Deborah Boyar

From the moment Ilene told me about this mission in September 2024, I knew it was beshert. Helping to plan it after her passing became a deep calling, and has strengthened my passion to support Israel and become more intimate with my heritage as a Jew.

I hold a PhD in Somatic Psychology, and have spent the past 30 years counseling individuals and leading groups in embodied awakening grounded in spiritual resilience. My work is informed by intensive study with Peter Levine, Dan Siegel, Ken Wilber, and other pioneers of integrative healing. I co-founded a trauma resolution clinic at a California homeless shelter, and have trained clinicians and worked with tsunami survivors in India. In the organizational sphere, I introduced adaptive, transparent governance to mission-driven companies as a partner at HolacracyOne.

At the heart of my work is a commitment to compassionate attunement, embodied presence, and fostering the innate resilience of the human spirit. I’m deeply honored to be part of this mission, and look forward—with all my heart—to the healing it may spark for Israel and for Jews in the diaspora.