Yana Nacht

Graduate Community Facilitator, Mandel School for Educational Leadership

​Yana Nacht has experience in managing social programs and leading multi-system and cross-sectoral change processes, and is extensively involved in public activities. Before joining the Mandel School for Educational Leadership as facilitator of its graduate community, Yana was director of the Mahalach Foundation, which helps non-profit organizations develop self-generating income. In this capacity, she oversaw the establishment of a graduate forum, and supported dozens of directors of nonprofits through processes of organizational change. Prior to that, Yana held several managerial positions in the social and educational arenas, including director of a youth education program at the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles and director of the Center for Entrepreneurship in Education of the Bat Yam municipality. Yana holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and Middle Eastern history and a master’s degree in educational administration and leadership, both from Tel Aviv University, and has a teaching diploma from the Kibbutzim College of Education.