Author of My Israel Trail, about hiking the 600-mile Israel National Trail and overcoming personal challenges; chief strategic officer at Energiya Global, an Israeli developer of solar energy projects for Africa; director emeritus of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem-based project of HonestReporting providing support services to foreign journalists based in or visiting Israel.
High-tech business consultant and executive; public diplomacy (‘hasbara’) spokesman; regional democracy activist; reserve briefing officer in IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Dynamic, knowledgeable, inspiring speaker for campus and community. Recent talk on "Awakening Zionism" in LA, co-sponsored by the Israeli Consulate, Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs, Beverly Hills Synagogue and ZOA, can be seen as linked.
Born in Washington, DC; grew up in San Francisco; made Aliya in 1984. Policy advisor to Natan Sharansky since late 1990’s; on executive staff of Sharansky’s Yisrael B’Aliya party; senior member of minister Sharansky’s staff in the prime minister’s office, responsible for relations with ‘next generation’ Jewish leaders, coordinating support for Jewish students and faculty at universities around the world, and “hasbara” (public diplomacy) activities, as well as for contacts with Palestinian and other Arab democracy activists.
Over 25 years in business, mostly high-tech, including various executive management positions and consulting work for public and private Israeli companies, including ECI Telecom, Aladdin, Bank HaPoalim, Pfizer, AudioCodes, and others. Former managing director of the G3 Associates business consulting firm in Jerusalem. Previously, 7 years public sector work in education, including 3 years as founder/director of Students For Israel, a Jerusalem seminar center training visiting students in advocacy skills for their return to campuses abroad.
Publications include articles in Haaretz, The Jerusalem Post, NY Times, Wall St. Journal, JCPA’s “Academics Against Israel and the Jews”, Jewish Policy Center’s InFocus, Israel21C, Washington Jewish Week, Aspen Times, SF “J”, Israel Insider, and various online forums. Grows grapes and makes wine.
