Adi Nir Sagi is a senior psychologist and holds a Masters degree in public administration. After three years of work as program director at the Mandel Center for Leadership in the Negev, Adi has joined the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. Adi holds a Master degree in Educational Psychology from the Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Master in Public Administration Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University ("Wexner" Fellow). She is also studying towards a Ph.D. degree in the department of education at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev and teaches in the department’s M.A. track for educational psychology. Adi was previously the Chief Psychologist of the Ministry of Education and the director of the Educational Psychology Services for the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Areas of expertise include system-wide psychological processes, psychological intervention in emergency and crisis situations, leading changes in systemsand  strategic planning.