Bolstered by thousands of dedicated volunteers on the ground, OneVoice’s regional field offices are located in Tel Aviv and Ramallah. OneVoice’s international headquarters are located in New York City. Two additional branches, OneVoice Europe and OneVoice Canada, have recently opened in London and Ottawa, respectively. The international offices help provide vision and strategy, procure fundraising, and generate support from governments, corporations, and public figures.
OneVoice International Headquarters (NY)
Founder & President
Daniel Lubetzky is Chairman of PeaceWorks Holdings LLC, a business corporation pursuing both peace and profit through joint ventures among neighbors striving to coexist in conflict regions (with ventures in the Mideast and South East Asia and a sales network reaching 10,000 customers in the US), and Founder of the PeaceWorks Foundation's OneVoice Movement, empowering ordinary Israeli and Palestinian citizens to wrest the agenda for conflict resolution away from violent extremists. Born and raised in Mexico City, Mr. Lubetzky received his B.A. in Economics and International Relations, magna cum laude, from Trinity University, and his J.D. from Stanford Law School. Fluent in Spanish, English, Hebrew and French, Mr. Lubetzky has lectured at several universities, as well as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the United Nations. He was selected twice by the World Economic Forum as one of 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow (GLT) in 1997 and again in 2007. He is recipient of several awards, including the World Association of NGOs Peace Security and Reconciliation Award.
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Darya Shaikh
Executive Director, OneVoice US
Darya Shaikh is the US Executive Director for OneVoice. She joined OneVoice in January 2003, working as the public education coordinator and program developer. Having received her B.A in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies at the McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Darya comes to OneVoice with a deep understanding for grassroots activism towards civic empowerment. Darya has been involved in reconciliation efforts in the Middle East through Hashomer Hatzair and Givat Haviva since she was 9 years old. Over the course of three years, Darya worked as the facilitator and moderator for a delegation of Jewish-Israeli, Arab-Israeli, and Bedouin Youth. Darya was born in Brooklyn, NY; her mother is Israeli, from Hadera and her father is Pakistani, from Karachi.
Erin Pineda
Communications Coordinator
Shelley Benizri
Director of Finances
Adee Telem
Director of West Coast Outreach
Sherazad Hamit
West Coast Outreach Coordinator
Layla Messkoub
East Coast Outreach Coordinator
Laurel Rapp
International Education Program Manager
Sheetal Daswani
Executive Assistant to the President
OneVoice Palestine
Nisreen Shahin
Executive Director
Nisreen Mohammad Shahin is the Executive Director of the Palestinian branch of OneVoice in Ramallah. In this capacity, Ms. Shahin oversees the Palestinian Democratization Drives and Town Hall Meetings and coordinates the joint Israeli-Palestinian OneVoice programming. She is a trained conflict-resolution mediator and instructor, and serves on the boards of the Palestinian Women Association and Tawasul.
Prior to joining the OneVoice team, Ms. Shahin served as Public Relations Director for the Palestinian Authority's International Relations Department in the Ministry of Interior. She also acted as a coordinator for the EC Food Security Program in Jerusalem. Ms. Shahin holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Political Science and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Bir Zeit University.
Ibrahim Ali
Outreach Coordinator
Wael Haj-Mohammad
Leadership Development Director
Dalia Labadi
Project Coordinator
Rand Abdo
Communications Coordinator
Faten Dimeh
Executive Secretary
OneVoice Israel
Gil Shamy
Executive Director
Gil Shamy is the Executive Director of the Israeli Branch of OneVoice. He and his team have created a strong youth leadership program and have brought together a groundbreaking coalition of Youth Leaders. Mr. Shamy studied international relations and political communications in Israel. He has been politically active all his life, working in the Ehud Barak election campaign. He was born in Givataim
Adi Balderman
Program Director
Adi Balderman was born in Haifa and comes from a family who has been living in Haifa for 13 generations. She spent part of her childhood in Mexico City, where she attended the international school. Adi has a undergraduate degree in Political Science and General Studies from the University of Haifa, and a Masters degree in European Political Economy from the London School of Economics.
Dr. Samuel (Muli) Peleg
Director of Leadership Development
Michael Shapira
Outreach Coordinator
Ayelet Daniel
Production Coordinator
Assaf Halachmi
Technology Coordinator
Sefi Kedmi
Project Associate
Noga Ron
Assistant to the President
Enya Lazarus Ben-Adiva
Program Assistant
OneVoice Europe
Sayyeda Salam
Director of Development
Hitham Kayali
Director, Outreach & Education
OneVoice Canada
Currently coordinated by a Formation Committee comprised of: Thaer Mukbel, Steve Pinkus, Jonathan Schneiderman, and Maurice Tietolmen.
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