URI BEN-ARI – President and Founder, Athena Fund

Since 2007, Uri is a Social Entrepreneur who is the founder and president of Athena Fund, which is dedicated to empowering teachers (85% are women) in Israel by providing them with laptop computers and professional training www.athenafund.org.

To date Athena Fund has provided Digital Toolbox that included personal laptop computers and professional training to over than 27,500 teachers in 172 municipalities in Israel. One of Athena's initiatives is empowering STEM teachers who receive mobile computers, data-loggers with sensors and professional techno-pedagogical training. Another initiative was with 9,000 special education teachers who have received iPads and professional training with great results.

Uri Ben-Ari is a seasoned international businessperson with 35 years of experience in senior management and entrepreneurship. Uri specializes in developing and implementing strategic business and marketing plans for companies active in international markets. Over the course of his career, he has undertaken senior management and business/market development activities in the United States, Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, India and the Far East www.linkedin.com/in/uribenari

Uri holds an MBA and a BA in Economics from Tel-Aviv University.