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2018 Speakers

  • Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) Florida's 23rd Congressional District

  • Mike Pence Vice President of the United States

  • Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Senate Democratic Leader

  • Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) House Democratic Leader

  • Miriam Peretz Israel Prize Winner for Lifetime Achievement for “Strengthening the Jewish-Israeli Spirit”

  • MK Yuli Yoel Edelstein Speaker of the Knesset

  • Minister Ayelet Shaked Israel's Minister of Justice

  • Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis Governor-Elect of Florida

  • Haim Saban Chairman & CEO of Saban Capital Group, Inc.

  • Ambassador Danny Danon Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations

  • Amb. Ron Dermer Israel's Ambassador to the United States

  • Marius Nacht Anchor Investor and Co-Founder of aMoon Funds, Co-Founder Check Point

  • Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) Representing the 18th Congressional District of Florida

  • Bob Diener Co-founder of Hotels.com and Getaroom.com

  • MK Stav Shaffir Member of the Knesset, Israel Labor Party

  • Cindy Janower Chair, Board of Directors- CJP

  • Live Performance by Yehuda Poliker Singer, Songwriter, Musician, and Painter

  • Prof. Karine Nahon Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Center at Herzliya (IDC) and President, Israeli Internet Association (ISOC-IL)

  • Tsahi Halevi Musician, Singer, Creator, and Actor. Winner of the 2013 Ophir Award for Best Supporting Actor in "Bethlehem"

  • David Yarus Founder, JSwipe | mllnnl

  • Meir Shalev Award Winning Author

  • Ronen Bergman Senior Correspondent for Military and Intelligence Affairs for Yedioth Ahronoth, Staff Writer for The New York Times. Author of “Rise and Kill First”

  • Maya Prosor VP Business Development, Lemonade

  • Dana Weiss Chief Political Analyst, Israel’s Channel 2

  • Ifat Rubin-Bejerano Director of Translational Research Programs, Harvard Medical School

  • Morris Kahn Founder of Amdocs, Space IL- President.

  • Michelle Divon Israeli-American Journalist and News Anchor, News12

  • Guy Rolnik Clinical Associate Professor of Strategic Management, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Founder of The Marker Magazine

  • Ilana Golan CEO Golan Ventures Transforming Companies

  • Lior Haiat Consul General of Israel, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico

  • Gordon Robertson CEO, The Christian Broadcasting Network, Inc.

  • Shari Dollinger Co-Executive Director, Christians United for Israel (CUFI)

  • Sheldon G. Adelson Businessman, Investor & Philanthropist, Chairman & CEO, Las Vegas Sands Corporation

  • Isaac (Bougie) Herzog Chairman of the Executive, Jewish Agency for Israel

  • Miri Shepher IAC Board Member

  • 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

  • Shoham Nicolet Co-Founder and CEO, IAC

  • Lital Shemesh News Anchor and TV Presenter, Channel 20

  • Prof. Yifat Bitton COLLMAN Law School-Israel Institute Visiting Faculty, TCIS, NYU

  • Ambassador Dani Dayan Consul General of Israel in New York

  • Boaz Bismuth Editor-in-Chief, Israel Hayom

  • Dr. Nachman Shai Israel Institute Visiting Professor. Institute for the Study of Modern Israel. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies Emory University

  • Dr. Ruth Calderon Former Member of Knesset and Deputy Speaker of the Knesset for the Yesh Atid Party, an Educator and Talmud Scholar.

  • Naty Saidoff Owner, Shikun & Binui & IAC Board Member

  • Dr. Sharon Shacham President & Chief Scientific Officer, Karyopharm. IAC Council Member, Boston

  • Uzi Baruch CEO, Arutz Sheva

  • Shawn Evenhaim Founder and CEO, California Home Builders. IAC Board Member & Chairman Emeritus

  • Omri Assenheim Senior Correspondent, Uvda (keshet channel 12) & JSK Fellow Stanford University

  • Prof. Ghil'ad Zuckermann Chair of Linguistics and Endangered Language, The University of Adelaide, Australia

  • Yossi Baidatz (Maj. Gen. Res.) CEO, The Center for Educational Technology and Former Head of the Israel Directorate of Military Intelligence Analysis Division

  • Miri Michaeli Journalist & TV Presenter, Keshet Broadcasting

  • Jordan Shenker CEO, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

  • Alon Ben David Senior Defense Correspondent, Channel 13

  • David Suissa Editor-in-Chief Tribe Media/Jewish Journal

  • Scott Ehrlich CEO, David Posnack JCC

  • Yasmin Lukatz Founder & Executive Director, ICON

  • Ehud Danoch CEO, Shikun & Binui Solel Boneh Infrastructure

  • Debbie Saidoff IAC Jerusalem Society

  • Menachem Bombach Executive Director, Torah Academy

  • Orly Glick Vice President Value Added Services, Vintage Investment Partners

  • Dr. Yechiel Engelhard Vice President, Digital Health TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS

  • Alyza Lewin President and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law

  • Prof. Leonard Saxe Director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, The Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University

  • Kfir Gavrieli Co-Founder and CEO, Tieks

  • Lori Palatnik Momentum, Founding Director

  • Barry Shrage Professor of the Practice, Brandeis University, Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies

  • Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, MD Deputy Director General, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Innovation Officer at Sheba Medical Center

