The Wingate Institute Corporation Corporation has approved the appointment of Moran Mesika-Eidelman as Director of Athena, the Center for the Advancement of Women's Sports at the Wingate Institute.
For the past year, Meirav Oleinik has served as acting director, following the retirement of Omrit Janilov in early 2020.
Mesika-Eidelman was selected by the Wingate Institute's locating committee, headed by Wingate Institute CEO Shai Avrahami, CFO Penny Drori, director of the Achievement Sports Unit, Danny Oren, and Sports Director at the Ministry of Culture and Sports, Ofer Bustan, who served as an observer on the committee.
Mesika-Eidelman (41) has held senior positions in the field of sports over the years;
As the director of the sports department at Maccabi Israel and as the acting chairman of the gymnastics association. In the past, she managed the sports department at a directions company in the Beer Sheva municipality, and was an athletic athlete in the past.
She holds a bachelor's degree in management and political science from Tel Aviv University, and a master's degree in policy and leadership in education.
She is also a graduate of a directorship course from the Israeli Center for Management.
Beyond that, she is a board member of the Israeli Olympic Committee, a board member and acting chair of the Gymnastics Association, as well as a board member of the Athletics Association and the Handball Association.
Athena, the Center for the Advancement of Women's Sports at the Wingate Institute, aims to create social change in sports culture in Israel;
Increase women's involvement in sports, from school age to achievement level.
Athena has multi-year professional programs and aims to create opportunities for girls, teenagers and women in sports, in designated programs in sports associations and sports bodies, programs in authorities, associations and sports clubs.
Athena promotes the establishment and specialization of the avenue of female management in sports and achievements in the competitive arena.
Yaki Enoch, Chairman of the Wingate Corporation Board:
"We congratulate Moran Mesika-Eidelman on her appointment as Director of Athena, and wish her success in her role. We thank Meirav Oleinik for her significant contribution to the advancement of women's sports during the year in which she served as Acting Director of Athena.
Moran Mesika-Eidelman:
"I am very grateful for the appointment to the search committee headed by the director of the Wingate Institute, Shai Avrahami, and to the director of sports and its chairman, Ofer Bustan, for expressing confidence. I am happy and excited for the opportunity to promote change in the field of women's sports in Israel. We have an excellent window of opportunity with many partners and partners for the subject. I see this area as an opportunity to reduce gender gaps in Israeli society, so that every girl, girl and woman will have the opportunity to take an active part in the world of sports, and an equal opportunity to engage in any industry or activity you desire. I intend to strive for a connection between all the bodies engaged in this important craft, as part of an activity that will be directed to the entire age sequence. I see Athena as a key body that will have confidence in the implementation, implementation and assimilation of women's sports policy, while emphasizing values, excellence and protection. "
