Three Faiths Forum

As can be expected, our staff members come from highly diverse backgrounds:

Mark Ebert - Executive Director

Mark is especially interested in engaging the business and financial sector in efforts to improve community cohesion and promoting peace.
•	Born in Wisconsin, USA, now resides in Switzerland
•	Long career in investment banking and asset management
•	Chairs The Fortune Group (hedge fund asset management firm)
•	Board member of Lombard Odier Darrier Hentsch's private equity funds (Zurich)
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Stephen Shashoua - Director

Born in Canada, of Iraqi-Jewish descent, Stephen has been involved in communal and voluntary organisations all his life.
•	Studied Journalism, Anthropology, Teaching and English Literature
•	Worked internationally with students (all ages, cultures and abilities)
•	Freeman of the City of London and fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
•	Co-Founder of Iraq in Common.
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Rachel Heilbron - Programme Director

Rachel is passionate about engaging people in challenging discussion about values and identity, subjects she specialised in during her MA in Culture, Language and Identity in Education.
•	Experience is in informal and extra-curricular programmes (UK and South Africa).
•	Worked in a variety of social justice and cultural organisations including The British Library, The Jewish Council for Racial Equality and Save the Children UK.
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Daniella Gabay - Project Manager: Mentoring

Daniella is delighted to be combining her expertise in student affairs with her passion for interfaith and political engagement through the mentoring programmes.
•	Minorities Officer at Leeds University (convened the Interfaith Forum and anti-racism campaigns)
•	Worked on grass roots Muslim-Jewish initiatives
•	freelance consultant for small and emerging NGOs (faith and community relations)
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Karsten Van Sander - Education Officer

"Pluralism is meaningless unless we have a strong sense of who we are and what we contribute".
•	Born in Germany, now living in the UK
•	Studied theology at Oxford , now studying for a PhD - exploring Christian political identity.
•	Developed the Forum's training workshops
•	Convenes a Scriptural Reasoning group in Camden.
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Sana Saleem - Education Officer

Sana is responsible for liaising with faith and state schools, especially Muslim schools.
•	Grew up in East London
•	Studied Psychology at University College, London
•	Has volunteered with community based organisations including Saneline, the Muslim Youth Helpline, Conflict and Change and muslimyouth.net
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Debbie Danon - Education Officer

Debbie liaises with state schools and Jewish faith schools, as well as youth groups.
•	Born in South London to Turkish-Jewish parents.
•	Read Theology at Cambridge Divinity Faculty
•	While studying was president of the Jewish Society, facilitated the Muslim-Jewish Womens' (MoJoW) Dialogue Group, ran a "Hin-Jew" dance class, and presented the radio show, "Kol Cambridge."
•	Was awarded a Rajiv Gandhi scholarship to visit India in 2007.
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Miriam Feldman Kaye - Project Director

Three Faiths Forum Israel Middle East

Miriam managed the education programme and following her move to Israel in 2007 she started up the new branch of the Forum.
•	Co-founded MoJoW, the Muslim-Jewish Women's Dialogue Group while studying Theology at Cambridge
•	teaches Jewish philosophy in Jerusalem
•	Graduate of the London School of Jewish Studies Orthodox Women's Educator's Programme
•	is working towards a PHD in Jewish Philosophy
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