  • Tzippy Faye Holand Israeli-American Philanthropist, IAC Council Member, IAC Florida

  • Robbi and Stuart Force Activists

  • Mayor Josh Levy City of Hollywood, Florida

  • David Hager Philanthropist and Managing Partner, Hager Pacific Properties

  • Zvika Klein Jewish World Correspondent, Makor Rishon

  • Bernd Wollschlaeger Physician and Author

  • David Vered Founder, Lehosheet Yad Los Angeles

  • Michael Balaban President and CEO, Jewish Federation of Broward County

  • Dr. Miriam Adelson Physician, Philanthropist, IAC Las Vegas Council Member and Former Chairwoman

  • Shira Ruderman Director, Ruderman Family Foundation & IAC Council Member, Boston

  • Shmuel (Muli) Jeselsohn Director, The Iggud Yeshivot Hesder

  • Israel Maimon President & CEO, Israel Bonds and Former Cabinet Secretary for the Israeli Government

  • Julia Ben Shalom Director, Vibe Israel USA

  • Robert Nicholson Founder and Executive Director, The Philos Project

  • Rivka Ravitz Chief of Staff to the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin

  • Netaly Ophir Flint Partner at KONU: Growing and Provoking Leadership

  • Shlomi Kofman Consulate General of Israel, Pacific Northwest Region

  • Gidi Mark CEO, Birthright Israel

  • Ted Sokolsky Sr. Advisor, the Center for Entrepreneurial Jewish Philanthropy

  • Yarden Ben Yosef Founder & Executive Director of Act-IL

  • Dr. Yakir Englander National Director, IAC Gvanim

  • Dr. Vardit Ringvald Director of the Middlebury School of Hebrew, and C.V. Starr Research Professor of Language and Linguistics at Middlebury College

  • 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

  • Denise Tamir South Florida Jewish Lay Leader

  • Prof. Avi Almozlino, MD Chief of Neurology & IAC Board Member

  • Gil Galanos Co-Founder & CEO, itrek

  • Rachel Chafetz IAC National Board Member

  • Zohar Vloski KKL-JNF Israel Emissary, Education, Florida

  • Sharon Ashkenazi Founder, 'Israeli Salad' and OFJCC Board Member

  • Dani Zamir CEO, National Council of Pre-Military Leadership Academics (Mechinot)

  • Monika Lev Cohen CEO, Science Abroad

  • Nir Caspi Former Member of the Israeli Naval Commando and IAC Council Member

  • Lior Yehuda Founder and Managing Partner at Lending360 and IAC Los Angeles Council Member

  • Mor Zucker Council Member, IAC Colorado

  • Yoel Shargian Council member, IAC New Jersey

  • Ariel Tirosh Co-Chair, IAC New York

  • Jacky Teplitzky IAC National Board. Associate Broker DE NYC & Miami - Leader of the Jacky Teplitzky team

  • Tal Shuster Council Member, IAC New Jersey

  • Orit Feigelman Founder and Chairwoman- The Riviera Parliament ladies

  • Anat Goodman VP Education, Jewish Interactive

  • Rabbi Joe Schwartz Founder, IDRA Beit Café / Beit Tarbut

  • Na'ama Ore Social Entrepreneur and Former Regional Director, IAC Boston

  • Prof. Henry Green Professor, University of Miami and Founder, Sephardi Voices

  • Miriam Jacobi-Josielewski Co-Founder, FIDF

  • Dganit Sanker-Lange Senior Director Department of Aliyah Promotion and Returning Citizens

  • Sandra Hagee Parker Founding Chairwoman, CUFI Action Fund

  • Lee Aloni, Adv Director of Business & Strategy, The international Legal Forum

  • Steven Kalifowitz President, Localize.city

  • Leah Goldin CEO Golden Solutions, Afeka College of Engineering, Mother of Hadar Goldin

  • Julie Hammerman Founder and Executive Director, JLens

  • Lilach Aisemberg Founder, Sirei Lyda in Seattle

  • Adv. Yifa Segal Executive Director, The International Legal Forum

  • Rabbi Leor Sinai Co-CEO, Alexander Muss High School in Israel

  • Anne Lanski CEO, iCenter

  • Rabbi Itzhak Vardy Founder, Neshama Center in Aspen

  • Dr. Vered Glickman Global Israeli Leadership

  • Rabbi Efrat Zarren-Zohar Center for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Miami

  • Shay Zach Board Member, Belev Echad

  • Moshe Friedman Co-Founder and CEO, KamaTech

  • Tomer Saban Co-Chair, IAC Colorado

  • Dr. Salman Zarka Director, Ziv Medical Center in Safed

  • Naty Simchony Partner and Head of the White-Collar Crime Department at Herzog Fox & Neeman Law Office

  • Orly Lewis Chief Operating Officer of the Weinstein JCC in Richmond VA

  • Michal Vice IAC Keshet National Director

  • Shay Tal Executive Director Friends of Israel Scouts, Inc. Tzofim Jewish Agency Shaliach

  • Jonathan Calt Harris Special Advisor on policy and politics, Israeli-American Council

  • Karin Lagziel Education in Emergency Program Director Dominica IsraAID

  • Dror Avieli Managing Director Israel & VP Customer Success ConsenSys

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