Our Team.
Bridging the technology gap requires the collaboration of top experts, leaders, and doers to collectively tackle some of our biggest issues.
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Meet the people of PollyLabs
Core Team
Ella Drory
Venture Strategy Associate
Ellie Naider
Research & Comms Intern
Sarah Kellogg
Entrepreneur in Residence
Guillermo Campos
Venture Summer Associate
Adam Dimanshteyn
Venture Summer Associate
Martin Clark
Strategy Summer Associate
Advisory Board
Our board comprises a unique blend of experts and thought-leaders from diverse sectors, collaborating to creatively harness technology for global impact
Kurt Dassel (PhD)
Thought leader and seasoned practitioner focusing on the emerging markets, social impact, and private sector engagement. Kurt has over 20 years of experienced consulting as well as a prior career in academia at Harvard University and Wellesley College.
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Danielle Capalino
A seasoned investor and philanthropist, Danielle is a strong advocate for using data and research in developing new innovations. She is currently serves on the boards of the MIT corporation development committee, tufts Friedman school of nutrition board of the JDC.
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Shani Rokman (MBA)
A technology and product leader, Shani is the former CTO of a tech startup and currently serves as a Growth and monetization product leader at Google. She previously worked at Intel as a VLSI engineer and served as an F-16 flight simulator instructor in the IDF
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Advisory Team
A remarkable team of impact, tech, and business experts from diverse sectors, geographies, and backgrounds will offer valuable support and insights to PollyLabs and its portfolio organizations.
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Featured in no particular order
Tal Shapira (PhD)
AI / ML, Cyber security, tech assessment
Yehuda Elram
Venture build, tech transfer, strategy &, leadership
Ariel Beery
Innovation, policy, climate action, venture building and financing
Carter Cox
Nonprofit management, philanthropy, leadership development
Ariel Toli Gadilov
Venture finance, legal,
and regulation
Alexis Bonell
Innovation, International development, B2G business models
Ella Steimatzky
Venture building, venture capital, product mgmt.
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Adva Rudis
Data science, predictive analytics & visualization
Thelet Ramot
Local governance, public private partnerships
Mehemed Bougsea
Climate tech, health tech, Future of work
Steve Watkins
Financial inclusion, blended finance, emerging markets
Pilar Carvajo
Emerging markets, blended
finance, climate action
Keren Kay
Marketing, creative, venture
capital, partnership
Gal Shargil-Yaari
ESG strategy and reporting, social responsibility specialist
Will Edman
Food & agriculture, Sub Saharan Africa
Kate Collins
Emerging markets, blended finance, food & ag
Carly Chase
Venture building, workforce & education
Ariella Friedman
Impact Strategy, operations, trustee relations
Gal Antonovsky
Generative AI, Product Strategy, Future of Work
Dimitry Shvartsman
Cyber Security, product management, corporate VC
Daniela Kandel
Climate-tech, strategy, innovation, financial models, emerging markets
Matan Rudis
Cyber security, climate, enterprise software
Lissy Alden
Well being, people & culture , workforce development,
Galit Jacobovitz
Strategy, operations, ecosystem building
Elad Shapira
eCommerce, logistics, last-mile distribution
Bar Peled
Strategy and operations,
Product, growth ventures
Asaf Gilboa
Venture building, Blockchain, future of work
Jackie Atlas
Global marketing, Innovations and ventures
Hagay Carmi
Cyber security, tech assessment
Jeremy Katz
GTM strategy, operations, customer Success