David is the Head of JDC Europe Community Resilience Program

David is a social psychologist and expert in community resilience and emergency management. A Colonel in the IDF, David worked as an organizational psychologist in a variety of field units and served as the head of the civil emergency behavior branch in the home front command. He has worked as an expert consultant and senior researcher of emergency management and community resilience for private and public organizations in Israel and abroad. He continues to serve as a senior consultant for community resilience and emergency preparedness for numerous municipalities, government ministries, private and public institutions.  Currently, David is leading a JDC-Europe  program to strengthen community resilience in Jewish communities in Europe. David  lives with his wife in a village outside of Jerusalem