Past Chairs and Vice-Chairs

2022/2023

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Sarah Staton, Vice-Chair

    U.S. Department of State

2021/2022

  • Mr. L. Reece Smyth, Chair

    Director for Science & Technology Cooperation, U.S. State Department

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

2020/2021

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Mr. L. Reece Smyth, Vice-Chair

    Director for Science & Technology Cooperation, U.S. State Department

2019/20

  • Dr. Andrew M. Hebbeler, Chair

    Deputy Director for Science & Technology (OES/STC), U.S. State Department

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
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2018/19

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Andrew M. Hebbeler, Vice-Chair

    Deputy Director for Science & Technology (OES/STC), U.S. State Department

2017/2018

  • Dr. Susan Koester, Chair

    Deputy Director, Neuroscience & Basic Behavioral Science, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland USA

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

2016/17

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Susan Koester, Vice-Chair

    Deputy Director, Neuroscience & Basic Behavioral Science, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland USA

2015/16

  • Dr. Albert Teich, Chair

    Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC USA

  • Prof. Nurit Yirmiya, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science & Technology, Jerusalem, Israel

2014/15

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Albert Teich, Vice-Chair

    Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC USA

2013/14

  • Prof. Thomas Crisman, Chair

    University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

  • Prof. Avi Israeli, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

2012/13

  • Prof. Mina Teicher, Chair

    Brain Center Bar Ilan, University Ramat Gan, Israel

  • Prof. Thomas L. Crisman, Vice-Chair

    University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

2011/12

  • Dr. Clifford Gabriel, Chair

    National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA

  • Prof. Mina Teicher, Vice-Chair

    Brain Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

2010/11

  • Dr. Shlomo Wald, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of National Infrastructure, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Clifford Gabriel, Vice-Chair

    National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA

2009/10

  • Prof. Thomas L. Crisman, Chair

    Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

  • Dr. Shlomo Wald, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of National Infrastructure, Jerusalem, Israel

2008/09

  • Prof. Mina Teicher, Chair

    Brain Center, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

  • Prof. Thomas Crisman, Vice-Chair

    Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA

2007/08

  • Mr. Kenneth Ferguson, Chair

    (OES/STC), U.S. Dept. of State, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Prof. Mina Teicher, Vice-Chair

    Dept. of Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

2006/07

  • Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Chair

    Chief Scientist, The Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Mr. Kenneth Ferguson, Vice-Chair

    (OES/STC) U.S. Dept of State, Washington, D.C., USA

2005/06

  • Dr. Albert H. Teich, Chair

    Director, Science Policy Programs American Association of the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Prof. Rami Rahamimoff, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, The Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

2004/05

  • Prof. Amnon Pazy, Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Albert H. Teich, Vice-Chair

    Director, Science & Policy Programs American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., USA

2003/04

  • Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Chair

    Executive Officer National Science Board, NSF, Arlington, VA, USA

  • Prof. Amnon Pazy, Vice-Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

2002/03

  • Prof. Hagit Messer-Yaron, Chair

    Chief Scientist, The Ministry of Science, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Michael P. Crosby, Vice-Chair

    Senior Advisor for International Science Policy, NOAA, HCHB, Washington, D.C., USA

2001/02

  • Prof. Bracha Rager, Chair

    Chief Scientist, The Ministry of Science, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Prof. Thomas Crisman, Vice-Chair

    Center for Wetlands, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

2000/01

  • Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein, Chair

    Assistant Director for Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA

  • Prof. Bracha Rager, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

1999/00

  • Prof. Amnon Pazy, Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Robert A. Eisenstein, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Director for Mathematical & Physical Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA

1998/99

  • Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Chair

    Director, Office of Regional Policy Initiatives, OES, United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Prof. Amnon Pazy, Vice-Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

1997/98

  • Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Chair

    Acting Director, Office of Regional Policy OES, Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Prof. Leah Boehm, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Science & the Arts, Jerusalem, Israel

1996/97

  • Prof. Michael Silbermann, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Mrs. Anne Solomon, Vice-Chair

    Deputy Assistant, Secretary for Science Technology & Health, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA

1995/96

  • Dr. Marcel Bardon, Chair

    Director, International Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA

  • Prof. Michael Silbermann, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

1994/95

  • Mr. Amnon Einav, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Marcel Bardon, Vice-Chair

    Director, International Programs, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, USA

1993/94

  • Dr. Claude Lenfant, Chair

    Director, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

  • Mr. Amnon Einav, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure, Jerusalem, Israel

1992/93

  • Prof. Joshua Jortner, Chair

    President, Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. Claude Lenfant, Vice-Chair

    Director, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, National Institute of Health Bethesda, Maryland, USA

1991/92

  • Dr. F. Karl Willenbrock, Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

  • Mr. Tanchum Grizim, Vice-Chair

    Director General, Ministry of Science & Development, Jerusalem, Israel

1990/91

  • Dr.. Leo Sachs, Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. F. Karl Willenbrock, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, DC, USA

1989/90

  • Dr. James Barnes Wyngaarden, Chair

    Former Director, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

  • Prof. Oded Abramsky, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health Jerusalem, Israel

1988/89

  • Prof. Oded Abramsky, Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Dr. William A. Nierenberg, Vice-Chair

    Director Emeritus, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA

1987/88

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Leo Sachs, Vice-Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities, Jerusalem, Israel

1986/87

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel, National Science Foundation

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific Technological & International Affairs, Washington, D.C., USA

1985/86

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

1984/85

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

1983/84

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological, & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

1982/83

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

  • Dr. Richard J. Green, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Director, Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation Washington, D.C., USA

1981/82

  • Dr. Harvey Averch, Chair

    Assistant Director for Scientific Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

1980/81

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Chair

    Director, Department of Cardiology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

  • Prof. Charles B. Bell, Jr., Vice-Chair

    Dept. of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

1979/80

  • Dr. Harvey Averch, Chair

    Assistant Director for Scientific, Technological & International Affairs, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Henry N. Neufeld, Vice-Chair

    Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health, Israel (Retired)

1978/9

  • Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Chair

    President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel

  • Dr. Thomas R. Pickering, Vice-Chair

    Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State, Washington, D.C., USA

1977/8

  • Dr. John P. Schaefer, Chair

    President, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

  • Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Vice-Chair

    President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel

1976/7

  • Dr. Aryeh Dvoretzky, Chair

    President, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel

  • Dr. John P. Schaefer, Vice-Chair

    President, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA

1975/6

  • Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Chair

    Director, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA

  • Dr. Ernst D. Bergmann, Vice-Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel

1974/5

  • Dr. Ernst D. Bergmann, Chair

    Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Israel

  • Dr. H. Guyford Stever, Vice-Chair

    Director, National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C., USA