Sharon Rosen

Global Director of Religious Engagement

Sharon Rosen has served as Search for Common Ground's Global Director of Religious Engagement since 2017. In this role, she oversees the development and project implementation of Search’s global religious engagement strategy.

Sharon first joined Search in 2005 as Senior Advisor to the Jerusalem office and continued as the office’s Co-Director for nine years before assuming her current role. Prior to Search, she co-founded and directed Education for Life, an international non-governmental organization that provides tools for the development and wellbeing of children within state educational systems. She was also a faculty member at the Jerusalem Center for Near East Studies teaching courses on Bible, gender, and contemporary relevance.

Sharon is an expert on designing and implementing interreligious programming that builds collaboration across religions and promotes peace. She is also an experienced facilitator in conflict resolution and strategic planning. In her time at Search, she co-created and leads the Universal Code of Conduct on Holy Sites initiative and has managed multiple projects on religion, development, health, and media. She was also senior editor of the Common Ground News Service – Middle East. Additionally, her chapter, “The Importance of Interfaith Cooperation for the Protection of Jerusalem’s Holy Sites,” was published in Sacred Space in Israel and Palestine (Routledge 2012).

Originally from London, England, Sharon holds a B.A. and a Masters from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. She speaks English and Hebrew.