Galit Cohen has over twenty two years of experience as a professional in the international development and humanitarian aid arena. In the past eleven years she has been the Director of Ripples for Change, an organization working in the rural areas in the Eastern Cape province in South Africa, working in food security, mental health for youth, early childhood development services and entrepreneurship. To effectively distribute limited resources in the nonprofit sector and leave a meaningful impact, Galit encourages partnering with government departments, private sector, traditional leaders and like-minded nonprofit organisations. Galit has a first degree in economics and a Master’s degree in Public Health specializing in management of emergencies and disasters. Which led her to join and head emergency missions to Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010, Philippines after Typhoon Hayan in 2014, Oklahoma City after a Tornado in 2014 and in South Sudan for nine months in 2014-15.