I am an Israeli-American entrepreneur based in South Florida. Alongside building businesses, I have spent years founding organizations, mentoring emerging leaders, and giving my time to the Israeli and Jewish communities around me. Today I serve as President of the Miami Israeli Parliament.
Some of the most meaningful work I have done has never appeared on a balance sheet.
It falls into two kinds. The first is building: creating organizations and programs that connect people and give a community new ways to show up for itself. The second is mentoring: sitting with young entrepreneurs and emerging leaders and helping them see what they may not yet see in themselves.
Business taught me how to build and lead. Community is where I try to use that experience for something larger than a company.
My current community leadership is with the Miami Israeli Parliament and the Israeli Parliament Organization.
These are organizations and programs I helped start in earlier chapters. Several have grown beyond me, which is how it should be.
A central goal of ATIDIM is to develop stronger second and third generation Israeli-American leaders who will strengthen the community for years to come.
I wanted the people I mentored to contribute to their communities and eventually lead them. I also wanted them to give back as their own success grew.
Alongside founding organizations, I gave my time directly: through board service, through nonprofit management, and through mentoring young people.
Served as a board member.
Served on the management side of an organization supporting bereaved Israeli families in North America.
Served as a mentor in a program that helps high school students build skills for college and life.
I believe success should give you more choices. One of the most meaningful choices is how you use your time and experience to help other people.
It is the same belief behind my work with founders: build something that supports the life and the community around it, not something that consumes them.
If you lead an organization, run an event, or are working to bring up the next generation of leaders, I would be glad to hear what you are working on.