Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development
Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor
The Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development oversees operations of the Technion’s Division of Public Relations and Resource Development (PARD), which supports the Technion’s goal of being a leading academic institution and central hub of excellence in research, education, and dissemination of knowledge. The Division has three main thrusts of activity:
- Resource Development, which correlates the needs of the campus with Technion Societies around the world. Technion needs are identified by direct interaction of the Division with Technion academic departments, and then approved and prioritized by the Technion management. Interaction with Technion supporters is coordinated by the Technion Societies, in coordination with Donor Relations at PARD, which stewards projects funded by supporting agencies and individuals.
- Marketing and Communications (MarCom) is responsible for institutional publications and communications, media relations, branding, and marketing for student and employee enrollment.
- Ceremonies and Visits, which together with the relevant academic departments plans and executes Technion ceremonies, and hosts visitors to the campus at the Polak Visitor Center.
In addition, the Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development coordinates collaborative actions between the Technion and other universities around the world. The collaborations can be pedagogical in nature and will then be managed by the Senior Executive VP, or research oriented and will then be managed by the Executive VP for Research.
Contact Details
Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development
Ronit Dagan
Manager of Administrative Affairs- Administration Assistant
- Senate Building - Floor 4 Room 414
Yael Saar
Administrative Assistant-
073-378-4830
073-378-4831
- 073-378-3200
- Senate Building - Floor 4 Room 414
Biography
Prof. Lihi Zelnik-Manor of the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering has been appointed Vice President for External Relations and Resource Development. She earned her B.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the Technion. After graduation, she joined the high-tech industry, later completing her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in computer science at the Weizmann Institute of Science, followed by postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She joined the Technion faculty in 2007. Between 2014 and 2016, she served as a visiting professor at Cornell Tech, and from 2018 to 2021, she headed Alibaba Group’s R&D center in Israel. She serves on the executive boards of the Computer Vision Foundation and the European Computer Vision Association. Her research interests include computer vision, machine learning, and the development of innovative technologies for digitizing the sense of touch—groundbreaking technologies that enable the perception of virtual objects and the tactile experience of distant ones.
