Gilad Erdan

Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Safety and Information

• Woo Kai-Sheng Lifetime Achievement and Outstanding Diplomacy Award
• Former Minister of Home Front Defense, Internal Affairs
• Top advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu
• Promotes ties between Christians and Jews

The Honorable Ronald D. DeSantis

Governor of the State of Florida

• Dr. Bob Shillman Award for Outstanding Leadership
• Former U.S. Congressman, Florida
• Chair, Subcommittee on Middle East, held hearings promoting moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Golan Heights as sovereign Israeli land (Mort Klein testified at both hearings)
• Yale University and Harvard Business School

The Honorable Danny Danon

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN

• Former Israeli Deputy Minister of Defense
• Former Minister of Science, Technology and Space
• Former Deputy Speaker of the Knesset
• Former Chair of Immigration,Absorption and Disapora Affairs Committee

Dr. Bob Shillman

Distinguished high-tech businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist

• Justice Louis D. Brandeis Award
• Passionate and courageous advocate for Israel
• Founder of Cognex, machine vision systems, software and sensors manufacturer
• Sponsors ZOA Dinner student participation

Rita Cosby

Television news anchor, correspondent, radio host and best-selling author; CBS’s Inside Edition special correspondent

• Emcee
• Former host of Fox’s Live with Rita Cosby
• New York State “Rita Cosby Day,” declared in 2010, to honor her extraordinary journalism and exemplary service to the community

Myron Zimmerman

Prominent real estate magnate

• ZOA Vice President and a Board member
• President of MZ Foundation, a private grant-making foundation committed to combating anti-Semitism in the United States and across the globe, and safeguarding the security of the Jewish people and the Jewish State of Israel
• MZ Foundation has partnered with more than 90 different organizations across several continents
• Sponsor of ZOA’s Student Missions to Israel

The Maccabeats

American Orthodox Jewish a cappella group founded in 2007, using nothing more than the human voice, a clean-cut presentation, and a little Jewish humor

• The Maccabeats Perform around the world
• Recorded three albums
• Have more than 25,000,000 views on YouTube

Morton A. Klein

ZOA National President since 1983

• Chosen as one of the top five Jewish leaders in America by The Forward
• Has given hundreds of lectures around the world
• Authored many articles for The New York Times, The Washington Post, Commentary, and other prestigious publications
• Received numerous honors including, the Jabotinsky Award, Hadassah’s Myrtle Wreath Award and the Holocaust Humanitarian Award
• Chosen by the Jewish Exponent as one of the top dozen Jewish activists of the 20th Century
• Has testified at Congressional Committee hearings