Harry Ploss 
Founding Chair

Harry Ploss had a long and successful career as a Corporate Actuary with leading insurance companies including Vice Presidential positions with John Alden Life and American Bankers before becoming a full-time investor specializing in Managed Futures and Hedge funds. As Board member of the Israel project, Chair of the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation’s Investment Committee and former Senior Vice President of AJCongress, Mr. Ploss is dedicated to supporting Israel’s reputation, security and economy. He is the Co-Founder of the Texas Israel Chamber of Commerce which promotes business between Texas and Israel in nanotechnology, Clean Technology, Security, and Medical technologies and is also Treasurer of the Mankind Project that provides professional training and coaching in North Texas. Mr. Ploss is a physics graduate from Cooper Union and the University of Chicago.

Jonathan M. Spigel 
Chair

Former regional President of AJCongress, Jonathan Spigel is a Shareholder in the Dallas office of Cowles & Thompson.  He currently serves as the section head for the firm's Tort and Insurance Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Spigel's practice consists primarily of general insurance defense litigation, transportation defense litigation, products and premises liability defense, professional liability defense, employment and commercial litigation.  His clients include a variety of product manufacturers and retailers; national hotel chains, retail stores, and restaurants; national trucking companies; and local law firms and lawyers.

Bruce Bernstien  
Vice Chair

Bruce Bernstien has a broad-based federal and state income tax practice. His areas of practice include tax planning for taxable, tax exempt and governmental organizations, international business law & taxation, tax compliance and returns, estate planning, wills trusts, probate, asset protection, IRS & State tax controversies, business law and mergers & acquisition consulting. He has been providing these services to his clients during his 30 year professional career.

Nelda Golden 
Vice Chair

Nelda Golden, now retired, owned a temporary personnel firm for eight years.After selling the company she became Director of Human Resources for an aviation insurance corporation. She then had a personnel consulting business covering all aspects of personnel matters for clients. She served on the board of AJCongress and was secretary for several years. Nelda is past president of the Association of Women Executives, past co-president of Temple Emanu-el Couples Club and is a volunteer for various projects in the metroplex.

Roberta S. Berger 
Vice Chair

Roberta S. Berger received her PhD in school psychology from Indiana State University in 1985. She is currently a psychologist in private practice in Dallas, Texas. She is also a lecturer in special education at the University of Texas at Dallas. She serves as the research chair for the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless, on the board of directors of the Dallas Literacy Council, and on the board of directors of Operation LIFT (Literacy Instruction for Texas)

Harry Kabler 
Treasurer

Harry kabler has lived most of his life in Texas. A retired Lt.Col. in the US Air Force Reserve, He is a combat veteran who served in the South Pacific during WW II and in Germany during the Cold War.  Active with veterans organizations, he served several times as Commander of both the JWV Dallas Post 256 and the Disabled American Veterans Big D Chapter 57. Col. Kabler is the current President of the Greater Dallas Veterans Council, an organization with over 60 chapters and posts. A retired CPA, Harry worked 5 years in public accounting and 39 years with the Texas Turnpike Authority as Secretary-Treasurer. Being very Jewish oriented, he has served on almost every Jewish Board in Dallas and has solicited funds for over 50 years for the Jewish Federation. 

Keo Strull 
Secretary

Keo Strull was an elementary teacher for 15 years, and remains involved in the school system as a volunteer and consultant.  She has been active on various committees at the Jewish Community Center, as well as serving on committees and volunteer projects at Temple Shalom.  Keo was a Board member and officer of the Southwest Region of AJCongress for three years, and is currently on the Temple Shalom Sisterhood Board. A dynamic community volunteer, Keo now divides her time between her work at BMS Sales, the family business, her extensive community activities and raising her three boys.

Gil Elan 
President and CEO

A former Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF, Gil is a widely regarded expert on Israel and the Middle East. In the US he has years of pro-Israel advocacy experience, having served as Special Emissary of the Jewish National Fund to the USA, Washington State Director for AIPAC, Northwest Region Director of the Middle East Forum and Executive director of American Friends of the IDF in Ohio. Most recently, Gil served four years as the SW Region Executive Director of AJCongress.

Susan Myers 
Administrative Manager

Susan Myers is a true native Texan, born and raised on cattle ranch in Bosque County. After managing a finance company for several years and selling a line of women's clothing, she has spent the better part of the last 20 years in community service as a senior regional administrator for a national Jewish advocacy organization. Along with her husband, Jim, she has been a longtime active volunteer in Pee Wee Football and Little Dribblers Basketball. Susan and Jim are very involved with their five grandchildren.