Barbara Bortniker

Topics: Water Experts,Complimentary Speakers,JNF Action Areas ,Positively Israel & College Campuses

Barbara Israel Bortniker has been an active lay leader with Jewish National Fund and currently serves as a board member on the Central New Jersey Board and as a leader in the Makor Speakers Bureau Division.

Clive Lipchin

Topics: JNF Action Areas ,Water Experts

As the director of the Center for Transboundary Water Management, Clive Lipchin brings together water professionals and policymakers across Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan on issues of water conservation and education.

Gary Suskauer

Topics: Sustainability,Water Experts,Arts & Culture

Laura Salzer

Topics: Water Experts,JNF Action Areas ,Complimentary Speakers,Positively Israel & College Campuses

A member of Jewish National Fund’s Sapphire Society and Makor, JNF’s National Ambassador group, Laura Salzer is a public advocate for JNF.

Miriam May

Topics: Science, Technology & Innovation,Middle Eastern Relations,Sustainability,Water Experts,Positively Israel & College Campuses

Miriam May is a respected nonprofit and for-profit leader. She is executive director of the Arava Institute, an Israeli academic program that empowers its students to work towards solving today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

Orr Karassin

Topics: Water Experts,Sustainability,JNF Action Areas

Dr. Orr Karassin is currently a lecturer and head of the Public Law Program, Department of Sociology and Political Science at the Open University in Israel.

Richard Banks

Topics: Water Experts

Richard Banks is editorial director for Red Barn Media Group and FarmLife magazine.

Seth Siegel

Topics: Science, Technology & Innovation,Water Experts

New York Times Best Seller, Let There Be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World

Shahar Sadeh

Topics: Arts & Culture,Middle Eastern Relations,Sustainability,Water Experts,Positively Israel & College Campuses

Adjunct Professor, Columbia University, Environmental Politics in Israel