     Promoting Scholarships to support students in need

Gill is a family law solicitor and has recently spent her time managing a registered care home and working for a charity that provides supported sheltered accommodation for the elderly.

 

 

 mikki_edited1_copy_01 Mikki Saperia
Web & e-Media Manager
 
   




Responsible for
•     Designing and commissioning this website
•     Managing our web-site
•     Developing our sponsorship and e-philanthropy

Before joining Mikki lived in Israel for 7 years working as a CD ROM and internet consultant. She has worked for children's charities and the Commonwealth Jewish Council and Trust.

 

tarasassoon Tara Sassoon
Major Donor Events Manager

 
   

Responsible for
•     Overall management of current BFHU events
•     Maintaining and building relationships with major donors and ambassadors
•     Expanding the event portfolio and creating new committees

Tara has previously worked at Jewish Care for the past four years where she was responsible for the organisation of a wide variety of Committees and events ranging from business breakfasts to balls.

jo  Jo Goldfine
Student Manager 
   




Responsible for
•     Promoting opportunities to study at the University
•     Maintaining contact with returning graduates
•     Developing an alumni network

Before joining BFHU Jo worked in both the commercial world and for Jewish Care and Norwood. 



 

ayelet  Ayelet Erez
Alumni Director
   

 

Responsible for
•     Creating and developing the UK alumni department


Before joining BFHU Ayelet worked at the Hebrew University for the past 11 years and is herself an HU alumni, having obtained both her BA and MA at the Hebrew University.

 

 

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Rona Zinman
Alumni Development Manager

   

Responsible for
•     Producing Alumni marketing material
•     Expanding and updating the Alumni database
•     Managing the Alumni e-marketing


Rona is a qualified lawyer and worked as the spokesperson for member of the Israeli Knesset, Michael Eitan. She is an HU alumna, having obtained her MA in Political communications at the Hebrew University. 

 



alisonb  Alison Baker
Administrator and Library Campaign Manager
 
   


Responsible for
•     Promotion of modernisation of university libraries
•     Supporting the Legacy & Scholarship Campaign Director
•     Supporting the BFHU Team

Alison has worked as an administrator in a number of commercial situations, and was volunteering before she joined us.


 

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Chris Evans
Accounts Manager 

   


Responsible for
•     Maintaining the day-to-day accounts of the charity
•     Supporting the BFHU team in relation to financial matters

Chris has a background of working in accounts in the not-for-profit sector.

 

ian_parlane  Ian Parlane
Finance Manager
 
   



Responsible for
•     Finance and financial reporting
•     Administrative support

Passionate about whatever he does, Ian's accountancy career has been in both commercial and not-for-profit organisations.

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