Nic Schlagman graduated from Sussex University with a degree in Philosophy. Since arriving in Israel in 2004, Nic has worked in education and tour guiding. He has volunteered with the ARDC since early 2009 in various capacities including organizing volunteers, planning events, and fundraising. Since 2011 he has been our Program Manager as well as our Humanitarian Coordinator. In 2009 he was nominated Young Israeli of the Year by the Jerusalem Post.

Yael worked has over 12 years of experience managing social and humanitarian projects, in Israel and abroad. Most recently, she worked as a Human Resources Officer in New York, and as a Project Manager Mentor for the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres. She has worked as a project manager in various conflict and post-conflict settings since 2001, in places like Kosovo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Burundi and Central African Republic. Yael received an MA in International Humanitarian Assistance from the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium; she also holds degrees in International Relations and French literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Diddy Mymin Kahn did an undergraduate degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Education, Social Anthropology and Psychology and qualified as a Clinical Psychologist at Bar Ilan University in Israel. She has additional specialist training in the UK in systemic psychotherapy, group analysis, compassionate mind training, mindfulness training and EMDR. She is currently completing a doctorate through the Tavistock Clinic and Essex University in the UK. Diddy has 18 years clinical experience working as a therapist, supervisor, trainer and consultant. She has experience in individual, family and group therapy with people a wide range of difficulties. She has a particular interest and expertise in working with survivors of trauma in general, but particularly, in the context of rape, childhood abuse, and political violence.