MEET THE CORAL TEAM
Joyce has been organizing tours for churches for over twenty years.
She’s worked with a variety of churches, fellowships, and congregations of many denominations. She loves introducing pastors to new places to take their tour members.
She gained experience in planning Israel tours and Footsteps of the Apostle Paul tours of Greece, Turkey, and Italy by Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement. While with Coral she has used her expertise to continue her passion of bringing groups closer to Jesus.
She enjoys helping Christian leaders create faith-based tours that meet the needs and interests of the group they are hosting. The best tours are achieved with thoughtful planning as the foundation. Her work philosophy is, “Serving Him by serving you!”
Carol is a Southern California native and graduate of Mills College. Carol joined the Coral Team as VP of Marketing in 2009.
She takes care of all our promotional activities on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Flickr…), our web content and the Coral Travel Blog. She’s excited about communicating Coral’s passion for bringing Christians to the Holy Land so they can experience scripture come alive.
Carol and her teenage daughter recently relocated to Bentonville, Arkansas and attend Grace Hills Church.
Elizabeth is originally from Poland, where she earned her business marketing degree. She moved to the US in 2002.
Elizabeth has worked with the Coral Team at our New Jersey headquarters since 2012. She keeps the day moving smoothly by handling all the clerical and administrative duties including reservation processing and client inquiries. She is also the person you’ll most often hear answer the phones. She enjoys working closely with clients who are excited about their trips to the Holy Land.
Elizabeth is married and has two beautiful children.
Yaniv has a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has worked for Coral since September of 2005.
Prior to that he served four years in the Israeli Navy and was later employed by the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
Yaniv manages the day to day operations at Coral’s headquarters in New Jersey and enjoys working with tour leaders to provide the best service possible. He and his lovely wife, Bianca, have been married for 11 years and live in the greater New York area.
Shalom & Irit are sabra Jews, born and raised in Israel. Both served their country as officers in the Israel Defense Forces.
Shalom retired as the Deputy Chief of Logistics with the rank of full bird Colonel and Irit completed her service as a Major. After retiring from the IDF they started working in travel. Combined they have over 50 years experience working in the Israel tourism industry.
In 2000, they began offering Christian tours of Israel and neighboring countries through their new venture, Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. Shalom spends a lot of time traveling to speak with pastors in various cities around the US, while Irit is busy in her General Manager role. Both travel back and forth to and from Israel throughout the year to spend time with tour groups. They are passionate about bringing believers to the Holy Land and ensuring each and every tour is conducted with the utmost care.
Joyce has been organizing tours for churches for over twenty years.
She’s worked with a variety of churches, fellowships, and congregations of many denominations. She loves introducing pastors to new places to take their tour members.
She gained experience in planning Israel tours and Footsteps of the Apostle Paul tours of Greece, Turkey, and Italy by Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel movement. While with Coral she has used her expertise to continue her passion of bringing groups closer to Jesus.
She enjoys helping Christian leaders create faith-based tours that meet the needs and interests of the group they are hosting. The best tours are achieved with thoughtful planning as the foundation. Her work philosophy is, “Serving Him by serving you!”
Carol is a Southern California native and graduate of Mills College. Carol joined the Coral Team as VP of Marketing in 2009.
She takes care of all our promotional activities on social media (Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Flickr…), our web content and the Coral Travel Blog. She’s excited about communicating Coral’s passion for bringing Christians to the Holy Land so they can experience scripture come alive.
Carol and her teenage daughter recently relocated to Bentonville, Arkansas and attend Grace Hills Church.
Elizabeth is originally from Poland, where she earned her business marketing degree. She moved to the US in 2002.
Elizabeth has worked with the Coral Team at our New Jersey headquarters since 2012. She keeps the day moving smoothly by handling all the clerical and administrative duties including reservation processing and client inquiries. She is also the person you’ll most often hear answer the phones. She enjoys working closely with clients who are excited about their trips to the Holy Land.
Elizabeth is married and has two beautiful children.
Yaniv has a Master’s degree in Administrative Science from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has worked for Coral since September of 2005.
Prior to that he served four years in the Israeli Navy and was later employed by the Israel Ministry of Tourism.
Yaniv manages the day to day operations at Coral’s headquarters in New Jersey and enjoys working with tour leaders to provide the best service possible. He and his lovely wife, Bianca, have been married for 11 years and live in the greater New York area.
Shalom & Irit are sabra Jews, born and raised in Israel. Both served their country as officers in the Israel Defense Forces.
Shalom retired as the Deputy Chief of Logistics with the rank of full bird Colonel and Irit completed her service as a Major. After retiring from the IDF they started working in travel. Combined they have over 50 years experience working in the Israel tourism industry.
In 2000, they began offering Christian tours of Israel and neighboring countries through their new venture, Coral Travel & Tours, Ltd. Shalom spends a lot of time traveling to speak with pastors in various cities around the US, while Irit is busy in her General Manager role. Both travel back and forth to and from Israel throughout the year to spend time with tour groups. They are passionate about bringing believers to the Holy Land and ensuring each and every tour is conducted with the utmost care.
