During his long career in Jewish advocacy, Shimon introduced the Shared Values strategy, now adopted by much of the international pro-Israel advocacy community. The Hill Times recognized Fogel as one of the 100 most influential actors within the political sector, and Embassy Magazine ranked him among the 50 most important people influencing Canadian foreign policy.

Sara Saber-Freedman is the operations and internal coordination lead for CIJA and is deeply committed to community-based advocacy on behalf of the Jewish people.

David Cooper leads CIJA’s national government relations team.

Martin Sampson is a non-Jewish Zionist who is deeply concerned by antisemitism. Martin manages a team of communications professionals who tell the CIJA story and provide communications advice to CIJA stakeholders, staff, and lay leadership.

Noah leads the GTA team at CIJA. He has more than a decade of experience in advancing the diverse interests of the Jewish community, testifying as an expert witness at all levels of government and serving as a spokesperson in local and national media.

Starting as a grassroots student activist, Eta has built advocacy expertise in community, government relations, education, communications, and human rights issues and in the nuances of Quebec’s unique political landscape and its community relations.

Emmanuelle’s role includes developing Quebec-specific policy positions to support outreach efforts, as well as monitoring and conducting research on antisemitism.

A Canadian-Ethiopian Jewish activist, Sheba focuses on human rights, safety, and equity in technology. Her work in Partnerships facilitates cultural, religious, and political collaboration in combating antisemitism and hate.

David is a Jewish community advocate who has worked at all three levels of government over the past decade. He focuses on federal government and Alberta and Saskatchewan advocacy. David brings smaller communities’ voices into the national discussion.

Nico supports the local community’s advocacy goals working with the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, community agencies, leaders in government, media, academia, civic society and other faith and ethnic communities across the Pacific Region.

David Weinberg has represented the Canadian Jewish community in promoting Canada-Israel relations for more than 35 years. He maintains CIJA’s extensive set of contacts in Israeli decision-making circles.