British ORT Staff

Dr. Noga Zivan

Executive Director

Noga heads up the British ORT team and looks after British ORT’s donors. She previously worked as the Senior Trusts Fundraiser with YoungMinds, the children’s mental health charity and at Save a Child’s Heart. Noga has known about ORT since the organisation built the first secondary school in her home town in Israel over 20 years ago and she finds the range of work that ORT does amazing and truly inspiring.
Muriel Stempel

Events Manager

Muriel is the Events Manager for British ORT. She has been with the organisation since November 2008 and in that time has successfully overseen a multitude of British ORT events. In addition to her role as Events Manager she has also overseen the production of the new website. Muriel has a background in business and has previously worked as a volunteer for other Jewish charities.
Sarah Abda

Community Outreach Officer

Sarah joined British ORT as Community Outreach Officer; she is a former teacher who has previously worked for as Primary Schools Education Co-ordinator for another charity. Her work involves developing educational materials and programmes to reach out to the wider Jewish community and spread the word about British ORT and its work.
Emma Blackman

Administrator

Emma joined British ORT in December 2010 as Office Manager having completed her Masters degree at the University of London.