Amos Elad

Amos Elad, Vice President for Resource Development at Tel Aviv University (TAU), is a leading Israeli expert in the areas of social responsibility, fundraising and non-profit management. Before joining TAU, he worked from 2010 to 2013 for the Chairman of the IDB Group, Nochi Dankner, in the area of humanitarian assistance in Israel's periphery. From 2005 to 2010, Elad held the position of Senior Division Manager in the Jewish Agency, responsible for resource development in Israel, the USA and Europe, including major gifts and the development of new markets.

Prior to that, at only 27 years of age, Elad co-founded and co-headed for 5 years the charitable organizations Meir Panim and Koah Latet that set up a chain of food centers and household goods warehouses throughout Israel.

Elad was born in Jerusalem and raised in Israel and the United States. He holds a BA in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In his IDF service, he served as an officer in the paratroopers.