Anne Ayalon has fulfilled the role of wife of Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. from 2002 through 2006, in which she has traveled extensively, lecturing about the realities of Israel, and championing a wide array of causes that build communication and joint efforts between American and Israeli organizations, primarily in the cultural, educational and medical fields.

She was graduated from Michigan State University, and holds an MBA from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with a specialization in International Business. Anne has been involved primarily in business-to-business marketing for the past 25 years and has served in numerous senior management positions in the hi-tech industry prior to founding Springboard, a marketing consulting firm to Israeli hi-tech companies in 1997.