Mr. Sagi Balasha

Sagi Balasha served as the National CEO (2011-2015) of the Israeli-American Council (IAC), an umbrella organization for the Israeli-American community in the US. Under his tenure, the organization went from a local operation with a single office and seven employees, to a national operation with seven offices and 80 employees in major cities around the US. Sagi metamorphosed the IAC into the premier organization in the American Jewish landscape, and today engages close to 200,000 people. In October 2015, Sagi and his family returned to Israel. Today Sagi is business development and project management consultant for an array of organizations. His major focus is on the development of Israel-based projects in the cyber field and fighting the de-legitimization and hatred campaign against Israel, in collaboration with a number of American philanthropists and organizations. Sagi is also the current CEO of the Israel Free Loan Association (IFLA). Prior to his position at the IAC, Sagi was the VP of Finance and Development at Beit Hatfutsot (2006-2011) where he headed a financial recovery plan that served to restore and renew the organization from a state of major deficit – increasing the museum’s budget, space and number of visitors by more than 100%. Prior to this (2001-2006), Sagi was the Department Manager and later Department Director of Israel’s Ministry of Finance Budgets Department, where he oversaw 20% of the government’s budget and was involved in major structural changes and reforms. Sagi has a BA with Honors in Economics and Geography from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and earned his MA at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.