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Leon Ellman is Chairman of the JLE Group, a private equity investment and management and investment consulting firm based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is also a partner in Ellman Family Vineyards in Napa, California. Previously, Leon was Founder and

Gabriel Noronha joined JINSA in June 2022 as a fellow in the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. From 2019 to 2021, he served as Special Advisor for the Iran Action Group at the U.S. Department of State, where he coordinated policy and directed

Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, DC. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the administration of President George W. Bush, where

General Major General Yoel Strick was born in 1966 in the City of Dimona. He is married and father of 3. Military Service 2021-present: Intended Active-Duty Military Fellow in JINSA’s Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy. 2019 – 2021: Chief

Vice Admiral Kevin Donegan, USN (ret.) served as Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet and Commander of the 32 Nation Combined Maritime Forces in the Middle East. Donegan commanded Battle Force 7th Fleet and USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group in Japan.

GEN Palumbo involvement in JINSA includes participating in our 2021 General and Admirals Program to Israel, a member of our Gaza Assessment Policy Project and was Senior Mentor on our 2022 U.S. Military Leaders Program trip to Israel. LTG Palumbo

Lieutenant General Stephen R. Lanza retired from the U.S. Army as the Commanding General of I Corps, a globally responsive and regionally aligned force that supports the Pacific region, and Senior Mission Commander for Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington. During