Adam Milstein

between them, with a mission to strengthen American values, support the U.S.–Israel alliance, and combat antisemitism and bigotry in all forms. Born in Haifa, Israel in 1952, Milstein served in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, crossing the Suez Canal as part of Ariel Sharon's division. He graduated from the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) with a degree in business and economics, immigrated to the United States in 1981, and earned an MBA from USC in 1983. He is a managing partner of Hager Pacific Properties, a commercial real estate firm he co-founded with David Hager. In 2007, Milstein helped co-found the Israeli-American Council (IAC) in Los Angeles alongside Israel's then-Consul General Ehud Danoch and business leaders Naty Saidoff, Shoham Nicolet, and Shawn Evenhaim. He served as IAC Chair from 2015 to 2019 and continues to serve on the board. With Gila, he also co-founded the Impact Forum in 2017, which has since expanded from Los Angeles to Dallas and Miami. A regular contributor to The Jerusalem Post and The New York Post, Milstein writes extensively on antisemitism, Jewish identity, and U.S.–Israel relations.