Professor Alexander Asmolov – the serving president of ORT Russia – holds a PhD in General Psychology and a post-doctorate in Psychology of Personality.

He has served in several senior professorial and research positions within the Moscow State University, as well as being the Head of the Laboratory of Cultural-Historical Psychology at the
Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education, and a Member and Academician of the Russian Academy of Education.

Among numerous senior administrative roles, he is a full member of the Academy of Sciences; Chairman of the policy board at Moscow Technology College #14; Member of the Public Board for the Russian Jewish Congress; Deputy Chairman of the Experts Council for Psychology and Pedagogy at the State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles of the Ministry of Science and Education;
and Vice-President at the Psychologists Society of the USSR of Russian Academy of Sciences. He has previously served as Deputy Minister of Education of Russia and is a member of the UNESCO Commission under the Government of the Russian Federation, from 2004.

Alexander is the author of more than 100 publications in Russian and other languages and has participated in and reported on more than 22 Russian Federation congresses and conferences. In 2010, he became Laureate of the Award of the Government of the Russian Federation in the Field of Education and in 2018 was named Professor of the Year in the Psychological Sciences field.

Stéphane Benayoun was born in Paris in 1963. After spending his early years in youth leadership roles, he moved to Jerusalem in 1982, earned his baccalaureate with honors, completed military service, and went on to earn a master’s in applied mathematics and a diploma in economic and accounting studies.

He began his career at BDO and soon led audit missions for international groups. In 1999, he founded SBP Audit et Expertise, now employing more than 20 professionals in France and abroad.

He served as president of AVEC and later founded Visions d’Experts. He was elected multiple times to the Council of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Paris and served as vice-president. Passionate about mentoring, he teaches and supports young entrepreneurs.

Benayoun is an ORT France Board Member and is also active in a number of other French Jewish organizations and national tax committees. In 2017, he was named a Knight of the National Order of Merit. He continues to advocate for liberal professions and serves on the regional joint committee for Île-de-France.

Married with two children, Stéphane Benayoun lives in Paris and remains committed to balancing professional excellence with civic and family life.

Moti Dotan is the chairman of World ORT Kadima Mada and Honorary Chair of the World ORT Council of Representatives. He was born in Petah Tikva, the son of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel in 1948, and the grandson of the late Binyamin Ze’ev Parkash, who immigrated at the age of 69 after surviving Auschwitz and Dachau.

Moti was educated at the Bnei Akiva Yeshiva in Ra’anana and fought in three wars in an elite infantry unit. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Economics and graduated from a management course at Bar Ilan University.

Moti has been involved in public activities and youth education since 1982, including the foundation of youth activities with Holocaust survivors in the Lower Galilee Regional Council, where he served as Head of the Council from 2001. He is, among other things, a member of the executive committee of the Friends of the Poriya Hospital Association.

He is married to Penina and is a father of four and a grandfather of 11.

Ellis Falkof is a retail hardware, business strategy and computer software expert. His software business developed, marketed, and supported school administration systems across South Africa for over 20 years.

With this experience, his founder initiative and international chairmanship of the Mica Group, Retail Plus Consultancy was formed. Retail Plus has guided many retailers in strategic business and IT decisions such as marketing, system choices, inventory ranging, reporting structures, best practice routines and business expansion.

Sami Goldstein was born in Cairo, Egypt and has lived in Brazil since 1957.

After completing his Business Studies degree at Columbia University and his Masters at MIT, he embarked on a 30-year career with IBM, working in Brazil, Uruguay, the U.S. and Colombia and retiring as V.P., Administration and Finance. He then took ownership of Oticas Fluminense, with 15 optical stores in Rio de Janeiro.

A lay leader and councillor participating in Jewish and non-Jewish communities, Sami has served as V.P. and as President of Rio de Janeiro’s largest synagogue, as V.P. of CHCJ (Jewish Center of History and Culture) and as President of ORT Brazil.

Sami is married with one son and one daughter.

Jacob has been involved with the Montreal Jewish community for the past 25 years.  He is the co-President of ORT Canada and was until recently the Chairman of the National Board of the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research (CIJR).

His previous positions include Israel Bonds-Chairman of the Business Division; Canadian Representative for the Israel-Canada Chamber of Commerce; Beit Halochem-Chairman of fundraising for the Montreal among others.

Having worked as a research engineer and aerodynamics engineer, Jacob runs his own high-tech company in the field of Computer Networking for Personal Computers. He is married and has two children and five grandchildren.

Annette qualified as a dentist before joining the corporate world. She served as International Sales Director at Unilever Cosmetics International for 12 years, developing experience in recruitment and development of teams, cross functional communication and managing multimillion pound budgets for businesses in more than 20 countries.

Annette launched 10 new fragrance brands, including CK One, and took Calvin Klein Cosmetics business to number one in the U.K. Travel Retail marketplace.

Annette is a qualified Leadership coach and “Soft Skills” Trainer and launched her own consultancy in 2004, which specializes in business consultancy, leadership coaching and cross-functional communication development training. She is also a motivational speaker and Toastmaster, she is accredited to deliver Emotions and Behaviours at Work (EBW) psychometric assessment programs to leaders and their teams and is a Neuroleadership Institute-accredited Brain Based Coach.

A trusted Board advisor, Annette currently serves as Chair of ORT UK.

In 2019, Howard became ORT America’s Chairman of the Board after serving in a number of national leadership roles including Treasurer and Chair of the Executive Committee. Previously, he was active in Chicago, taking on numerous responsibilities that resulted in a strong local organization. As Chairman he worked tirelessly with Board members to strengthen the organization by expanding the donor base and focusing on building a cadre of young leaders.

