Breaking the Silos: Exploring the Multiple Perspectives of Positive Psychology

Ofra Walter, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in Tel Hai Academic College and the head of Master's degree of Art therapy and Drama therapy. She has served as the chair, of the Department of Education. She has served as the head of the Education Through Art program in the Department of Education and as the head of the Department of Early Childhood Education. She was a tutor and a pedagogic instructor of early childhood Student teachers and Kindergarten teachers. She has developed educational academic projects and community guidance. She has served as an academic advisor in Israel, the USA, and England. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Raskin (England) from 2007. She has served as a consultant and a researcher in collaboration with the British Ministry of Education to develop a plan for an interventional integrated program in special education in 2008-2010.

Assoc. Prof. Phil Fitzsimmons is currently Independent Researcher and Consultant in education and organizational learning. Prior to this, he was Head of Education (Alphacrucis University College Sydney, Australia), Assistant Dean--Research (Faculty of Education, Business and Science--Avondale University, Australia), Director of Research (San Roque Research Institute, California), and Senior Lecturer (University of Wollongong, Australia). His current research interests include Australian literature, popular culture, and adolescent spirituality.

Jonathan Kasler, Ph.D., lectures in the school of education at Tel Hai College, Israel, earned his B.A. at Middlesex University London, UK, his M.A. at Haifa University, Israel, and Ph.D. at Loughborough University, UK. He has served in a variety of positions at Tel Hai College including Head of Counseling Services and Head of the English Department. His research interests include social emotional learning, minorities in education, learning disabilities, values, and spirituality in education. He is Senior Lecturer in the Education School at Tel Hai College, Israel, where he teaches courses in special education and minorities, emotional intelligence, inclusion, and learning disabilities.

Surekha Routray is Certified Sustainability Assessor (from UBB, Europe), Certified Valuator (IBBI), and an MBA in Finance and Marketing. She brings to the board an interesting amalgamation of 10 + years of corporate exposure (from India and USA), 5+ years academic interfacing, and 6+ years of understanding of the start-up ecosystem. She has extensively worked in many national and international projects. Her expertise spans into areas of designing and implementing programs in the Agriculture & Allied Sector, Climate & ESG, and Gender Diversity & Inclusion. She is also closely working with FPO's and SHGs Groups in several programs for creating inclusive growth and a sustainable circular economy. She runs the Founder Start School for Women Entrepreneurs and is one of the session experts for the Sustainability Course for Professional being conducted by AIMA.

Ofra Walter 博士是特爾海學院的高級講師，並擔任藝術治療與戲劇治療碩士學位的負責人。她曾擔任教育系的系主任，並負責教育系的藝術教育計畫以及幼兒教育系。她曾擔任幼兒教師和幼稚園教師的導師及教學指導員。她開發了多個教育學術專案和社區指導計畫，並在以色列、美國和英國擔任學術顧問。她於2007年獲得英國拉斯金大學的博士學位。她曾擔任顧問和研究員，與英國教育部合作，於2008至2010年開發特殊教育的介入整合計畫。

菲爾·菲茨西蒙斯副教授目前是獨立研究員和教育及組織學習顧問。在此之前，他曾擔任澳大利亞悉尼阿爾法克魯西斯大學的教育系主任、澳大利亞阿凡代爾大學教育、商業與科學學院的研究助理院長、加州聖羅克研究所的研究主任，以及澳大利亞伍倫貢大學的高級講師。他目前的研究興趣包括澳大利亞文學、大眾文化和青少年靈性。

喬納森·卡斯勒博士在以色列特爾海學院的教育學院授課，他在英國倫敦的米德爾塞克斯大學獲得學士學位，在以色列海法大學獲得碩士學位，並在英國拉夫堡大學獲得博士學位。他在特爾海學院擔任過多個職位，包括輔導服務主任和英語系主任。他的研究興趣包括社會情感學習、教育中的少數族裔、學習障礙、價值觀和教育中的靈性。他是特爾海學院教育學院的高級講師，教授特殊教育和少數族裔、情緒智力、包容性和學習障礙等課程。

蘇爾卡·魯特雷是歐洲 UBB 認證的可持續性評估師、IBBI 認證的評估師，並擁有財務和市場營銷的 MBA。她為董事會帶來了超過10年的企業經驗（來自印度和美國）、5年以上的學術交流經驗，以及6年以上對創業生態系統的理解。她在許多國內外專案中廣泛工作，專業領域涵蓋農業及相關行業、氣候與 ESG、性別多樣性與包容性等計畫的設計與實施。她還與多個農民生產組織（FPO）和自助團體（SHG）密切合作，推動包容性增長和可持續循環經濟。她創辦了女性創業者啟動學校，並擔任 AIMA 所舉辦的專業可持續性課程的會議專家之一。