Dr. Aviva Goller

Aviva is VLJI’s Director of Resource Development and International Relations. She sees her role as creating opportunities locally and abroad, while building partnerships with like-minded people and organizations. Aviva was previously the Development Director at the Jerusalem International YMCA, where she engaged philanthropists, managed grants, headed campaigns and organized events. Aviva holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuropsychology from the University of Sussex in England, where her research focused on phantom limb sensations and synesthesia in amputees. She is a qualified personal trainer and group exercise instructor and taught regular courses for the Academic College at Wingate. Aviva enjoys public speaking, cooking and multicultural encounters.