Adi Altschuler

Adi Altschuler was born and raised in Hod Hasharon, Israel. She is a leader and an acclaimed social entrepreneur.

At the age of 16 she founded K’nafaim Shel Krembo (Krembo Wings), Israel's first and only youth movement for kids with and without special needs. She is also the founder of Zikaron BaSalon, an alternative and increasingly popular way to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day. She was formerly head of Education & Economic Impact at Google. With the goal of transforming Israel’s education system, Altschuler left Google to found Inclusive Israel, of which she is currently the CEO. Inclusive Israel is a nonprofit that promotes inclusive education in Israel through a network of public inclusive schools. Altschuler is the recipient of numerous awards (the first of which she received at age 18), including the 2005 Tamari Award and the 2006 Bernstein Award for Social Leadership.

In 2008 LIONS declared her: “Israeli Woman of the Year” and she was also recipient of the Ernest and Young Social Entrepreneurship Award. Altschuler received the prestigious President’s Award in 2009, and in 2013 received the Rappoport Award for leading social change in Israeli society. The following year Altschuler was elected by TIME Magazine as one of six future world leaders, and was chosen to speak about social entrepreneurship at the U.N.

In 2016 Altschuler was honored by World Rotary and received the Paul Harris award and that same year received the title of Honorary Fellow from IDC Herzliya. In 2017 she received an Honorary Fellow from the Gordon College of Education and the Light Award from the Foundation for the Benefit of Holocaust Victims in Israel.