Forging Stronger Connections to Israel for Genuine, Transformative Impact.
The Heartland Initiative builds bridges and relationships through public diplomacy, EDUCATION, and SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS on a grassroots level between international mayors, philanthropists, business people, and other professionals to their counterparts within all the regions of Israel. Real impact comes when identifying mutual interests between these two parties and building lasting cooperation. Our mission is to both strengthen Israel and the connections to it.
THE HEARTLAND INITIATIVE BUILDS BRIDGES AND RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH PUBLIC DIPLOMACY, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL IMPACT PROJECTS ON A GRASSROOTS LEVEL BETWEEN INTERNATIONAL MAYORS, PHILANTHROPISTS, BUSINESS PEOPLE, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO THEIR COUNTERPARTS WITHIN ALL THE REGIONS OF ISRAEL. REAL IMPACT COMES WHEN IDENTIFYING MUTUAL INTERESTS BETWEEN THESE TWO PARTIES AND BUILDING LASTING COOPERATION. OUR MISSION IS TO BOTH STRENGTHEN ISRAEL AND THE CONNECTIONS TO IT.
leadership.
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heartland initiative team.
heartland initiative team.
Ms. Angelica Peñuela Rodríguez
Junior Coordinator
Central & South American Desk
Ms. Tanya Ajzenstein
International Desk
Mr. Henry Doha
Coordinator
Israeli Arab & Christian Desk
Ms. Ghazal Daher
Junior coordinator
Druze affairs
Ms. Maya Levinson
PR & Communications
North American Desk
Dr. Jelena Soldatovic
European Desk
Mrs. Elizabeth Kincaid
Senior Coordinator for our Indigenous desk & North American Desk
Ms. Aynur Bashirova
Coordinator
European and Asian Desk
Ms. Angelica Peñuela Rodríguez
Junior Coordinator
Central & South American Desk
Ms. Tanya Ajzenstein
International Desk
Mr. Henry Doha
Coordinator
Israeli Arab & Christian Desk
Ms. Ghazal Daher
Junior coordinator
Druze affairs
Ms. Maya Levinson
PR & Communications
North American Desk
Dr. Jelena Soldatovic
European Desk
Mrs. Elizabeth Kincaid
Senior Coordinator for our Indigenous desk & North American Desk
Ms. Aynur Bashirova
Coordinator
European and Asian Desk
SENIOR ADVISORS.
LT. Col. IDF (RES.)
Dr. Mordechai Kedar
researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University
Pedram Bral, MD
Mayor of the Village of Great Neck, NY
Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Deputy Mayor of Israel’s Capital of Jerusalem
Nitsana Darshan-Leitner
Lawyer, President of Israel Law Center
Dr. Charles Asher Small
Founding Director and President of the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP)
Mr. Dumisani Washington
Founder, CEO of Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel (IBSI)
Wael Mugrabi
mayor of Ein Qiniyya, Druze town in the golan heights
Brigadier General IDF (Ret.) Amir Avivi
Founder and CEO of IDSF – Israel Defense And Security Forum
Mr. Michael Amsellam
Senior Advisor for Kingdom Of Morocco and France
Dr. Jalal Nali (Ph.D)
Senior Coordinator for Kingdom Of Morocco
Amb. Danny Ayalon
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US. & Former Deputy Defense Minister