BGU | PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2025

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 2025

BGU ASSOCIATES ORGANIZATIONS

ARGENTINA ASOCIACIÓN ARGENTINA DE AMIGOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD BEN-GURIÓN DEL NEGUÉV Nava Rubenzadeh , President universidadbengurion@gmail.com Alejandro Grinberg Director of Resource Development Latin America, Spain and Portugal agrinbrg@bgu.ac.il

ISRAEL ISRAELI FRIENDS OF BGU Dr. Yom Tov Samia , Major General (res.), President

SWITZERLAND LES AMIS DE SUISSE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ

BEN GOURION DU NÉGUEV Lionel Halpérin , President

lhalperin@avocats.ch Arielle Herzog Hadida BGU Representative to Switzerland arielleh@bgu.ac.il GLOBAL UKRANIAN SPEAKERS Alona Kushnir Director, Impact Partnerships, Global Ukranian Speakers alonaku@bgu.ac.il UNITED KINGDOM BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY UNITED KINGDOM (BGU-UK) Ann Berger, President bengurion.foundation@bguf.org.uk Liv Sperber Director of Global Development, English Speakers livsperber@bgu.ac.il UNITED STATES AMERICANS FOR BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY (A4BGU) Andrea Goren , Board Chair

yomtov@ysamgroup.com Yamit Shannon-Mizrahi Director, Global Partnership

and Donor Relations yamitshm@bgu.ac.il

ITALY BGU ITALIA Andrea Jarach , President ajarach@bgu.ac.il

BELGIUM BELGIANS FOR BGU (BEBGU) Philippe Mauchard & Valentine Mauchard Dumont , Co-Presidents

MEXICO AMIGOS DE LA UNIVERSIDAD BEN-GURIÓN Jacobo Meckler Waisburd , President jacobomekler@yahoo.com Alejandro Grinberg Director of Resource Development, Latin America, Spain and Portugal agrinbrg@bgu.ac.il

pmauchard@bgu.ac.il mdvalentine@bgu.ac.il

CANADA BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY CANADA (BGU CANADA) Eric Beutel National President eric@oakwest.ca Andrea Freedman, CEO andreafreedman@bengurion.ca Alex Brontfein Head of Canadian Desk brontfei@bgu.ac.il FRANCE BGU FRANCE Danièle Bidermann, President dbidermann@bgu.ac.il

GLOBAL RUSSIAN SPEAKERS Alona Kushnir Director, Impact Partnerships, Global Russian Speakers alonaku@bgu.ac.il

andrea@bosegoren.net Doug Seserman , CEO doug@a4bgu.org Dana Ben-Benyamin , Director American Desk dbenyamin@bgu.ac.il

SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATES OF BGU Marc Lubner , President marc@lubner.co.za Liv Sperber Director of Global Development, English Speakers livsperber@bgu.ac.il