Gil Troy is an award-winning American presidential historian, leading Zionist activist, and best-selling author. His work in reclaiming the narrative is decades-long and as the author of America’s Fight Against Zionism as Racism, and The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland – Then, Now, Tomorrow, and most recently, Never Alone: Prison, Politics and My People, co-authored with human rights activist Natan Sharansky, he shows no signs of stopping.

As the Chief Executive Officer of Jewish National Fund-USA, Russell F. Robinson has spent the last 23 years developing the land of Israel, in partnership with the people of Israel, to ensure quality of life opportunities for all its residents. He has succeeded in making Jewish National Fund-USA one of the top-rated charities in the United States, and the leading organization for the land and people of Israel.

Danny Kahn serves as the Chairman of NATAN, an Israeli humanitarian relief organization that aids in disaster relief and recovery, emergency dental care for underprivileged populations, and medical and psychosocial aid to Middle Eastern refugees. Prior to NATAN, he served as Director of International Development in the Geneva office for World ORT.

Following the Iranian revolution in 1979, Kahn joined Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office that led field missions to rescue Jewish communities at risk in Muslim countries. He continued to serve in the Prime Minister’s Office for 20 years, and took part in subsequent missions throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe.

Yotam Polizer is the global CEO of IsraAID – overseeing IsraAID’s global operations, strategy and partnerships. Following the September 2015 refugee crisis in Europe, he led IsraAID’s humanitarian mission in Lesbos, Greece, to support Syrian refugees on the island and also established IsraAID Germany, which provides long-term support for Yazidi and Syrian refugees in Germany. Over the course of nine years at IsraAID, Yotam has also built and led programs in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan, in Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola crisis, and in Nepal following the 2015 earthquake.

Tamar Shapira is the Deputy Executive Director, International & Public Relations for Save a Child’s Heart, an Israeli humanitarian organization that treats critically ill children suffering from heart disease in countries where access to pediatric heart care is limited or nonexistent. Before joining the Save a Child’s Heart team, Tamar worked for Israel’s Channel 1 Broadcast Authority and for Associated Press Television News as a news producer and editor.

Tamar has over 20 years of experience in public relations and communications, has a history of working in the nonprofit organization management industry, and is skilled in non-profit organizations, intercultural communications, international relations, event management, editing, and conference speaking.

Sivan Ya’ari is the founder and CEO of Innovation: Africa, a nonprofit that brings Israeli solar, agricultural, and water technologies to communities in Africa. Ya’ari has been working in Africa for over 20 years and has brought clean water and light to nearly 3 million people across 10 African countries using Israeli technologies.

Both Ya’ari and Innovation: Africa have received multiple awards, including the Innovation Award from the United Nations. She has also been recognized as one of the most “Inspiring Israelis this Decade” by Grapevine, one of 50 “Most Influential Women in Israel” by Forbes, and one of the “Top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life” by Algemeiner.

Arsen Ostrovsky serves as Chair and CEO of The International Legal Forum, an Israel-based global network of over 3,000 lawyers in 40 countries, leading the fight against anti-Semitism, terror, and the assault on the State of Israel in the international legal arena. In 2018, Arsen was awarded the Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize in ‘Israel Advocacy.’

As the Chief Executive Officer of Jewish National Fund-USA, Russell F. Robinson has spent the last 23 years developing the land of Israel, in partnership with the people of Israel, to ensure quality of life opportunities for all its residents. He has succeeded in making Jewish National Fund-USA one of the top-rated charities in the United States, and the leading organization for the land and people of Israel.