Public/community activities (Partial list)

o Senior Mental Health Officer and consultant to the Head of Training Department of Mental Health Center - IDF (reserve service).

o Senior Mental Health Officer and consultant to the Head of the Center for Promoting Special Populations (MAKAM) - IDF (reserve service).

o Member of the Executive Committees of:

1) Israeli Association of Research Funds

2) National Council of Psychologists (appointed by the Minister of Health)

3) International Society for Infant Studies

4) International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development

5) The Israeli Fund for UNICEF

o Advisory Committee for Accreditation and Development of Standards for Early Childhood Educational Settings (appointed by the Minister of Trade and Industry)

o Committee for Examination of the Legal Aspects of Parental Responsibility in Divorce (appointed by the Minister of Justice)

o Early Childhood Research Committee of the Israel Academy of Sciences (appointed by the President of the Academy)

o National Council for Early Childhood (appointed by the Minister of Education as a delegate of the Council for Higher Education)

o Leading team of the National project “Beginning Settings” to advance the quality of daycare in Israel

o Member of the National Appeal Committee of the Toddler Day Care Supervision Law

o Leading the evaluation of the MASHAV – Israel's Agency for International Development – Early Childhood project in Ghana, and preparing recommendations to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

o Participation in hearings of the Education, Labor, Child Rights, and Social Affairs Committees of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) on issues related to education, child welfare, child rights, and children at risk.