2017 SPEAKERS
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Amb. Nikki Haley United States Ambassador to the United Nations
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Dan Ariely NY Times Best Seller and Behavioral Economist
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Adi Tatarko CEO & Co-Founder, Houzz
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Amb. Dennis Ross William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, Counselor Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship
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Tali Moreno Senior Anchor & Reporter, Channel 10 News Israel
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Amb. Ron Prosor Israel's Former Ambassador to the UN, Abba Eban Chair in International Diplomacy and a Distinguished Fellow at the Hudson Institute
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Minister Naftali Bennett Israel's Minister of Education and Minister of Diaspora Affairs
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Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely Israel's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
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MK Merav Michaeli Israeli Member of the Knesset, the Zionist Union Party
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Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Rep Ed Royce (R-CA) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Miri Ben-Ari Grammy Award-Winning Violinist, Music Producer and Humanitarian
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Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Amb. Ron Dermer Israel's Ambassador to the United States
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Jonathan Levav Associate Professor of Marketing, Stanford University
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Oren Zeev Founder, Zeev Ventures
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Heidi Brodsky Board Chair, Bender JCC of Greater Washington
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Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) Member of the United States House of Representatives
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Dr. Misha Galperin President, ZANDAFI Philanthropic Advisors
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Rabbi Joy Levitt Executive Director, JCC Manhattan
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Guy Rolnik Clinical Associate Professor of Strategic Management, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Founder of The Marker Magazine
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Dr. Yoaz Hendel Senior Military and Diplomatic Commentator for Yedioth Ahronoth
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Ilana Golan CEO Golan Ventures Transforming Companies
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Lior Haiat Consul General of Israel, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico
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Dr. Dore Gold President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, former Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and former Ambassador to the United Nations
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Ran Harnevo Co-Founder of 5min Media & Former Global President of AOL Video
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Rabbi Marc Baker Head of School, Gann Academy
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Sheldon G. Adelson Businessman, Investor & Philanthropist, Chairman & CEO, Las Vegas Sands Corporation
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Sharon Rechter Co-Founder, First Media
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Gil Preuss CEO, The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington
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Ben Dror Yemini Researcher, Journalist and Author of "The Industry of Lies"
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Dr. Dror Eydar Literature, Culture and Society Researcher; Senior Commentator at Israel Hayom and Editor of the Op-Ed and Opinion desk at Israel Hayom
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Jonathan Kessler Director of Strategic Initiatives, AIPAC
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Adam Milstein Chairman of the Board, IAC
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Shoham Nicolet Co-Founder and CEO, IAC
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Gidi Mark CEO, Birthright Israel
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Alex Mashinsky Managing Partner, Governing Dynamics
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Boaz Bismuth Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom
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Dr. Ruth Calderon Former Member of Knesset and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset for the Yesh Atid Party, an Educator and Talmud Scholar.
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Dr. Moti Zeira "HaMidrasha" Founder
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Naty Saidoff IAC Board Member
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Sam Grundwerg Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles
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Dr. Sharon Shacham President and Chief Scientific Officer, Karyopharm
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Avraham Infeld President Emeritus of Hillel – The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life
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Dr. Janice Weinman Executive Director and CEO, Hadassah
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Shawn Evenhaim Founder and CEO, California Home Builders. IAC Board Member and Chairman Emeritus
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Omri Assenheim Senior Correspondent, Uvda (Keshet ch. 12)
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Emily Amrousi Journalist, Israel Hayom
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Jordan Shenker CEO, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
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Alon Ben David Senior Defense Correspondent, Channel 10
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Prof. Uriel Reichman President and founder of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Hertzelia
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David Suissa Editor-in-Chief Tribe Media/Jewish Journal
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Shira Ruderman Director, Ruderman Family Foundation and IAC National Council Member, Boston
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Netanel Hershtik Cantor, The Hampton Synagogue
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Andrés Spokoiny President & CEO, Jewish Funders Network
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Ehud Danoch CEO, Shikun & Binui Solel Boneh Infrastructure
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Raymond Simonson CEO, JW3
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Miriam Shepher IAC National Council Member - Los Angeles
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Senator Aaron Ford Nevada State Senator
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Lindsey Horvath Councilmember & Mayor (2015), City of West Hollywood
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Naama Klar Director, Reut Institute
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Dr. Leonard Saxe Director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, The Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University
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Yasmin Lukatz Executive Director, ICON
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Kfir Gavrieli Co-Founder and CEO, Tieks
