Start-up Nation

Dermer, Ron, former economic attache, Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C., and senior adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; September 2008.

Dilian, Colonel Tal (res.), former 8100 chief; member of the board of directors, Atidim; May 2008.

Doron, Daniel, president, Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress; August 2008.

Dotan, Yuval (fictitious name), fighter pilot, Israeli Air Force; May 2008.

Edelstein, Yuli, former minister of absorption; member of Knesset; May 2008.

Eden, Shmuel (Mooly), vice president and general manager, Mobile Platforms Group, Intel; November 2008.

Edry, Illy, founder and chief strategist, Poptok; May 2008.

Eisenberg, Michael, partner, Benchmark Capital; May 2009.

Elias, Asher, Tech Careers; March 2009.

Epstein, Asher, director, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Maryland; May 2008.

Erlich, Yigal, founder, chairman, and managing partner, Yozma Group; May 2008.

Farhi, Major Gilad, commander in the Kfir infantry unit, IDF; November 2008.

Fick, Nathaniel, chief operating officer, Center for a New American Security; author, One Bullet Away; March 2008.

Friedman, Thomas, columnist, New York Times; April 2009.

Galil, Uzia, chairman and CEO, Uzia Initiatives & Management Ltd; July 2008.

Gerson, Mark, executive chairman, Gerson Lehrman Group; January 2009.

Gidron, Rafi, and Orni Petruschka, cofounders, Precede Technologies, Chromatis Networks, and Scorpio Communications; December 2008.

Giladi, Brigadier General Eival (res.), CEO, Portland Trust; March 2009.

Goren, Amos, venture partner, Apax Partners; January 2009.

Grinstein, Gidi, founder and president, Reut Institute; May and August 2008.

Gross, Yossi, director and cofounder, TransPharma Medical; founder of many medical-device start-ups; December 2008.

Hamed, Colonel Ramiz, head of the Minorities Unit, Human Resources Branch, IDF; November 2008.

Harris, Clinton P., founder and managing partner, Grove Street Advisors; founder and former managing director, Advent International; January 2009.

Haug, Laurent, founder and CEO, Lift Conference; May 2009.

Hausmann, Ricardo, former Venezuelan minister of state and current director of the Harvard Center for International Development; February 2009.

Ivri, David, former ambassador to the United States and former chief commander of the Israeli Air Force; December 2008.

Kagan, Frederick W., military historian; resident scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI); December 2008.

Kaplinsky, Major General Moshe (res.), CEO, Better Place Israel; November 2008.

Kaufmann, Yadin, founding partner, Veritas Venture Partners; December 2008.

Keinan, Tal, cofounder, KCPS; May and December 2008.

Kerbs, Gil, venture capitalist and contributor to Forbes; January 2009.

Ketels, Christian H. M., economist, member of the Harvard Business School faculty and of the Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness; March 2009.

Kohlberg, Isaac T., senior associate provost and chief technology development officer, Harvard University; January 2009.

Kranz, Eugene (Gene) F., former flight director and manager, NASA; May 2009.

Laor, Michael, founder of Cisco Systems Development Center in Israel; February 2009.

Lipow, Jonathan, Department of Economics, Oberlin University; May 2008.

Lipsky, David, author, Absolutely American; March 2009.

Lowry, Colonel John (res.), general manager, Harley-Davidson Motor Company; November 2008.

Luttwak, Edward, senior associate, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); December 2008.

Luttwak, Yael, former commander in tank gunnery course, IDF; documentary filmmaker; August 2008.

Maarek, Yoelle, former director, Google’s R&D Center in Haifa, Israel; January 2009.