DRAFT PROGRAM
In formation
Thursday, March 19
3:00 – 6:00 pm
Registration Open
Friday, March 20
9:00 am
Registration Opens
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Welcome Reception
Remarks:
Nina Paul and Shari Schenk
5:45 – 6:45 pm
Pre-Dinner Cocktail Reception
Guest Speaker
Rabbi Leor Sinai, Co-CEO Alexander Muss High School in Israel
6:15 – 6:43 pm
Shabbat Candle Lighting
Everyone is welcome to light candles
6:43 pm
Shabbat Begins
6:45 – 8:30 pm
Shabbat Dinner
Following Dinner
Informal gathering at the hotel for mingling
Saturday, March 21
9:00 – 10:00 am
Spiritual Shabbat Discussion lead by Rabbi Leor
Sinai
11:45 – 1:45 pm
What's in Store for the World - The Future of Global Food, Water, and Energy Security
Featuring
Seth Siegel, Author of Let There Be Water and Troubled Water
Professor Joaquin Ruiz, VP of Global Environmental Futures, University of Arizona
Member of JNF's Joint Institute for Global Food, Water, and Energy Security
Director of Biosphere 2
Howard Yana-Shapiro Ph.D, Chief Agricultural Officer Emeritus, Mars Fellow, Mars Incorporated
2:30 – 3:30 pm
Chocolate History and the Jews
Guest Speaker
Howard Yana-Shapiro Ph.D, Chief Agricultural Officer Emeritus, Mars Fellow, Mars Incorporated
3:45– 5:15 pm
Women's Tea
"The Power of Women in Philanthropy"
Featuring
Toni Dusik, Circle of Sapphire Society Member and Arizona Board of Trustees Chair
Danielle Hankin, Sapphire Society Member and JNFuture National VP of Leadership Development
Abigail Mendel, University of Colorado at Boulder Campus Fellow
Moderated By
Myra Chack Fleischer, Women for Israel President
7:38 pm
Havdalah by evening transportation (Shabbat Ends)
7:40 pm
Bus departs for Major Donor and World Chairman’s Council Dinners
8:00 pm
Dinner for Major Donors
Port Pavilion
1000 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego
8:15 pm
Dinner for World Chairman’s Council (Open to members of the World Chairman’s Council)
11:00 pm
Buses return to Manchester Grand Hyatt
Following Dinner
Informal gathering at the hotel for mingling
Sunday, March 22
9:15 am
Bus Departure from Grand Hyatt to the Omni Hotel for San Diego Brunch
9:30 – 10:15 am
VIP Meet and Greet for Major Donors at the San Diego Brunch with
Guest Speaker
Titi Aynaw
Omni Hotel
675 L Street, San Diego
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Jewish National Fund San Diego Brunch
Omni Hotel
675 L Street, San Diego
4:15 – 5:15 pm
State of the Union – An In Depth Discussion
Guest Speakers
JNF President Dr. Sol Lizerbram
Chief Executive Officer Russell F. Robinson
5:30 pm
Buses depart for evening program
6:00 – 9:00 pm
Dinner at The Vault Miramar, Entertainment by Comedian Taylor Williams
9340 Dowdy Dr. Suite 102, San Diego
Tour and Dinner
9:10 pm
Bus departs back to hotel
9:30 – 11:30 pm
Nightcap Cocktails at the Manchester Grand Hyatt
Monday, March 23
9:00 – 11:00 am
JNF National Board Meeting