Stanley Fischer is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve. Prior to his appointment to the Board, Dr. Fischer was governor of the Bank of Israel from 2005 through 2013.

From February 2002 to April 2005, Dr. Fischer was vice chairman of Citigroup. Dr. Fischer served as the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund from September 1994 through August 2001. From January 1988 to August 1990, he was the chief economist of the World Bank. 

For thirty years, Charles Bronfman was chairman of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (ACBP), a group of foundations operating in Canada, Israel, and the United States.

Mr. Bronfman has spent much of his life as an active businessman.  Following a 50-year career with The Seagram Company Limited, he retired in 2001 as Co-Chairman.  For 22 years he was the Chairman and principal owner of the Montreal Expos, the first Major League Baseball club to exist outside the United States.

Among his signature philanthropic achievements are Birthright Israel and Historica Canada. He currently sits on the Executive Committee of the Israel Policy Forum, and chairs its Advisory Council.

David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director & Head of Tactical Opportunities. Mr. Blitzer is based in New York, having established Blackstone’s corporate private equity investment efforts in Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 1991

 Mr. Blitzer has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in Spirit Group, SULO, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate, Cadillac Fairview, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, Orangina, and United Biscuits. Mr. Blitzer serves as a Director of United Biscuits and Jack Wolfskin.

David Blitzer is a sports fan who became a sports owner; he is co-managing partner of the New Jersey Devils, Philadelphia 76ers and Crystal Palace FC.

Omer Golan is an artist, creative technologist, and entrepreneur who specializes in experiential marketing, experience design, and multimedia installations.

Omer has been recognized for producing digital art that explores deep subjects, like human narcissism and cultural differences/connections between Israelis and Palestinians. Applying his expertise in innovative DOOH (Digital Out of Home) media, Omer founded Outernets, an ad-tech startup that uses AI to turn store windows into smart, interactive digital displays.

 Michal Katz is Co-Head of the Technology Investment Banking Group at RBC Capital Markets. Previously, she was a Managing Director at Barclays (formerly Lehman Brothers), where she was head of the global software practice in the Technology Investment Banking Group.

Michal advises clients on diverse financing and strategic advisory transactions. Selected companies with which Michal worked include Microsoft, EMC, IBM, HP, SAP, VMware, Red Hat, Palo Alto Networks, NetScout, Citrix, Hortonworks, Varonis, Red Hat and ServiceNow. In addition, she works with leading private equity and venture capital firms.

Bryan Goldberg is the founder and CEO of Bustle Digital Group, the parent company of premiere Women's properties Bustle, Romper, and Elite Daily. Collectively, Bustle Digital Group publications reach over 80 million unique readers a month. 

Previously, Goldberg founded Bleacher Report, the nation's largest digital sports media company. Time Warner acquired Bleacher Report in 2012. 

Moran David is Mobileye’s General Manager in North America. Moran has spent the last 18 years as an entrepreneur and a consultant, specializing in travel, retail, consumer products, B2B and e-commerce strategies.  

He was also the founder of Boom Sushi in NY, the CEO of Sabon USA, and the founder of Nature Adventure in Chile.

 Edward Shenderovich is a co-founder and chairman of Knotel. He is also the founding partner of Kite Ventures and an early investor and board member at Delivery Hero (DHER.DE), Plated (acquired by Albertsons) and Tradeshift. He was previously a co-founder of SUP Media and Merchantry, and had worked for Silicon Valley Bank.

Sasha is the co-founder and executive director of Spark MicroGrants. Spark is changing the way we use aid, departing from the traditional prescriptive models and supporting rural villages facing poverty to design and launch local solutions and drive local change. Spark supports each village to found a project from a farm to feed families to a school to teach children. Sasha has led the organization to work across Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana to open opportunities for over 160 communities, reaching over 100,000 lives in the first seven years.  

 Shuly Galili the Co-founding Partner at UpWest Labs, a Silicon Valley based seed fund investing in Israeli tech entrepreneurs and startups.  

Prior to founding UpWest Labs she spent more than a decade on building Silicon Valley’s gateway to Israel as the Executive Director of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC)

In 2015 she was named among 100 Most Influential People in Israeli Hi-tech by Israel’s leading tech magazine Geektime.  She serves on the Advisory Board of The C100 - A Canadian Entrepreneurs Network and is Google Launchpad Global Mentor.

Inbar is a Partner at Capital A Partners, “CAP A”, an early stage, Preferred Seed and Series A venture capital firm. CAP A invests in B2B tech companies focused on the global marketplace in areas of Mobility, Security, Human / Digital Interface and “Infrastructure of Things”. 

IAs a venture capitalist, Inbar has led business development for 5 years in the USA for Magma VC, one of Israel’s most established VCs. Inbar was one of the first team members at Wix (WIX NASDAQ), one of Israel’s most successful technology startups. She is recognized as one of 10 Israelis making a mark on New York’s Tech scene.

