Romy Shapira served as Deputy Director of the Israel Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, where she also coordinated the Foundation’s work in the areas of Environment and Sustainability. Prior to joining HBF, she served as the first coordinator of the International Women’s Commission (IWC) for a Just and Sustainable Palestinian-Israeli Peace, where she later became a board member.

She has extensive experience in program development, strategic planning, project coordination, and group facilitation. Romy is deeply committed to social change initiatives in Israel and has worked with and served on the boards of organizations such as the Hotline for Migrant Workers, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the Museum on the Seam, Turning the Tables, and others.

Romy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Master’s degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Tel Aviv University. She is currently a PhD candidate at Tel Aviv University’s School of Environmental Studies.