Staff And Volunteers

Larger than Life — L.A. Family’s daily operations are supervised and supported by an active volunteer Board of Directors, as well as one paid administrative assistant. All Board members are committed community leaders from the Los Angeles area and most bring experience from working with other charitable organizations.

Chairman:
Shay Diamant

President:
Rakefet Aharon

Board of Directors:
Moty Bar-Zion
Gali Begim
Shay Diamant
Lee Levinger
Ronit Machlouf
Guy Marom
Izek Shomof
Eyal Yaffe
Ran Yaniv

In addition to the Board of Directors, Larger than Life — L.A. Family is also supported by a large Executive Committee of volunteers who help run the organization’s fundraising activities and events, coordinate with local hospitals and local Los Angeles-Area children, facilitate the West Coast Dream Trip, and accompany the children on the West Coast Dream Trip throughout their long days of fun and adventure while in Southern California.

Executive Committee:
Arie Aharon
Rakefet Aharon
Tal Alon
Moty Bar-Zion
Gali Begim
Meirav Ben-Gal
Hanna Benrosh
Revital Diamant
Shay Diamant
Shimon Elbaz
Sigal Erez
Gabi Eskinazi
Michelle Eskinazi
Yair Gavrielli
Iris Goldstein Hagay
Pini Hagay
Sharon Joffe
Yona Lazarovitz
Bella Lerner
Lee Levinger
Ronit Machlouf
Guy Marom
Alexandra Novak
Amit Plachinsky
Sigal Rapaport Danisky
Gali Rubin
Shelley Safdieh
Ponnie Saeidian
Niely Schechter
Ayal Sfadia
Michal Shiloni
Aline Shomof
Izek Shomof
Rina Shmargal
Tal Shamargal
Judy Yafckly
Eyal Yaffe
Ran Yaniv
Orna Yarzin

Accounting:
Revital Diamant, CPA

Legal Advisor:
Lee Levinger, Esq.

Webmaster and Technical Consultant:
Gil Bar-Zion

Administrative Assistant:
Leiann Bahar

Former Presidents:
Izek Shomof
Iris Goldstein Hagay
Guy Marom

Larger than Life — L.A. Family is committed to passing along the maximum amount of resources to the children and families who need it the most. As a result, Larger than Life — L.A. Family depends on thousands of volunteer hours from its Board of Directors, Executive Committee and volunteers in the community.

Recent News

Chai beLaLa Land 2012
March 13, 2012
Chai beLaLa Land will be on March 13, 2012. Detailed Event Information has now been posted, and Tickets are now available for purchase! Purchase your tickets before they sell out!
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Purim Party 2012
March 3, 2012
The Orange County Israeli Committee invites you to their annual Purim Party in honor of Larger than Life — L.A. Family! All proceeds from the event will be donated to Larger than Life for the benefit of the children!
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Stand-Up Comedy Night 2012
January 30, 2012
Larger than Life — L.A. Family's Second Annual Stand-Up Comedy Night was a HUGE success! The comics were hilarious, and the food was amazing. The best part, however, was seeing all of our L.A. Family friends out to support us. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and came out to have a good time.