Yoni Tobin
Yoni Tobin is a Senior Policy Analyst at JINSA. Yoni previously worked at the Center for Naval Analyses, and interned at the Brookings Institution, The Dershowitz Group, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and S&P Global. His primary research interests include U.S.…
Joshua Katzen
Joshua Katzen is the president of Heller Property Management LLC, a commercial real estate firm in Cambridge, MA. He has been involved with pro-Israel advocacy and conservative politics for over forty years, including as a founding leader of CAMERA (Committee…
Lt Gen Jay Silveria, USAF (ret).
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Jay B. Silveria is the Executive Director of Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service in Washington, DC. Appointed to the position by Bush School Dean Mark Welsh III in September 2020, Silveria brought…
VADM Robert Harward, USN (ret.)
VADM Harward is a JINSA 2022 General and Admirals Program participant and a member of JINSA’s Iran Policy Project. VADM Harward is Shield AI’s Executive Vice President for International Business and Strategy, where he brings his expertise and energy to…
Leon Ellman
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…
LTG Raymond Palumbo, USA (ret).
LTG Palumbo’s involvement in JINSA includes his participation in our 2021 General and Admirals Program to Israel, his membership in our Gaza Assessment Policy Project and his role as Senior Mentor on our 2022 U.S. Military Leaders Program trip to…
LTG Robert Ashley, USA (ret.)
Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr. participated in our 2021 General and Admirals Program and is a member of our Gaza Assessment Policy Project. Lieutenant General Robert P. Ashley, Jr. retired from the U.S. Army November 2020 after over 36 years…
Matthew Kenney
Matthew Kenney is Vice President for Government Affairs at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA). Matthew brings more than 15 years of legislative advocacy and communications experience to his role at JINSA, having previously served in both…
Blaise Misztal
Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. Most recently, Blaise was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute. Prior to that, he…