Past Speakers

The individuals featured on this page have participated as speakers, lecturers, panelists, or guests in Friedberg Economics Institute programs, seminars, alumni events, public lectures, and other educational activities over the years.

Their participation in an FEI event does not imply any formal affiliation with the Institute, nor does it indicate endorsement of FEI, its positions, programs, or activities. Likewise, FEI does not necessarily endorse the views, opinions, publications, public statements, or professional activities of any speaker listed here. Views expressed by speakers at FEI events are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Friedberg Economics Institute, its staff, board, donors, partners, or affiliated institutions.

The speaker titles and bios are up to date to the time of their participation in the FEI event.

Yehonatan Givati Professor of Law, Hebrew University Law School

Josรฉ Piรฑera Distinguished Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Russ Roberts President, Shalem College; Founder, EconTalk

Omer Moav Professor of Economics, Reichman University and University of Warwick

Michael Sarel Former Chief Economist, Israeli Ministry of Finance and Kohelet Economic Forum

Lawrence H. White Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Robert Lawson Professor of Economics, Southern Methodist University

Michael Eisenberg Co-Founder and General Partner, Aleph VC

Bini Zomer Vice President of Regional Affairs, Chevron Mediterranean

Ori Katz Author, Blue and White Money

Eden Bar-Tal Former Director General, Israeli Ministry of Communications

Ariel Whitman Opinion Editor, Globes

Noah Williams Professor of Economics, Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami

Adrian Wooldridge Political Editor, The Economist

Ori Yogev Former Director General, Israel Authority of Government Companies

Ofer Zik Head of Industrial Design Department, Holon Institute of Technology

Luigi Zingales Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business

Naama Sikuler Editor-in-Chief, Globes

Avi Simhon Former Chairman, Israel National Economic Council

Emily Skarbek Associate Professor of Political Science, Brown University

Dror Strum CEO, Israeli Institute for Economic Planning; Former Director General, Israel Antitrust Authority

Lior Tabori CEO, MyFees; Former Economist, Israeli Ministry of Finance

David Tadmor Director and Managing Partner, Tadmor Levy and Co

Ortal Tamam Physician and Scientist (MD-PhD), recipient of the Gates Award

John B. Taylor George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics Emeritus, Hoover Institution; Professor of Economics, Stanford University

Aharon Topper Founder and Attorney-at-Law, Topper | Rosenfeld

Daniela Traub Lecturer and Foreign-Policy Specialist, Friedberg Economics Institute; Ariel University

Gal Treger FEI Alumnus; Hebrew University PPE Program

Yifat Turbiner Lecturer in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Roey Tzezana Futures Researcher and Author, Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, Tel Aviv University

Ian Vรกsquez Vice President for International Studies, Cato Institute

Shlomit Wagman Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Director General, IMPA

Michael Walker Founder, Fraser Institute

Peter Wallison Senior Fellow Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute

Avi Weiss President, Taub Center; Professor of Economics, Bar-Ilan University

Asaf Wexler Sphera Fund; Former Head of Housing Team, Budget Department, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Daniel Raisbeck Former Policy Analyst, Cato Institute

Joshua Rauh Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Ruth Richardson Former Minister of Finance of New Zealand

Matt Ridley Author and Member, House of Lords

Jason Riley Wall Street Journal columnist, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

T.J. Rodgers Founder and Former CEO, Cypress Semiconductor

Guy Rolnik Founder and Editor-in-Chief, TheMarker

Yali Rothenberg Former Accountant General of Israel; Former VP Finance and CFO, Bezeq Group

Veronique de Rugy George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center

Razeen Sally Associate Professor, National University of Singapore; Director, European Centre for International Political Economy

Osnat Saporta Deputy Mayor and Head of Society and Community Division, Hadera Municipality

Jennifer Schulp Former Director of Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute

Jonathan Schwartz Senior Vice President and Head of the Non-Life Actuarial Department, Harel Insurance

Pedro Schwartz Professor of Economics, Camilo Josรฉ Cela University

George Selgin Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Georgia; Senior Fellow Emeritus, Cato Institute

Lya Shanel Team Leader, Shaldor Strategy and Management Consulting

Amir Shavit Chairman of the Israel Electricity Authority

Eytan Sheshinski Professor Emeritus of Economics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Shaked Maane Researcher, Kohelet Policy Forum

Ricky Maman Journalist, Makor Rishon; Researcher, Kohelet Policy Forum

Shani Mandel-Laufer Research Assistant to the Governor, Bank of Israel

Huda Al Matroushi Director, Girls Guide Association of the UAE; Chairperson, UAE Pentathlon Federation

Jon Medved Founder and CEO, OurCrowd

Maya Miller Meshi Regulation and Government-Affairs Professional

Jeffrey Miron Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Economics, Harvard University; Vice President for Research, Cato Institute

Guy Mor Regulation-Policy and Risk-Management Expert; Regulation Policy Manager, Israeli Ministry of Agriculture

Casey B. Mulligan Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Michael Munger Professor of Political Science and Director, PPE Program, Duke University

Liat Natovich-Koshizky Editor and Writer, Hashiloach and Our Interest

Yoel Naveh Former Chief Economist, Israeli Ministry of Finance; Director, Amitim Pension Funds

