Maya Lahat-Kerman is the head of the “Finish Line” project at the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, a PhD candidate and a lecturer in the Department of Communication at Tel Aviv University. She has served as a senior content editor and development executive at various media outlets, including Yedioth Ahronoth, Keshet, and Reshet, and was formerly Head of Development at Channel 8 and Program Director at Galatz (IDF Radio). She currently heads the non-fiction division at Kinneret-Zmora Publishing House.