Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition
PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ATTENDING THE MISSION
Florida Cabinet and elected officials
Gov. Ron DeSantis
Attorney General Ashley Moody
Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried (Jake Bergmann)
Sen. Wilton Simpson (Kathryn Simpson)
Rep. Chris Sprowls
Sen. Lauren Book
Rep. Randy Fine
Rep. Chip LaMarca
Rep. Joseph Geller
Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen
Bal Harbour Mayor Gabriel Groisman
Florida Department and Agency Personnel Pamela Añez, Senior Executive Assistant, Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Justin Caporale, Director of External Affairs, Executive Office of the Governor
Frank DiBello, President and CEO, Space Florida Selma Fates, Director, International Strategic Initiatives, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Helen Ferre, Communications Director, Executive Office of the Governor
Tony Gannon, Vice President, Research and Innovation, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Fred Glickman, Senior Consultant, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Richard Martin, General Counsel, Florida Office of the Attorney General
Manny Mencia, Senior Vice President, International Trade and Development, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Robert Mons, Special Assistant to the Governor, Executive Office of the Governor
Jared Moskowitz, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management
Christopher Munoz, Manager, International Trade and Development, Enterprise Florida, Inc. Judith Rebollar, Manager, Administration and Export Compliance, Enterprise Florida, Inc. Jared Rosenstein, Legislative Affairs Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management Derek Silver, Deputy Legislative Affairs Director, Florida Office of Insurance Regulation
Jamal Sowell, President and CEO, Enterprise Florida, Inc.
Shane Strum, Chief of Staff, Governor Ron DeSantis
Noah Valenstein, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection
Ryan West, Chief of Staff, CFO Jimmy Patronis Dana Young, President and CEO, VISIT FLORIDA Business
Susan Amat, Executive Director, Global Entrepreneurship Network (35)
Alan Becker, Founding Shareholder, Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.
Philip Brown, CEO, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Bob Diener, President, getaroom.com
Rachel Feinman, Executive Director, Florida-Israel Business Accelerator
Howard Goldstein, Senior Partner, Director of Business and Entrepreneurial Services, Appelrouth Farah and Co.
Marcy Goldstein, President, Marcy E. Goldstein, CPA PA
Margy Grant, CEO, Florida Realtors
Robert Grossman, Chair, Israel Practice, Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Fred Karlinsky, Shareholder, Co-Chair, Insurance Regulatory & Transactions Practice, Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
Eytan Laor, Chairman, Electoral Strategies
Vicki Rabenou, President and CEO, StartUp Nation Ventures
Marc Reicher, Senior Vice President, Rida Associates, LP.
Aaron Ripin, COO, StartUp Nation Ventures Ashley Ross, Senior Advisor, Rubin, Turnbull & Associates Scott Ross, Consultant, Capital City Consulting Mark Ruben, Executive Director, Palm Beach, Israel Bonds
Eric Sain, President, Florida Realtors
Domingo Sanchez (Thomasa Sanchez), Chairman, Aviation Authority Board, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Danielle Scoggins, Vice President of Public Policy, Florida Realtors
John Sholar, Florida Realtors
Eric Silagy, President and CEO, Florida Power & Light Co.
Sri Sridharan, Director, Cyber Florida
Jason Unger, Attorney, Tallahassee Managing Director, GrayRobinson PA
Melanie Weinstein, Interim Executive Director, Miami-Dade/Broward/West & Central Florida, Israel Bonds
Jonathan Weiss, Director of Strategic Innovation, INSIGHTEC, Inc.
Mark Wilson, President, Florida Chamber of Commerce
Academia
Charles Adams, Dean, Honors College, University of South Florida
Christina Bonarrigo Villamil, Project Manager, Full Sail University
Heather Duncan, Vice President of Government Affairs, University of North Florida
Brent Edington, Director, Office of Commercialization, Florida State University
Daniel Flynn, Vice President of Research, Florida Atlantic University
Melissa Friedman-Levine, Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University
Enrique Ginzburg, Professor of Surgery, University of Miami
Morgan Holmes, Director of Corporate Partnerships, University of South Florida
Max Hooper, Strategic Advisor – Business & Financial Modeling, University of Central Florida Mimi Jankovits, Executive Director, Teach Florida
Jeff Jones, Vice Provost, UCF Connect and UCF Global, University of Central Florida
Sandra Kauanui, Director, Institute for Entrepreneurship, Florida Gulf Coast University John Kelly, President, Florida Atlantic University Brad Levine, Trustee, Florida Atlantic University Mag Malek (Samia Abdel-Malek), Chair, Construction Management, College of Engineering, Computing and Construction, University of North Florida
T. Dwayne McCay, President and CEO, Florida Institute of Technology
David Metcalf, Director, Mixed Emerging Technologies Integration Lab, University of Central Florida
Dan Moon, Associate Provost and Professor of Biology, University of North Florida
Jamie Moon, Associate Lecturer, University of North Florida
Larry Robinson (Sharon Robinson), President, Florida A&M University
Lenore Rodicio, Executive Vice President and Provost, Miami Dade College
Mark Rosenberg, President, Florida International University
Jeffrey Senese, President, Saint Leo University James Sullivan, Executive Director, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida
Atlantic University
Religious Leaders
Rabbi Howard Needleman, Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El
Rabbi Schneur Oirechman, Chabad of Tallahassee & FSU
Dvir Weiss, Executive Director, Temple Kol Ami Emanu-El
Other
Matthew Bogdanoff, State Director, Republican Jewish Coalition
Lior Haiat, Consul General, Consulate General of Israel in Miami
Morton Klein, National President, Zionist Organization of America (ZOA)
Lisa McClaskey, Director of Political Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in Miami
Event co-chairs
Ellyn Bogdanoff, former state senator
Simon Falic, CEO of Duty Free Americas Inc. and his wife Jana Falic, co-president of the WOmen’s International Zionist Organization.
Barbara Feingold, member of the Foundation Board of B’nai Torah Congregation
Jeffrey Feingold, national board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition
Marc Goldman, board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition
Carlyn and Lothar Mayer, philanthropists who have been active with the American Israel Public Affairs National Board and the American Israel Foundation