Who We Are
Our Mission
Improve the health of marginalized people living in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories via community-based intervention.
Our Vision
Peace Building Through Measurably Improved Health
for Israelis and Palestinians.
Meet Our Board
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Norbert Goldfield, MD Founder and Executive DirectorPracticing internist at a community health center, with over 30 years of experience restructuring health care systems both at a national level and in community settings as well as extensive experience working with Israelis and Palestinians.
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Jeff Aronson
Independent consultant, former Executive Director, Foundation for Middle East Peace and foremost authority on Israeli-Palestinian settlement issues.
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David Chess, M.D.
Geriatrician, internist, and entrepreneur with 30 years of experience working to improve care for patients.
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Benjamin A. Gitterman, M.D., FAAP
Pediatrician with special interests in health care delivery for underserved children and children’s environmental health.
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Mark Habeeb, Ph.D.
International public affairs expert.
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Paul Hassoun, M.D.
Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Mordechai Kamel, J.D., M.D.
Retired pediatric orthopedic surgeon, now practicing public interest law medico-legal consultation.
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Lewis E. Kazis, Sc.D.
Professor, Health Policy and Management, Boston University School of Public Health.
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Cathy Levine
Former Executive Director of Universal Health Care Action Network in Ohio, serving for over two decades as an advocate for consumers in health care.
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Karen Meadow
Consults with non-profits on budgeting and general nonprofit management issues – fundraising, planning, and computer management of fundraising and related data.
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Candida Quinn
Immigration and human rights attorney, with more than two decades of experience in representing the foreign-born before U.S. tribunals.
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Phyllis Silver, M.Ed.
Executive Director of Partnership for Quality Care; Former Deputy Director of the New York State Department of Health Office of Public Health.