Omar Elad
CEO
Active in the trans community for over two decades and has a significant part in shaping the trans community as we know it today. Has a bachelor's degree in visual arts from Bezalel and a master's degree in clinical social work from Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was involved in the intersection of the homeless and mental health and then in management positions and diversity and social justice processes in non-profit organizations.
Omar operates from a socio-political concept deeply rooted in faith in community and mutual guarantee.
DR. Ido Katri
Chair of the Board
Ido has been with us since we founded the organization. Ido is in charge of Project Gila’s legal action. In his academic and professional career he researches and promotes trans rights, with an emphasis on transgender people in the Israeli prison system. He is an assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Science in Tel Aviv University.
“For me Gila is the place to dream”
Nina Halevy
Personal Support and Training Coordinator and leader of the Trans - Dula project
Nina joined us in 2014. She serves as a personal guide and mentor to trans people in need, as a trainer to healthcare professionals, and as a leading advocate for policy change and for constructing services that address the needs of the trans community. She is also a student of spiritual care at Rambam Health Care Campus and we are excited to see the new tools she will undoubtedly have to offer to the community in the future.
“Project Gila is the home for my activity for the community. It is the compass that directs my work from short term fine tuning to deep structural change. Our collaborative work is my inspiration and my model for how people can do meaningful work together in an attentive and inclusive way, with the organization itself never taking precedence over its own values and work nor the friendships that rise from it”
Lee.Oz Uza Levy
Training project and Trans - Dula Coordinator
Lee.Oz joined us in 2019. She is a mentor, a guide and a trainer of healthcare professionals. With her highly nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of how various social situations can be shaped by our gender identity, she is able to promote a vital discussion on healthcare and quality of life for trans people. In her personal life she undergoes plastic surgery, while also serving as an advocate for female empowerment and working as a content and education coordinator in IGY.
“In Gila we build a trans-queer community,that is a family, and we don’t leave anyone behind”
Lee.Oz Uza Levy
Training project and Trans - Dula Coordinator
Lee.Oz joined us in 2019. She is a mentor, a guide and a trainer of healthcare professionals. With her highly nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of how various social situations can be shaped by our gender identity, she is able to promote a vital discussion on healthcare and quality of life for trans people. In her personal life she undergoes plastic surgery, while also serving as an advocate for female empowerment and working as a content and education coordinator in IGY.
“In Gila we build a trans-queer community,that is a family, and we don’t leave anyone behind”
Lee.Oz Uza Levy
Training project and Trans - Dula Coordinator
Lee.Oz joined us in 2019. She is a mentor, a guide and a trainer of healthcare professionals. With her highly nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of how various social situations can be shaped by our gender identity, she is able to promote a vital discussion on healthcare and quality of life for trans people. In her personal life she undergoes plastic surgery, while also serving as an advocate for female empowerment and working as a content and education coordinator in IGY.
“In Gila we build a trans-queer community,that is a family, and we don’t leave anyone behind”
Lee.Oz Uza Levy
Training project and Trans - Dula Coordinator
Lee.Oz joined us in 2019. She is a mentor, a guide and a trainer of healthcare professionals. With her highly nuanced and knowledgeable understanding of how various social situations can be shaped by our gender identity, she is able to promote a vital discussion on healthcare and quality of life for trans people. In her personal life she undergoes plastic surgery, while also serving as an advocate for female empowerment and working as a content and education coordinator in IGY.
“In Gila we build a trans-queer community,that is a family, and we don’t leave anyone behind”
Management
טל שטיינר
חברת ועד מנהל
עורכת דין ומנכ"לית הוועד הציבורי נגד עינויים בישראל.
"איפה שיש מאבק, יש תקווה"
עופר יהודה
חבר ועד מנהל וכספים
מילא מגוון תפקידים בועד המנהל לאורך השנים. בשנים האחרונות עובד כמנהל מרכז ההדרכה בארגון איגי, במקביל לעבודתו כמטפל וכמרצה לרפלקסולוגיה בקליניקה בתל אביב ובמכללת רידמן.
"פרויקט גילה הוא האפשרות לקיים אקטיביזם חברתי כקהילה ומתוך עמדה פמיניסטית-קווירית."
DR. Ido Katri
Chair of the Board
Ido has been with us since we founded the organization. Ido is in charge of Project Gila’s legal action. In his academic and professional career he researches and promotes trans rights, with an emphasis on transgender people in the Israeli prison system. He is an assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Science in Tel Aviv University.
“For me Gila is the place to dream”
