Ido Benvenisti
Regional Director, Western US
Jewish Agency for Israel

Ido was appointed The Jewish Agency’s Regional Director, Western US, in July 2025. In this role, he oversees Shlichim and works with Jewish communities on their Israel programming.
Previously, Ido served as Partnership2Gether’s Director of Southern Region of Israel from 2022-2025, cultivating relationships with Jewish Federations and organizations worldwide and developing new programs to strengthen the partnership network. He took on the on the position after six years as the Director of the Kiryat Gat-Lachish-Shafir- Chicago Partnership2Gether. Before joining The Jewish Agency, Ido’s career included roles as program coordinator of Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Glocal MA in International Development, program manager for Young Judaea’s Year Course and director of its Shlichim program, and volunteer for JDC Jewish Service Corps at the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda.
Ido’s Jewish Agency journey began when he served as a summer camp Shaliach from 2001-2005, followed by three years holding the position of Jewish Agency Educational Shaliach to Young Judaea in New York and New Jersey from 2006-2009. Ido’s time as a Shaliach made him more deeply connected to his Jewish identity and motivated his need to connect Israelis and Jews from communities worldwide and promote the idea of a united Jewish peoplehood.
Ido earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master’s degree in Jewish Peoplehood from Haifa University.