Shalhevet Schwartz is a student in the Kollel Iyun v’Halakha at Yeshivat Drisha in Kfar Etzion. Before arriving at Drisha, she served as a Research and Program Coordinator at Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where she focused on supporting the work of the Kogod Research Center, the Institute’s think tank. Shalhevet received her BA from Yale University, where she graduated in 2021 with a degree in philosophy. She spent several summers working in experiential Jewish education at Camp Stone, most recently in the roles of Rosh Moshava (Head Counselor) and Rosh Beit Midrash, and in 2023 taught a weekly Talmud shiur at Columbia University Hillel. She currently teaches a biweekly in-depth Talmud shiur as part of Hadran’s “Beyond the Daf” project.

Rabbanit Victoria Sutton is on the Judaic studies faculty at the Heschel School and has taught in the Drisha High School Summer Program. Prior to that, she served as the Director of Education and Community Engagement at Congregation Beth Israel, a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Berkeley. She was ordained through Yeshivat Maharat in 2014. A graduate of Barnard College, with a BA in Biological Sciences, she also holds a Grand Diploma in Pastry Arts from the French Culinary Institute. Victoria sat on the board of Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay and was involved with community organizations in New York City focusing on homelessness, literacy, sexual assault and domestic violence.

Channa Lockshin Bob is the CEO of Drisha. Her background includes leadership roles in schools and nonprofits, including principal of Edu-Together, an online school, member of the leadership team of Yachad, a large mixed secular-religious school in Israel, and head of organizational assessment and program evaluation for TALI, an educational nonprofit.

She began her career in the classroom and has over twenty years of experience teaching Talmud and other Jewish texts. Her experience across educational leadership, program development, and strategic planning will help guide Drisha as it builds on its strengths and enters its next chapter.