team – Mind

WHO WE ARE

Management & Board of Directors

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.

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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).

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Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin

Board Member

Major General (ret.) Amikam Norkin

Board Member

Former Commander of Israel’s Air Force.

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Orly Hayardeny (CPA)

VP Finance & Operations

Orly Hayardeny (CPA)

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.

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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.

Attorney Gil Raveh

Board Member

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.

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Pinchas (Pini) Cohen

Chairman

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.

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Nathan Hetz

Board Member

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.

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Ahiad Salton

Board Member

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.

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Advisory & Research Team

Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland

Senior Advisor

Major General (ret.) Giora Eiland

Senior Advisor

Strategy and national security expert and consultant. former Head of Israel's National Security Council (N.S.C), and a former IDF General who held key positions as Head of the Operations Directorate and as Head of the Planning Directorate

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Brigadier General (ret.) Ram Yavne

Senior Advisor

Brigadier General (ret.) Ram Yavne

Senior Advisor

Ram was the Head of the Strategic Division in the Planning Directorate of the IDF General Staff (2015-2018) where he was responsible for the IDF’s strategic planning and policy formulation, military diplomacy and international cooperation. His earlier posts include head of the Regional Strategy Department, and the senior intelligence officer in the IDF’s Northern Command. Ram has an MA Political Science and a BA in Middle Eastern Studies and History (University of Haifa), he is a graduate of the IDF Staff & Command College and Israel's National Defense College.He holds a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering with honors from the Technion (1977) and two master's degrees with honors, one from the Naval School for Advanced Studies in the United States (1988) and another from the National Security University in the United States.

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Noa Shusterman -Dvir

Program Director

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).

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Ilai Yaron Levy

Program Director

Ilai Yaron Levy

Program Director

Ilai is the Director of the Great-Power Competition Program. His focus is the international arena and geopolitical trends. Ilai previously served in the Military intelligence directorate and worked in the Ministry of foreign affairs. He holds an MA and a BA in International relations from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Languages: Hebrew, English, Portuguese and intermediate French.

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Keren Sharon

Researcher

Keren Sharon

Researcher

Keren is a researcher in the Critical and Emerging Technologies Program. Her focus is on advanced technology policy and regulation, their interplay with national security and economic interests. She is a former research assistant and data analyst at the Israeli Competition Authority, and also previously worked as an analyst at an Israeli high-tech company. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Hebrew University.

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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.

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Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Senior Advisor

Hilla Haddad Chmelnik

Senior Advisor

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Shahar Rubinstein

Program Director

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

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Shaked Ben Elya

Researcher

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).

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Amit Oshri

Researcher

Amit Oshri

Researcher

Amit is researcher and Gen. Yadlin’s Research and Executive assistant. She was a research assistant in the IDF Strategy Directorate, where her research focused on the War in Ukraine and its ramifications on a future Iran-Israel war. She is an alumnus of the BA Honors Track in Strategy and Decision-Making at the Lauder School of Government, Reichman University.

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Brigadier General (ret.) Zeev Snir

Senior Advisor

Brigadier General (ret.) Zeev Snir

Senior Advisor

Zeev is an Israeli security official who served as the Director General of the Israel Atomic Energy Agency from 2015 to 2022. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Minister of Defense for NBCR Defense Special, and the Head of Material Command at the Israel Air Force HQ, holding the rank of Brigadier General. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion in Haifa, Israel, graduating With Distinction in 1977. He also holds two Master’s degrees with honors: one in Aeronautical Engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, USA, With Distinction (1988), and another in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University / ICAF in Washington D.C., USA, also with distinction.

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Dr. Michal Hatuel Radoshitzky

Senior Advisor and Program Director

Dr. Michal Hatuel Radoshitzky

Senior Advisor and Program Director

Prior to joining Mind, Michal held various positions in the academic, philanthropic, and civil-society worlds, including the Azrieli Foundation, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS); The Institute for Inclusive Security and the Geneva Initiative (HL Education for Peace). She is a Founding Member of Forum Dvorah: Women in Foreign Policy and National Security and an Adjunct Lecturer at Tel Aviv University. Michal has a PhD in Political Science and IR, an MA in Political Science, and a BA in Psychology and Media Studies – all from Tel Aviv University.

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Oded Gertman

Program Director

Oded Gertman

Program Director

Oded is the Director of the Regional Integration Program. His focus is on the MENA region - balance of powers; religion issues; business scene, trends and etiquette. He is an expert of Arabic culture and language. He holds MA in Arabic and Islam with focus on Middle Eastern studies from Tel Aviv University and BA in Middle Eastern History and Arabic Language and Literature from Haifa University.

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Yuval Less

Researcher

Yuval Less

Researcher

Yuval is a 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. She holds M.A. in Diplomacy Studies with honors, Tel Aviv university.

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Yehonatan (Yoni) Sherman

Researcher

Yehonatan (Yoni) Sherman

Researcher

Yoni focuses on developments in the Israeli-Palestinian arena from a broad perspective. He holds a B.A. in Government, Diplomacy and Strategy from Reichman University and interned at the ICT institute, where he took part in several projects such as lone-wolf terrorism and Israel's readiness in the Northern front. Yoni is currently completing his M.A. specializing in Counter-Terrorism & Cyber-Terrorism at Reichman University.

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WHO WE ARE

Management & Board of Directors​

Advisory & Research Team

Management & Board of Directors