This is My Earth Volunteers and Staff

Our Volunteers and Staff

This dedicated team of volunteers and staff – from pro bono lawyers to social media experts – helps promote TiME and ensure our operations are professional and wholly accountable.

Our advocates & patrons

Netta Arobas

Graphic designer

Netta Arobas

Graphic designer and photographer, living in Vienna, Netta earned a BSc in Earth sciences from the Hebrew University, where she had her first contact with TiME.

Mike Doonan

Director of special events

Mike Doonan

Mike is a long-time technology leader who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wonderful family.

Roie Galitz

Photographer

Roie Galitz

Roie Galitz is an award-winning wildlife photographer, entrepreneur and public speaker, who is committed to raising awareness on pressing environmental issues.

Yoram Gerchman

TiME Israel board member

Yoram Gerchman

Prof. Yoram Gerchman is an environmental biochemist in Oranim College and University of Haifa, and the author of many scientific papers. He and his family also have the habit of collecting recyclables while hiking, depositing them, and donating the money to TiME 🙂

Reut Gilad Ratzin

Volunteer coordinator

Reut Gilad Ratzin

M.A. in international migration from Tel Aviv University.

Nurit Hochberg

Pedagogical program coordinator

Nurit Hochberg

Dr. Nurit Hochberg is a sustainability researcher and educational program developer. A science teacher and science-teaching coordinator at the junior-high level.

Ela Kehat

Social media coordinator

Ela Kehat

Ela Kehat is the Social Media Manager at the University of Haifa (Israel) and she is in charge of coordinating the communication strategy of This is My Earth – TiME.

Inna Novak

Digital marketing & SEO

Inna Novak

With a degree in statistics and an MBA, Inna has 20 years of experience in the field of digital marketing with a special focus on search engine optimization, social media optimization, online advertising, and sales. Inna brings her expertise to TIME to help us promote our message worldwide.

Liat Radcliffe Ross

Editor

Liat Radcliffe Ross

Dr. Liat Radcliffe Ross studied international relations at the University of Oxford and now works as a freelance editor.

Steve Rosenberg

TiME Israel board member

Steve Rosenberg

Forty-year serial board member and philanthropist of institutions that promote the positive future of the Jewish people. Also promoting a positive future of the planet by riding a bicycle.

Bonnie Shanas

Treasurer

Bonnie Shanas

Bonnie is a full-time figurative artist, with working experience in accounting and purchasing, an education in business and psychology, and a strong passion for family, art and travel.

Shaked Shanas

Customer service

Shaked Shanas

Shaked is doing her PhD on gene regulation at the University of Haifa, Israel. She lives in Haifa, where wild boars are her lovely neighbors.

Noga Syon

Newsletter editor/writer

Noga Syon

MA student (Linguistics) at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Miri Tsalyuk

Conservation ecologist

Miri Tsalyuk

Miri earned her PhD at the University of California, Berkeley, specializing in wildlife landscape ecology. She has rich experience working as an ecologist in the government and with NGOs in Africa, US, and Israel.

Pere Vilanova Estrada

Communications & press

Pere Vilanova Estrada

Pere Vilanova Estrada is an international communication facilitator alternating between Milan (Italy) and Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). He applies his expertise in international communication to the medical sector, both in Spain and across the European Union. Pere is a TiME enthusiast, sharing its planetary vision and optimism.

Gal Zanir

Land conservation manager

Gal Zanir

Gal is a wildlife biologist and an enthusiastic innovator in conservation with a B.Sc. in marine sciences and an MPhil in conservation leadership from the University of Cambridge. He participated in multiple research projects — from ornithological to entomological to marine studies — before co-founding the biotech start-up Wild Biotech Ltd. There, he led worldwide expeditions to unravel the secrets of wild animals and their microbiomes and established close collaborations with local conservation organizations.