Executive Director – Liam Getreu

Liam is a former national chair of the Australian Zionist Youth Council (AZYC) and the Australasian Union of Jewish Students (AUJS), a graduate of Bialik College and Habonim Dror, and was a founding director of the New Israel Fund Australia in 2011. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Middle East Studies) from Deakin University, and an Executive Master of Arts from the University of Melbourne.

Program Manager – Sharon Berger

Sharon oversees the Naomi Chazan Fellowship. Prior to joining NIF Sharon worked at Shalom for five years organising Limmud, the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival and food events. A former journalist, Sharon holds a B.A. hons from the University of California Berkeley and an M.Phil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies from St. Antony’s College, Oxford.