Executive Partner · Boca Raton
Ambition requires more than vision.
Strategic counsel to a head of government, to the chair of one of America’s leading family foundations, and to chief executives and their boards.
The principal owns the ambition. I supply the judgment, the leadership, and the creative collaborations and modern approaches to make it happen.
Data matters. Reality is the test.
[email protected]You’ll recognize the moment.
- Your vision is larger than the institution around it.
The ambition is clear. The path, the risks and how to succeed, this time, remain ambiguous, but hopeful.
- After an exit, a long career, or a loss, what comes next matters deeply.
I help you replace lofty promises and ideas with wins. Your ambition will reach those you intend, and your impact can and should be permanent. Less talk, more do.
- The conflict came to your door.
A family, a leadership team, a company, or a community divides. Before you call for PR and media help, consider what power moves you can make. Let’s figure out what really caused the challenge, then build what holds.
- A foundation, or a principal, needs a senior partner, not more staff.
Standing counsel. Or part-time leadership of one institution. Governed, lean, and quiet.
Counsel at the top.
Executive Partner
Monthly retainerStanding counsel to a principal, a chief executive, or a board chair.
Foundation Leadership
Part-time, ongoingI lead a family or private foundation. The principal sets the purpose.
The Next Chapter
Ninety daysAfter a career, a loss, an exit, or a sale: what comes next, and how to turn your feelings and ambitions into real progress. An uplifting experience for uncertain times. Steady moves every day.
AI can write the plan. Only judgment and experience can tell you if it’s right.
An unnamed record is a full record.
I don’t list clients. Discretion is part of the work.
- A major healthcare institution
Executive Partner to the CEO and trustees, and the bridge between them.
- One of America’s leading family foundations
Counsel to its chair. Led its global and national grants portfolio, including education excellence, training and leadership development. Developed collaborations across borders and generations. Pioneered a new network of next-generation leaders that reached across 47 countries, and global CEO grantee retreats bringing new energy and focus to leaders.
- American institutions
Experience with the White House, both houses of Congress, the State Department, Homeland Security. Executive Partner to the founders of a leading institute on extremism and ‘think-and-do’ organizations. Extensive work with US veteran mental health and resilience at national and state levels. Deep and wide work across education, leadership and next-gen.
- Technology
Gigabit fiber, cybersecurity, now AI. From a cybersecurity mission to Israel with 33 Fortune 50 security chiefs to more than 15 years of mentorship to the generations shaping AI for our world, embracing technology is embedded in my first principles.
- Past Chair
Palm Beach County Advisory Commission on Women. Longtime judge and mentor for founders.
“How come I don’t know you?”
People ask me that a lot. The honest answer: by choice. I’ve always been passed hand to hand, never put on a shelf. My best work happens face to face, because it rests on trust and relationships. Change now moves fast enough that more people need what I’ve learned. So now I’m widening the circle.
Counsel to those who shape Israel.
I hold no office. For decades I have been counsel beside those who do.
A prime minister who also served as minister of defense. Other ministries. The mayor of Jerusalem, where it began. The Rabin Alliance, which I led.
Security, education, leadership development, diaspora affairs and what has to hold after every war. Global outlook and perspective for all the people of Israel and the region as we build the future.
President of Ziv Partners. Ziv Medical Center, Safed.
In these times, a principal does not need another voice. The need is judgment that has already been tested.
I was raised in the Midwest and have lived in Israel, New York, Oklahoma, Nashville, Chattanooga, Atlanta, and now Boca Raton. I’m at home in a boardroom, a ministry, and a family’s living room.
The work has reached more than 60 countries. America and Israel are the center.
I’m an optimist about change and about what technology makes possible. I connect where giving starts to what it grows. Serious work, done with humor.
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”
Louis D. Brandeis · Other People’s Money, 1914
An experience, not an engagement.
I design and lead each one myself. Guests come for the subject and leave inspired. I can join on short notice.
The Briefing
Private events, dinners, boardsMine starts with your questions and covers US and global affairs, Israel, the region and the wider geostrategic picture. Guests leave knowing where they matter, what they can do beyond a click or a donation, and where to act first. Off the record.
The Room Decides
Boards, leadership teams, retreats, familiesOne real decision, made together with humor. No slides. A promise to infuse new energy and confidence when change is needed or a fresh lens is wanted, and when it is understood that the old strategic plan on the shelf needs to come alive again. It’s a good time thinking about what our world is becoming, and how to think more creatively, collaboratively and differently.
The First Hours
Boards, family offices, schools · twice a yearAn experience that reengages your leadership team, refocuses on outcomes and guides all to feel more confident in their roles and leadership.
“She should be paid a million dollars for this.”
A prominent attorney and board president
45 to 90 minutes · up to 100 guests
The opportunity
One email begins it.
If you see your situation here, write to me directly. I’m looking forward to it.
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