Ariel Beery is the co-founder and director of the PresenTense Group, and serves as the editor and publisher the Group's Magazine, as well as directs its educational fellowships. With over a decade of experience managing social movements and nonprofit organizations, Ariel is especially interested in social enterprise strategy and development as well as the life and times of the Jewish People in the Digital Age. Ariel holds graduate degrees in Jewish Studies and Nonprofit management from New York University, and undergraduate degrees in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University. A widely-published columnist in over a dozen papers around the world including the Forward, the London Jewish Chronicle, the Jerusalem Post and Haaretz, Ariel also enjoys teaching and lecturing at conferences worldwide, focusing on issues pertaining to the Jewish People, Zionism, and the impact of the Information Age on human communities.  Ariel was named one of the 10 Jews to Watch by the World Jewish Digest, along with Facebook's founder Mark Zuckerberg and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and was a finalist in the Brandeis University search for a Visiting Professor for Jewish Communal Innovation.

Deborah Fishman is the Network Animator for the PresenTense Group, engaging and empowering the PresenTense community to explore issues facing the Jewish People. As the volunteer managing editor of PresenTense Magazine, Deborah has managed hundreds of volunteer writers, editors, and visionaries. Deborah is currently pursuing a Masters in Jewish Professional Studies at the Spertus Institute and is an I Fellow in Israel Education at the iCenter. Deborah previously worked with the American Zionist Movement, where she developed educational materials to promote dialogue on the meaning of Zionism today. She graduated from Princeton University in 2006 with a major in Slavic Languages and Literatures and certificate in Judaic Studies. During her years at Princeton, she was News Editor for the Daily Princetonian, Princeton's daily newspaper, as well as President of PIPAC, Princeton's pro-Israel group. She now lives with her husband and daughter in New Jersey.

Hila is the Associate Director for PresenTense Group. She was born and raised in Jerusalem, and has a Masters from Hebrew University in Jewish folklore and a Masters from Ben Gurion University in Organizational Consulting. She spent several years in Boston working as the TELEM director at the JCRC, and has recently moved back to Israel with her husband and daughter.
 

Naomi is the Office Manager for PresenTense Group. She was born and raised in Silver Spring, MD. Naomi has a Bachelors in Family Studies from the University of Maryland and is studying for her Masters in Community Leadership and Philanthropy Studies (Nonprofit Management) at Hebrew University, Rothberg International School. Naomi has worked as a program coordinator for the Washington, DC Jewish Community Center in their volunteer center, and at Maryland Hillel as an administrative assistant and a program coordinator. Naomi comes to us, most recently, from Secretary In Israel, where she worked as a virtual assistant. Naomi recently made aliyah with her husband, and lives in Jerusalem.

Originally from the DC metro area, Shelby joins us most recently from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she was a resident of Moishe House Philly.  She is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where she studied entrepreneurial management at the Wharton School.  Previously an analyst at two early-stage venture capital funds, Shelby has been focusing her interest in start-up strategy and dedication to social entrepreneurship to find a niche in social venture capital.  She is excited to have the opportunity to pursue this passion as the Venture Resources Coordinator - merging her 2009 PresenTense Fellowship Project, The Level8 Network, with PresenTense to launch PT Investments.