Orly Gal has been the CEO of NATAL for the last 7 years. On the morning of July 9th I had the opportunity to interview her about both her experience at NATAl and about her journey to reaching the World of this NGO. My first post about this interview will be based on her background. Before coming to NATAl she had been in the IDF for 25 years. Gal was a full colonel and the deputy spokesperson for the IDF to the prime ministers office before Israel disengaged from the Gaza Strip. When she left the IDF she said she left a "place with a mission and joined a place with another important mission." She had been involved with maintaining security measures and seeing results and at NATAL she can now work to make the results more positive after people suffer because of war in trauma both veterans and everyone else in Israel. Gal lives in Yavneh because she believes that if she works with people that suffer from the conflict she should personally understand what they go through. In her town sirens go off during emergenies and many a time her family has had to sit in their bomb shelter.
Gal is third generation Israeli, which is uncommon because of the newness of the country. Gal's family is comprised of her husband, who made Aliyah from Agentina, and their three kids. Her two eldest were both captains in the IDF and fighters. Her youngest daughter is starting her service next year and is hoping to be a pilot. In college Gal studied for her first degree communications and political science at Baryan University and for her second degree political science and management. Gal envisions NATAL to grow and through her background she acts a the manager who can take the organization in the correct steps forward.
Check in tomorrow for more! Yeah!
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