Speaker Biographies

Talia Levanon – keynote speaker, Health Professions Breakfast, 11/16/14

Talia Levanon is the Director of the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC), a collaborative network of over forty organizations committed to a proactive role in policy making and the provision of a systematic continuum of trauma-related care and preparedness.

With over 30 years’ experience in the…

Ari Shavit - Gaza, Peace and the Promised Land. 11/04/14

Ari Shavit is a leading Israeli columnist and writer. Winner of Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and The Economist, Shavit’s My Promised Land is a moving, inspiring, challenging and deeply personal account of the history of the Jewish State. Born in Rehovot, Shavit served…

Dr. Arna Poupko Fisher - Lion of Judah Luncheon, 10/29/14

Dr. Arna Poupko Fisher is a member of the Department of Judaic Studies at the University of Cincinnati, where she teaches Bible and Jewish thought. Dr. Fisher has more than 25 years of experience teaching and working in the Jewish community, and was chosen as one of ten Women to Watch by Jew…

Tuti B. Scott - Women’s Fund Opening Event, 10/23/14

Join us to kick off a new year and enjoy a morning with Tuti B. Scott.  Tuti is president of Imagine Philanthropy, and her consulting supports organizations, social enterprise leaders, CEO’s and philanthropists. She is an energetic speaker, strategist and facilitator who inspires people t…

Col. Bentzi Gruber - Ethics Under Fire, 10/27/14

Col. Bentzi Gruber is Vice Commander (reserves) of Division 252, an armored division of 20,000 soldiers. As an entrepreneur, he has established Internet startups, developed real-estate and initiated biotech research. He is founder of Chesed in the Field, a non-profit that brings IDF reservis…