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Barry Shrage Professor of the Practice, Brandeis University, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies
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Zohar Vloski KKL-JNF Israel Emissary, Education, Florida
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Tzippy Faye Holand Israeli-American Philanthropist, IAC Council Member, IAC Florida
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Chloé Valdary Brand Ambassador, Jerusalem U
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David Hager Philanthropist and Managing Partner, Hager Pacific Properties
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Alicia Schuyler Oberman Director of the Jack Miller Family Foundation
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Netaly Ophir Flint Partner at KONU: Growing and Provoking Leadership
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Steve A. Rakitt President, Genesis Prize Foundation (GPF)
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Dr. Miriam Adelson Physician, Philanthropist, and IAC Las Vegas Council Member and Former Chairwoman
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Israel Maimon President & CEO, Israel Bonds and Former Cabinet Secretary for the Israeli Government
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Meital Stavinsky Member of Holland & Knight's Public Policy & Regulation Group and Co-Chair of the firm's Israel Practice
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Guy Franklin General Manager, SOSA NYC and Founder, “Israeli Mapped in NY”
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Daniel Kraus Director of Strategic Partnerships, Birthright Israel Foundation
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Dr. Neta Peleg-Oren IAC National Council Member - Florida
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Rabbi Dave Felsenthal OU Chief Innovation Officer
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Ted Sokolsky Sr. Advisor, the Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy
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Jonathan Davis Vice President for External Relations, Head of the Raphael Recanati IDC Herzliya
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Mayor Gabriel Groisman City of Bal Harbour, Florida
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Dr. Shula Recanati Chairperson Educating for Excellence, Israel
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Dr. Vardit Ringvald Director of the Middlebury School of Hebrew, and C.V. Starr Research Professor of Language and Linguistics at Middlebury College
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Martine Fleishman International Chair, The Jewish Agency
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Rabbi David Gedzelman President and CEO, The Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life
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John C. Wobensmith Secretary of State of Maryland
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Jen Dalton CEO & Founder, BrandMirror
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Ronald Halber Executive Director, Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
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Rachel Chafetz IAC National Board Member
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Michael Reitblat CEO & Co-Founder, Forter
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Eric Goldstein CEO, UJA-Federation
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Michael Bergman Vice President, Richardson Center for Global Engagement
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Orli Santo Israeli-American Correspondent, The Jewish Week
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Richard Millington Founder and Managing Director, FeverBee
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Jacob Baime Executive Director, Israel on Campus Coalition
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Nir Caspi Former Member of the Israeli Naval Commando and IAC Council Member
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Ben Pery IAC National Council Member, Washington DC and Executive Director, JWRP
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Etty Dolgin IAC National council Member - Chicago
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Tal Shuster Council Member, IAC New Jersey
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Yarden Ben Yosef CEO, Act.IL
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Monika Lev-Cohen CEO, Science Abroad, The Organization of Israeli Scientists Abroad
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Gil Zimmermann Head of Cloud Security GTM, Cisco
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Prof. Avi Almozlino, MD Chief of Neurology & IAC Board Member
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Galia Messika IAC National Council Member - Washington DC
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Eitan Drori Co-Chair of the Global Israeli Leadership
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Amanda K. Berman Co-Founder, Zioness Movement and Director of Legal Affairs, The Lawfare Project
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Rabbi Levi Shemtov Executive Vice President, American Friends of Lubavitch (Chabad)
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Jacky Teplitzky IAC Board Member
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Yotam Polizer Co-CEO, IsraAid
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Rachel N. Davidson IAC Board Member
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Dr. Kamal-Al-Labwani Advisory Committee, Amaliah
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Dr. Dalia Kalai IAC National Council Member - Florida
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Nir Lahav Director of Social Activism Unit, The Jewish Agency for Israel
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Michelle Rojas-Tal Shlicha, Hillel International & Director, Israel Fellows Program at the Jewish Agency
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Ron Brummer Executive Director of Operations, Ministry of Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy
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Lila Mowatt Regional Director of Outreach and Strategy, IAC
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Gary L. Bauer Washington Director, CUFI Action Fund
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Noya Gilad Berkovitch The Israeli House, Miami
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Shilo Adler CEO, YESHA Council
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Yochanan Lowie IAC Council Chairman - Las Vegas
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Dillon L. Hosier National Director, State Government Affairs, Israeli-American Coalition for Action
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Netanella Refael Chairwoman, IAC Dor Chadash New York
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Ron Krudo Executive Director of Campus Affairs, StandWithUs
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Moti Kahana Founder and Board of Directors, Amaliah
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Alex Reguev IAC Mishelanu Fellow
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Dr. Yakir Englander National Director, IAC Gvanim
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Guy Bachar IAC National Council Member - Los Angeles, Co-Chair
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Shay Tal Executive Director, Friends of Israel Scouts - Tzofim
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Yoni Kempinski Deputy Editor and Correspondent, Arutz Sheva
