b'DR. MAURIT BEERI Dr. Maurit Beeri is the Director General of ALYN Hospital Pediatric and Adolescent Rehabilitation Center in Jerusalem. Prior to her current position she served as Vice Hospital Director and Head of the Medical Day Care Rehabilitation Department at ALYN. She also heads the Multidisciplinary Clinic for Infants and Children with Feeding Disorders. She directed a home-hospitalization program for the largest health provider in Israel, consulted at the Familial Dysautonomia Center at Hadassah, and helped establish a hospice ward for ventilated children at the Hertzog Hospital in Jerusalem. Dr. Beeri is involved in promoting the concept of Cultural Competency in Health, establishing ALYN Jerusalem as the first culturally competent hospital in Israel. She is also involved in various health and social initiatives to promote the care rights of children with special needs, including the Early Intervention Coalition, which represents over 60 organizations and associations for children withspecial needs.Under her leadership, ALYN Hospital established a novel innovation space which brings together entrepreneurs, industry leaders families, and experts with the vision of transforming the ecosystem of childrens assistive devices and promoting inclusive design. Dr. Beeri graduated from medical school and is a Board-Certified pediatrician, having trained at Hebrew University Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. She also holds an M.A. in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University as a Wexner Israel Fellow. She is a Board Member of the Haverut, an NGO for spiritual care in health through the arts, a Member of the Board of Overseers of the HUC (Hebrew Union College), and a Board Director at the Mevaseret Ziyon Congregation Reform Synagogue (Kamatz).A MOSAIC OF ISRAEL|75 UNSUNG HEROS'