Our Board

JOZEF ATRASH

CEO and founder of a kid’s safe edutainment platform

Joseph is an entrepreneur and social activist. In 2015 he co-founded Humanity Crew as he believed in its potential and he recognized the huge gap in mental health provision for the refugees. Through his work at his latest startup, Joseph became one of the most influential figures within kids' digital content and kids’ online safety in the MENA region. In turn, this has led him to win many awards for his work.

DR. ITAMAR MANN

Senior lecturer at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law

Dr. Itamar Mann is a legal scholar with expertise in refugee and migration law. A human rights lawyer with a decade of experience responding to violations in multiple parts of the world. His scholarship has appeared in leading journals, and his book: Humanity at Sea: Maritime Migration and the Foundations of International Law, has appeared with Cambridge University Press in 2016. He holds an LLB from the Faculty of Law and LLM and JSD degrees from Yale Law School. He has taught at Georgetown Law Center, Washington DC, and at the Center for Transnational Legal Studies in London.

DR. ADEL B. KORKOR

Physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

Dr. Adel B Korkor, is an Arab American physician, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is the founder of the AB Korkor Foundation for Mental Health. In 2017, he stepped down from his clinical practice to dedicate much of his time, energy, and resources to the needs of patients who are suffering from ill mental health. He believes in the power of physical health and exercise in mental health, hence he established the annual "Five Fifty Fifty Run/Walk series for your mental health". Joined by thousands of participants in 2018 and 2019, he ran the 5 K in all fifty states in fifty days. In addition, Dr. Korkor believes in the importance of improving access to mental health care, expanding mental health literacy education among high school and college students and in the early detection and intervention to address mental health illnesses in children.

RAND OMARY

Clinical psychologist and CEO of Rand organization

Rand is the founder of Rand organization - Lifetime residential, educational, rehabilitative daycare, employment support, and therapeutic services for individuals with developmental disabilities. Rand has also a master’s in Psychoanalytic from Haifa University, and another in Psychoanalytic Developmental Psychology from the Anna Freud Centre and University College London. She served as the  head of the Research Unit in Humanity Crew, focusing on issues pertaining to the refugees' mental health, and served as Humanity Crew’s Mental Health Coordinator, providing support and counseling to volunteers working in the field.

ALAA SHEHEBAR

A Senior Product Manager at Microsoft.

Alaa is an experienced technologist who holds a Bsc in computer science, an MBA, and 10 years of business experience. Alaa has an active part in creating a diverse and inclusive Hi-Tech industry in Israel. He has been instrumental in social activism in the field of equal employment for Arabs as he participated in several steering committees and round tables with companies such as Kav Mashve, and Ma'antech. Alaa was also involved as a mentor at diverse Hackathons at Tsofen, Hasoub, eBay startup cup & more, and he also gave several talks about technology and career growth with the UK tech hub. He is the technical advisor of Humanity Crew in numerous aspects such as technological development across online platforms, online clinics, training, and working remotely. 

HIBA ABU ZARAD

Product Manager at Boston Scientific

Hiba holds a BSc in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA in Management of Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Hiba is an active member in her community, volunteering at the AWSc (Arab Women and science and Engineering) association for the past 4 years, and became the CEO in 2021. AWSc promotes equal opportunities for women in the academy as well as in the tech industry in science and engineering fields.

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