WHO WE ARE

Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin
President & Founder

Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin
President & Founder
Former Head of Israel’s Defense Intelligence.
Former Deputy Commander of Israel’s Air Force.
Senior Fellow, Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, Harvard University.
Top national security analyst in Channel 12.
Former Executive Director, INSS.
Serves as a chairman of Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute.
- Email:amos@mindisrael.org.il

Dr. Avner Golov
VP Research & Alliances

Dr. Avner Golov
VP Research & Alliances
Former Senior Director for Foreign Policy, National Security Council.
Visiting Scholar, the Fletcher School, Tufts University.
Adjunct lecturer, Reichman University.
Served as director of research programs, INSS.
Former adjunct researcher, Center for a New American Security (CNAS).
- Email:avner@mindisrael.org.il

Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin
Board Member

Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin
Board Member
Former Commander of Israel’s Air Force.
- Email:aanma008@gmail.com

Mrs. Orly Hayardeny
VP Finance & Operations

Mrs. Orly Hayardeny
VP Finance & Operations
Former deputy director for Finance and Development, INSS.
CFO at FIBI Holdings Ltd., the owner of the First International Bank of Israel.
Serves as a director in several public and private companies.
Former lecturer in the Department of Accounting and Business Administration
at Tel Aviv University.
- Email:orly@mindisrael.org.il

Attorney Emi Palmor
Board Member

Attorney Emi Palmor
Board Member
Lecturer on Public Policy at Reichmann University.
Board Member of Meta's Oversight Board.
Former Director General at Israel's Ministry of Justice.
Chair of NATAL (non profit that specializes in the field of war and terror related trauma).
Strategic consultant on issues of regulation, public policy and organizational transformation.
- Email:emippp@gmail.com

Attorney Gil Raveh
Board Member
Co-founder of Raveh Haber & Co.
Possesses extensive experience in the fields of taxation and investment funds, international joint ventures, and over 25 years of legal counselling.
Served as a Tax and Funds partner in several leading Israeli firms, and as a tax associate in law firms abroad.
- Email:graveh@rhlawyers.co.il

Mr. Pinchas (Pini) Cohen
Chairman

Mr. Pinchas (Pini) Cohen
Chairman
Chairman & Partner of NOY Fund.
Chairman & Partner of America Israel Investments Ltd.
Chairman of the board of trustees Holon Institute of Technology (HIT).
Chairman of the Friends Association of the Rabin Medical Center.
Served as chairman, CEO and member of numerous Boards of Directors over the years in Israel and abroad.

Mr. Ahiad Salton
Board Member

Mr. Ahiad Salton
Board Member
Founder & CEO at CONSALTON Ltd. business consulting.
Carries over 25 years of executive managerial experience in local and global
leading corporates, at diverse and complex business arenas, across many
industry sectors.
Served as the chairman of Berl Katznelson foundation.
- Email:ahiad@consalton.co.il

Mr. Nathan Hetz
Board Member
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Alony Hetz Properties and Investments Ltd.
Serves as the chairman of the boards in Amot Investments Ltd, Carr Properties Corp. and Enrgix Renewable Energy Ltd.
- Email:nathan@alony-hetz.com
The Research Team

Colonel (ret.) Udi Evental
Senior Advisor

Colonel (ret.) Udi Evental
Senior Advisor
Expert in policy and strategic planning consulting for public and private sectors.
Served as the head of the Strategic planning unit of the Israeli Ministry of
Defense, intelligence attaché in Washington, and assistant to the military
secretary of the Prime Minister.
- Email:uevental@gmail.com

Mr. Shahar Rubinstein
Program Director

Mr. Shahar Rubinstein
Program Director
Shahar is the Director of the Critical Emerging Technologies Program focusing on creating a knowledge hub for advanced technology policy and regulation, and bringing them into the national security discourse.
Business strategy and innovation expert.
Former Senior Strategy Manager at Monitor Deloitte and EY.
Leading strategic thinking for top tier firms in health, energy and finance among others.
Driving tech and structure innovation across organizations
- Email: shahar@mindisrael.org.il

Mr. Shachar Rofe
Senior Advisor

Mr. Shachar Rofe
Senior Advisor
Prime Minister Office- Senior Director
Expert in Security and strategic planning.
National Security Council -Director of Unconventional Weapons.

Ms. Shaked Ben Elya
Researcher

Ms. Shaked Ben Elya
Researcher
Shaked is a researcher in the Iran Program. Her focus is the Middle East region, with an emphasis on Iran's nuclear program and its activities in the region.
Former member of the political team, Israeli Mission to the United
Nations.
Former research assistant, Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
- Email:shaked@mindisrael.org.il

Mrs. Noa Shusterman -Dvir
Program Director

Mrs. Noa Shusterman -Dvir
Program Director
Noa is the Director of the Palestinians and the Region Program. Her focus is the Israel - Palestinian relations and the cross- regional influences and trends.
Former researcher and the Israel-Palestinian Research Program Coordinator,
INSS.
Former Research and Communications Fellow, Israel Policy Forum (IPF).
- Email:noa@mindisrael.org.il

Ms. Yuval Less
Researcher

Ms. Yuval Less
Researcher
Yuval is Gen. Yadlin's Research assistant and the researcher in the Great Power Competition Program. Her focus is on the Asian arena, with an emphasis on China's activities in the international arena.
M.A. in Diplomacy Studies with honors, Tel Aviv university.
- Email:yuval@mindisrael.org.il