Danielle Abraham

Danielle has dedicated the last ten years to leveraging Israeli expertise and innovation for global development. Today, Danielle is the Executive Director of Volcani International Partnerships (VIP), an Israeli NGO dedicated towards increasing the scope and impact of Israel's renowned agricultural expertise and innovation throughout the world. Working closely with Israel's national Agricultural Research Organization (The Volcani Institute), VIP provides tailor made solutions to address global concerns such as food security, water conservation and sustainability to countries around the world. Previously, Danielle served as a senior policy advisor in MASHAV (Israel's Agency for International Development). She has represented Israel at the UN and been a guest speaker at the OECD and German Development Bank. Danielle was the co-founder and co-chair of the ID2 Conference and Global Network, bringing hundreds of development entrepreneurs to Israel. Originally from London, Danielle worked for the Strategy and International Directorate of the UK Home Office and holds a B.A. and M.A. from the University of Oxford. She lives in Tel Aviv with her family.