Consul for Consular Affairs

Consul Revital Danker

  •   Consul for Consular Affairs
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    Consul Danker is a senior Diplomat, with twenty-five plus years of experience in various positions throughout the Foreign Ministry.
    ( Today holds local rank as a Minister).
    She arrived in Los Angeles in August 2020, assuming the post of Consul for Consular Affairs at the Consulate General of Israel to the
    Pacific Southwest, which covers Southern California, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii, Utah, and Wyoming.
    In the midst of the Corona epidemic, Consul Danker moved to Los Angeles from the Embassy in Berlin, Israel’s third largest embassy in the world, where she served as the Chief Administration Officer (CAO). She managed a team during the Corona crisis, working to fulfill the high demand for services among the Israeli-American and Jewish community in the Los Angeles throughout the region.
    As Consul for Consular Affairs , Ms Danker has been working in coordination on various issues with the government ministries and entities in Israel such as; The Population and Immigration Authority, IDF, Police /Interpol, Ministry of Justice for notary services and more.
    In her last two positions, Revital was the first woman Diplomat to serve in those roles. Before that, Mrs. Danker was posted in Israel’s Embassy in Dublin and Bulgaria as Consul and CAO. 
    In all her previous positions, Ms. Danker was in charge of the embassies annual budget, Manpower, salaries, procurement contracts, suppliers and Embassy Assets. In addition, Ms. Danker oversaw the management and production of all VIP and state visits, conferences, official delegations and oversees the production of large-scale activities and culture events.

    Within the framework of her various positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which began in 1994, she was the personal assistant of four different Director Generals, establishmed a new department, “supervision and control” in the Consular Affairs Division, for ​improving the global consular service, She also was the head the Liaison unit in the consular division, representing the foreign embassies and connecting them to the Israeli authorities .

    Mrs Danker served at the IDF, as a coder and decipherer in the Division 162 Artillery corps and later on moved to the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, where she later served as Administrative Assistant to both Directors General of the Prime Minister's Office (PM. Shamir and PM. Rabin).

    Ms. Danker has BA in Social Sciences from The Open University in Jerusalem. Revital was born in Jerusalem. On her father’s side, she is an 8th generation descendant of the Gaon of Vilnius.
    Revital is married to Sharon and has two children; Jasmin,  and Dorian.
     
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