Einav Nixon Commercial Consul and Head of the Economic and Commercial Mission of Israel to Hong Kong and Macau

Mary Anastasia O'Grady Opinion Columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Jรกn Oravec Chairman, Center for Liberty and Entrepreneurship; Former Deputy Minister of Economy, Slovakia

Liron-Inbal Parsi Product Designer

Mark Perry Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Michigan; Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Gale Pooley Associate Professor, Utah Tech University; Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute

Yaara Kalmanovich CEO and Chocolatier, Yaar Hakakao

Shir Kaminetzky-Yadan Economist, Bank of Israel

Eugene Kandel Former Chairman, Israel National Economic Council

Kfir Kaniel Director of Business and Corporate Development, Isracard

Ariel Karlinsky Economist, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hagit Katz-Shinover Shareholder and Vice Chair, Cofix

Ilya Katz Deputy Head of Budget Department for Infrastructure, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Assaf Kazakov Former Economist, the Energy Division, Israel Budget Department

Peter Kaznacheev Director, Khaznah Strategies Ltd

Lynne Kiesling Professor of Economics, University of Colorado Denver

Steven Koonin Professor, New York University

Naomi Krieger-Carmy Remedy CoLab, Former Vice President, Israeli Innovation Authority

Anatoly Kurmanaev Journalist, The Wall Street Journal

Arthur Laffer Founder and Chair, Laffer Associates, supply-side economics adviser

Deepak Lal Professor of International Development Studies, UCLA

Mickey D. Levy Chief Economist for Americas and Asia, Berenberg Capital Markets; Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution

Peter Lewin Professor of Economics, University of Texas, Dallas

Tal Luria Founder, Teachers Leading Change

Diana Furchtgott-Roth Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Yogev Gardos Former Budget Director, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Hillel Gershuni Researcher and lecturer on economics and environment, author of Money of Others

Omar Ghobash UAE Diplomat and Author

George Gilder Founder, Gilder Fund Management; Co-Founder, Discovery Institute

Ed Glaeser Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Dror Goldbenberg Professor of Economics, Open University of Israel

Tyler Beck Goodspeed Griffin Fellow, Hoover Institution; Chief Economist, ExxonMobil

Maayan Grinshpon Economist, Israel Competition Authority

Eli Groner Managing Director, Koch Disruptive Technologies Israel

Oded Gur-Lavie CEO, NT-TAO

Michal Halperin Director General of the Israel Competition Authority

Steve Hanke Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University; Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Eyal Hashkes Consultant, McKinsey Israel

Dana Hay Head of Budget, Tkuma Directorate

Rony Hizkiyahu Former Accountant General of Israel; Former Supervisor of Banks, Bank of Israel

Douglas Irwin Robert E. Maxwell '23 Professor of Arts and Sciences, Dartmouth College

Eitan Israeli Advisor to the Director General, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Shlomo Kalish Founder and Managing Partner, Jerusalem Global Ventures

Shlomo Blass CEO and Founder, Rogatka

Bob Borens Director, Friedberg Economics Institute

Donald J. Boudreaux Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Elie Brender CEO and Founder, Exigent Capital

John Cochrane Rose-Marie and Jack Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution

Tyler Cowen Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Noam Dan Economist, Budget Department, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Gal Bar Dea Fintech Entrepreneur; Former CEO, One Zero Bank

Chen Derhy Director of Global Compliance, OurCrowd

Simeon Djankov Policy Director, Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics

Shani Dodge Milken Fellow, Israel Innovation Authority

Chananel Ehrman Assistant Director, Friedberg Economics Institute

Idan Eretz Journalist, Globes; Researcher, Kohelet Forum

Amir Feder Researcher, Kohelet Policy Forum

Alan Feld Founder and Managing Partner, Vintage Investment Partners

Karnit Flug Former Governor, Bank of Israel

Albert Dov Friedberg Founder and Chairman, Friedberg Mercantile Group

Udi Frishman Health-Insurance and Long-Term-Care Specialist

Shiran Froymovich Assistant Professor of Accounting, Binghamton University

Naomi Abraham Advocate and CPA; Vice President, Finance and Strategy, Genesis

Sabah Al-Binali Partner and Executive Chairman, OurCrowd Arabia

Talal Al-Zain Founder and Director, Jisr Capital

Souad AlHosani Executive Director and Head of Asset Management Sales, First Abu Dhabi Bank

Gili Almagor Director of Energy Storage, Nofar Energy

Meirav Arlosoroff Senior Columnist, TheMarker

Liel Armoza Product Manager, Bringg; Former Data Team Leader, Intercontinental Exchange

Rinat Ashkenazi Chief Economist, Phoenix Investment House

Micah Avni Founder and Former CEO, Peninsula

Shai Babad Former Director General, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Leszek Balcerowicz Former Finance Minister of Poland

Alona Bar-On Chairperson, Globes

Gal Baranes Economics and Agriculture Coordinator, Budget Department, Israeli Ministry of Finance

Amiram Barkat Senior Journalist, Globes

Robert Barro Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Dan Ben-David President, Shoresh Institution; Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University

Michael Ben-Gad Professor of Economics, City, University of London

Niclas Berggren Associate Professor of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Youval Bitner AI Engineer, Citi

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