Bruce has 17 years experience as a venture capital investor, entrepreneur, technology investment banker and corporate attorney. Prior to joining Blumberg Capital in 1998, Bruce co-founded and held several senior management positions within technology companies including Charles River Computers.

Bruce serves as a member or observer on the Board of Directors of DoubleVerify, CaseStack, Insightix, LiteScape, Correlix, Nolio and Revionics. 

Michael is the co-founder and CEO of Forter. Prior to founding Forter, Michael was the VP Product & International Operations at Pango Parking where he was in charge of the deployment and adoption of Mobile Wallet technologies worldwide.

In 2008, before its acquisition by PayPal, Michael led Product at Fraud Sciences, where he faced some of the most challenging questions in the cyber security ecosystem.

Athena is the CEO & founder of HiredScore, an Artificial Intelligence HR tech company powering the Fortune 500. HiredScore leverages the power of data and machine learning to drive deep recruitment process efficiencies, enhance talent mobility, and help organizations move to a fully optimized TA function. 

Prior to founding HiredScore, Athena was an investor in NYC, most recently at Altaris Capital, where she managed and sourced business process automation and healthcare investments in highly regulated data environments. Prior to that, she was an Investment Banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focused on public technology & media companies. 

Tomer Tagrin is the co-founder and CEO of Yotpo, a platform of comprehensive tools for collecting & leveraging user-generated content like customer reviews, photos, and more, and serving 200,000 businesses

Yotpo is built on the vision that the future of marketing isn't businesses talking about themselves, but people talking about businesses.

Tomer founded Yotpo with his best friend and CTO, Omri Cohen in 2011 and has lead the company in raising $50m in funding, growing to 200+ employees and opening 2 offices in Tel Aviv and New York City.

Prof. Feldman is a world-leading expert in the field of text-mining, coining the term “text mining” over two decades ago. He authored the Text Mining Handbook published by Cambridge University Press and has authored 80+ academic treatises on text mining and information extraction.

Leveraging his technologies, Prof. Feldman co-founded two companies prior to founding Amenity Analytics (ClearForest, acquired by Reuters in 2007 and Digital Trowel), and served as a consultant for Nice Systems Ltd., the Bank of Israel, and Standard & Poors. 

Inon Elroy was appointed Economic Minister to North America in August 2016. 

As Vice Director General of the Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry from 20012-2016, Mr. Elroy was tasked with overseeing industrial policy  (promoting domestic production and innovation), trade regulations (liberalization of imports, anti dumping, and standardization), and regional economic planning.  

David Homan is the founder of Orchestrated Connecting, LLC. He also serves as Executive Director of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.

Over the past 11 years he has rebuilt this nonprofit into a multi-million operation, expanding the Board, engaging hundreds of new donors each year, and building bridges across multiple cultures through the arts. He’s also a composer whose work has been played around the world, frequently on radio, and often with live modern dance and theater.

Adi is the Co Founder and CEO of Splacer -  a leading Technology Platform and Marketplace, connecting space owners with companies and individuals looking to host events.

Adi is an accomplished architect, lecturer, and entrepreneur working in Israel and New York, where she previously owned her own architecture and consulting firm.

Eve Rubinstein is US Director of Israel Venture Network-IVN. Eve has worked in development for over 20 years, and most recently was Senior Development Officer, Major Gifts at CJP - Boston's Jewish Federation.

In that position, she also served as CJP's development liaison to the Israel & Overseas Commission, working directly with donors, and staff in Israel on various initiatives including building philanthropic investment from Israelis.

 Ethan is a startup growth expert who is focused on turning ideas into reality. He is a Co-Founder of Propagate Ventures, a platform for farmers, brands and investors to expand regenerative agriculture. 

Ethan has helped scale ventures both domestically and internationally in industries such as the sharing economy, consumer packaged goods, and B Corp businesses. 

Ido Gur is the CEO of Easy Aerial, a drone startup located in Brooklyn, New York that develops hardware and software for industry specific aerial solutions. Easy Aerial has the knowledge and experience to design custom unmanned aerial vehicles for any application.

Easy Aerial drone related services utilize advanced technologies and patents and are suited for different industries such as Security, Search and Rescue, Agriculture, Construction, Oil & Gas and the Insurance industry.  

Prior to his experience at Easy Aerial, Ido served in the Israeli Air Force for over 12 years in various capacities, ultimately in the role of Head of the Advanced UAV group.

Aaron Dubin (New York, NY) is a member of the Firm’s Investment Team focused on venture investments. Before that he was an Investment and Portfolio Management Analyst at Pitango Venture Capital, an Israeli venture firm.

He holds a BA in Business Administration (cum laude) with Specializations in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya. He is a graduate of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya where he is currently a Visiting Lecturer. He is also a Teaching Assistant in the Johnson-Cornell Tech MBA program.