Our Board
Yosef Gillers
Advisory Board
Yosef Gillers is the founder and Executive Director of GrowTorah. He offers his perspective as a peer and coach, fresh early-stage venture. He and GrowTorah graduated from the OU’s inaugural Impact Accelerator in September 2019, and he was awarded the Jewish Week’s 36 under 36 in 2019. After he and his wife suffered a loss, they turned to IWSTHAB for support. He brings the board his resourcefulness, scrappiness, and veggies.
Rachel Tuchman LMHC
Advisory Board
Rachel Tuchman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over ten years of experience. She has worked with many diverse populations including incarcerated women at Riker's Island Correctional Facility, kids and adults with developmental delays, kids with behavior issues, overwhelmed parents looking for skills and support, teens struggling with the pressures of adolescence, adults going through difficult life circumstances (divorce, infidelity, phase of life challenges) and women experiencing infertility.
Tobey Lass
Advisory Board
Tobey Lass Karpel, BCBA, LBA is a behavior analyst who has worked with hundreds of children ages 2-21 who have autism for over 10 years. Tobey is an advocate for inclusive spaces in her community. As a member of the IWSTHAB team, Tobey uses her creativity, networking mindset. and analytic skills to ensure that the content being created is unique, meaningful and reaches a wide audience. Tobey’s favorite color is tie dye and she spends her free time traveling around the tri-state area looking for the perfect chocolate babka.
Sara Liberow
Advisory Board
Originally hailing from Colombia, (yes, we’ve got a native Spanish speaker in the house!), Sara brings a plethora of talents and experience to our advisory board. After experiencing her own journey with infertility, Sara brought her passion for creative initiatives, volunteerism, marketing and building relationships to the cause and joined IWSTHAB team.
When she’s not dedicating hours to refining the back end of IWSTHAB, Sara loves cooking from scratch, collecting spices from around the world, and making food look as beautiful as it tastes—a journey she documents on her own Instagram.
Sarah Schachne Hirschfeld
Advisory Board
Sarah Schachne Hirschfeld is a non-practicing attorney with over 12 years of experience practicing corporate law at various New York law firms. She also has experience as a career counselor to students at a New York law school. Sarah struggled with infertility and pregnancy loss for many years and became familiar with IWSTHAB on Instagram. When she's not working or wrangling her two kids, Sarah enjoys organizing, decorating, and watching engaging, yet forgettable documentaries.
Rachel Honeyman
Advisory Board
Rachel Honeyman has a Master’s in English and works as a writer and editor, with expertise in web content strategy. She’s written extensively about the infertility struggles she and her husband have faced for over five years, and connecting with IWSTHAB was a big part of her decision to “come out” about their story.
In Rachel’s multiple other lives, she’s a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, an artist, a travel enthusiast, a champion for strong female involvement in the Orthodox Jewish community, an animal lover, and a mental health advocate (who’s probably anxious about something right now).
Lily Goodman
Advisory Board
Lily Goodman is a nonprofit professional working at the Jewish Federation of Chicago for the last 13 years. Currently, Lily works on data and program evaluation efforts for the organization and its broad system of agencies and programs. She has an MA in Nonprofit Management from DePaul University's School of Public Service, and a BA in History and Near Eastern & Judaic Studies from Brandeis University. Lily's passion for strengthening the Jewish community and her own infertility journey made IWSTHAB a perfect fit.
She currently lives in downtown Chicago with her dog Milo and loves spending time with her family and friends, especially her six nieces and nephews.