Ido Aharoni Aronoff | |
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Ambassador, Consul General of Israel in New York, and the Tri-State Area | |
In office August 23, 2010 – August 1, 2016 | |
Preceded by | Asaf Shariv |
Succeeded by | Dani Dayan |
Personal details | |
Born | Tel Aviv, Israel | 21 August 1962
Spouse | Julie Goodman (since 1985) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Tel Aviv University (BA), Emerson College (MA) |
Ido Aharoni Aronoff (Hebrew: עידו אהרוני ארונוף; born 21 August 1962) is an Israeli career diplomat, advisor to international companies, public speaker and university lecturer, writer and investor. He was born in Jaffa (Tel Aviv), Israel. Aharoni spent his entire diplomatic career in the United States. He is a 25-year veteran of Israel's Foreign service.[1] He is a public diplomacy specialist, founder of the Brand Israel Program, and a place positioning practitioner.[2] Aharoni has served as a member of the Board Governors of Tel Aviv University and its cabinet since 2015 and as a lecturer at the university's Coller School of Management since 2018 [3] and is the host of TAU Unbound, the official English language podcast of Tel Aviv University.[4] In April 2024, Aharoni, was appointed a Global Distinguished Professor of Business at Touro University[5] and in August 2024 he was appointed as a Visiting Professorship at San Diego State University (SDSU) School of Business and University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Global Policy.[6] He is the co-founder and Global Ambassador for the Genius 100 Visions community [7] and serves as a consultant to international companies such as MasterCard[8] APCO Worldwide,[9] The Libra Group,[10] Bank Leumi USA and Value Base,[11] He is a co-founder of Israel-based consultancy Emerson Rigby Ltd.[12] and of British-Israeli investment company EA2K.[13]