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Executive Director, Manitoba Region

Zach Ostrove has been Executive Director for the Manitoba Region since 2015. In that time he has held numerous fundraising events including golf tournaments, film screenings and a very successful gala in 2019 honouring Hope and Howard Morry which attracted over 700 people and raised over $500,000. Zach has an extensive background in fundraising and brings a youthful energy and perspective to the organization. Aside from his duties as Executive Director, Zach has also taken on the mantle of resident tech expert and lends his skills to the webinars that Ben-Gurion University Canada conducts. Zach has been married to his wonderful wife Kristen since 2018 and they have two wonderful children, Asher (3) and Iris (1), and a Bernese Mountain Dog named Elway (named after Zach’s favourite football player) When asked what Zach likes most about working for Ben-Gurion University Canada his response was “What I love most about working for BGUC is having the opportunity to share with the Winnipeg community all of the amazing research being conducted at BGU. BGU is Israel’s best kept secret, but not for long!”