Professionally, Howard is a seasoned business executive and legal advisor. He is a Senior Managing Director of Xyresic Capital, LLC, and a Senior Partner of Sporos Capital Partners, LLC both private equity firms, and is a Senior Advisor with Accordion, a nationally recognized, private equity-focused financial and technology consulting firm.

With more than 35 years of experience as a legal counselor and business advisor, principally as Senior Partner and Chair of the national corporate practice of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, a major U.S. law firm, he has focused on all aspects of public and private mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, as well as securities offerings and the counseling of corporations.

Jon Levine is the CEO of The Image Group, a branded merchandise agency with offices in Toledo, Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia. Jon is responsible for strategic direction as well as acquisitions.

Prior to joining The Image Group, Jon was an Executive in the Steel Distribution industry holding positions with O’Neal Steel of Birmingham, Alabama, and Wabash-Lagrange Steel of Toledo, Ohio.

Jon serves as a member of the Board of the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo as well as a member of the Board of ORT America. He is also a member of the Toledo Museum of Art Development Committee and has served as the Past President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Toledo, the Past President of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of NW Ohio and was a Past Board Member of the United Way of Greater Toledo, the Chair of the Jewish Senior Services Supporting Organization, as well as a Past Board Member of Mercy Health System, a $4 billion revenue hospital chain.

Having obtained his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Harvard University in Massachusetts, Arturo has since 1989 been working for Merik – a company specializing in access/entry systems. Under his leadership, the business has opened 30 branches throughout Mexico and initiated operations in Central and South America, with a presence in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama and Peru.

In addition, Arturo has performed roles for other companies in the Merik Group, which specialize in areas including technological education, the production of brake hoses for the automotive industry, the development of products for the automotive industry, and the manufacturing of agitators and mixers for the energy industry. These companies have achieved great success in Mexico and abroad, serving the public and private sectors.

Married with three children, Arturo served as President of ORT Mexico from 2009 until 2022.

Born in Ramat Gan, Israel, to a family of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel from Poland, Dov Moran obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (with honors) at the Technion before serving in the Israeli Navy for seven years, becoming commander of its advanced microprocessor department.

Moran formed M-Systems which invented the USB flash drive (DiskOnKey) and the FlashDisk (DiskOnChip). In 2006 M-Systems was acquired by SanDisk Corp for $1.6 billion. He then founded Modu, which sold its patents to Google in 2011, and was chairman of Tower Semiconductor, a developer and manufacturer of semiconductors and integrated circuits, and of Biomas, a developer of pharmaceuticals.

Moran has won several entrepreneurial awards, including Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” and IMC’s “CEO of the Year”.

He mentors Israeli entrepreneurs, he lectures extensively in universities and schools and sits on the advisory board of Tel Aviv University Momentum Fund. He is an active member of the Korean Israel Business Forum. He is married with four children.

Michael Perlmuter is the Chief Executive Officer and General Counsel for the Alex N. Sill Company, LLC, North America’s leading public adjusting company and loss consultants.

He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of ORT America and has been involved with ORT for more than 30 years, including two terms as President of the Ohio Region of ORT America.

Michael is the President of the Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple Foundation, and either serves or has served on the Cleveland Board of the Anti-Defamation League and the Cleveland Regional Alumni Admission Committee for Georgetown University. He is also a member of the Budget and Finance Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America.

He is a graduate, cum laude, of Georgetown University and of the National Law Center, George Washington University Law School, both in Washington, D.C.

Michael is married to Shari Sill Perlmuter, and they have two grown children, Brittany and Lexi.

Pablo Reich lives in Toronto, Canada. He is an ORT Canada Board Member and the Executive Vice President at Arconas, the leading manufacturer and distributor of furniture for airports and passenger terminals in the Americas. 

Pablo was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he graduated high school in the inaugural class in Media & Communications from ORT Belgrano. After moving to Canada in 1997, he completed an MBA from the University of Manitoba, Executive Business programs at Harvard Business School, and the Executive Coaching Certificate at the University of Toronto.

Pablo and his family are actively involved in the community, supporting several organizations dedicated to providing Jewish and Holocaust education.

A registered chartered architect in both Italy and in Israel, Michele is a shareholder and member of the Board of construction and development companies active in the field of Urban Renewal in Israel.

A graduate of the ORT Renzo Levi School in Rome, Michele was Chair of World ORT Kadima Mada’s Audit Committee, having previously served as a member of World ORT’s Board of Trustees as well as Board member and Vice President of ORT Italy. He has also previously sat on the board of Karen Ha-Yesod in Rome, Rome’s Jewish Community Cultural Centre, Bnei Akiva Italia and Rome’s Parents’ Board and he is a member of Bnai Brith Rome.

Married with two children, Michele speaks Italian, Hebrew, English, French and Spanish, is a keen skier and regularly attends Judaism and Talmud classes.

Ariel is a member of ORT Argentina’s Board and Executive Committee, where he actively participates in its development, devoting his time and passion and working closely with his peers. In this function, he has recently been appointed its Treasurer. Additionally, Ariel has been a member of the Board of Trustees of World ORT.

For over 20 years, Ariel has been Professor of Strategic Planning at the Master’s program in Business Administration for Torcuato Di Tella University, where he also directs the Executive Education area and is part of the fundraising committee, creating and leading fundraising strategies that were fundamental for the University’s successful expansion, outstanding evolution and leadership.

As a Management Consultant and Senior Advisor for C-level and Executive Committees of several large international corporations, he has contributed to such enterprises as IBM, Accenture, AT&T, Carrefour, Movistar, Siemens, Microsoft, several banks and a variety of government agencies.

Ariel holds an MSc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, and an MBA (Distinction) from Warwick Business School in Britain. Additionally he has completed Education Programs at Harvard Business School, and Finance Programs at Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.