Steering Committee
The 5×2 Initiative's steering committee is the body that leads the partnership, sets policy and makes the strategic decisions. The committee members come from the three sectors and represent the spectrum of organizations involved in the initiative. The committee met for the first time in December 2013, and continues to convene once every quarter.
Committee Members:
1. Trump Foundation – Eli Hurvitz, Executive Director
2. World Ort – Kadima Mada – Iris Wolf, CPO
3. Intel – Bella Abrahams, Senior VP Corporate Affairs
4. Microsoft Israel R&D center – Merav Bahat, head of Strategy, Marketing and Business Planning
5. Western Digital – Shahar Bar-Or, Israel Site Manager
6. Teva – Iris Beck-Codner, Executive Vice President, Global Brand & Communications
7. Teva – Mati Gill, Head of Government Affairs, Corporate & International Markets
8. Davidson Institute – Dr. Liat Ben-David, Executive Director
9. Center for Educational Technology – Yossi Baidatz, CEO
10. Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem – Maya Halevy, Director
11. IDF – Lieutenant-Colonel Ariella Itach-Covo
12. Technion, Israel Institute of Technology – Prof. Orit Hazan, Science and Technology Education Department
13. Teach First Israel – Shlomit Amichai, Chairperson
14. The Israel Center for Excellence in Education – Prof. Nava Ben Tzvi, Chairperson
15. ORT Israel – Joel Rothschild, Head of R&D and Training Administration
16. UJA Federation of Greater Toronto – William Kleinbaum, Managing Director Israel & Overseas
17. The Jewish Federation of Cleveland – Oren Baratz, Senior Vice President of External Affairs
18. Eli Shalev, Physics Teacher
19. Geula Sever, Mathematics Teacher
20. Ori Cheshnovsky, Professor Emeritus, Tel Aviv University
21. Ministry of Education – Muhana Fares, Head of National Program
22. Ministry of Education – Dr. Gilmor Keshset, Head of Science Division