Keren managed several Pay for Success projects (Social Impact Bonds -SIBs) at the SFI Group as a PM (Performance Manager). Among them: the project for reducing loneliness among the elderly for the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality; a project to reduce dropout rates from higher education in two academic institutions; and a project to reduce repeated hospitalizations of individuals coping with mental illness for Meuhedet Health Services.
She currently manages the SIB for employment integration and advancement of single mothers on behalf of the Ministry of Labor.
Previously, she served as Co-CEO of the Collective Impact Initiative – The Partnership for Employment in the Arab Society, a groundbreaking social initiative operating based on a business model and strong cross-sector partnership.
In addition, Keren worked for several years in the private sector, most recently as VP at the IT company Taldor, in a division specializing in the placement of IT professionals in the financial, governmental, high-tech, and industrial sectors.
Keren also worked for 13 years at the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption. She served for several years as Chief of Staff to the Director General and established and managed the Department for Service Improvement for Immigrants. In this role, she led the ministry’s comprehensive service reform.
Keren holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Harvard University (Wexner Foundation Fellowship) as well as a Master’s degree in Communication and International Relations from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
She is a mother of two daughters, originally from Jerusalem, and currently resides in Tel Aviv.