Governance

• Cheryl Dorchinsky

  President & Executive Director

• Steven Dorchinsky

  Vice President — interim; also serves as interim Treasurer until Kirsten Abrahamson takes the office

• Uri Zehavi

  Secretary

• Modi Zehavi

  Director

Director bios and photos are on our Leadership page.

• The corporation exists exclusively for the educational and charitable purposes described in §2.01: fostering a non-partisan, multi-faith collective effort to amplify pro-Israel voices through programming that educates, enlightens, and inspires while combating the misinformation that fuels antizionism (§2.01).
• The Board consists of between three and eighteen directors, elected in staggered classes with terms set by the Board at election (§§4.01, 4.03).
• The Board meets at least once per calendar year, and more often as it determines, in person or by video or telephone conference (§4.07(a)). Action without a meeting requires the unanimous written consent of all directors in office (§5.04), per Georgia law.
• Officers are the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer, elected to two-year terms and re-electable without a consecutive-term limit (§§6.01–6.02). Directors serve without compensation (§4.09).
• Any transaction involving an Interested Person requires the affirmative vote of at least one disinterested director (§8.03), in addition to the procedures of the Conflict of Interest Policy.
• When AIC’s annual gross revenue reaches $500,000, the Board establishes a standing Audit and Finance Committee, a majority of whom are disinterested as to the matters the committee reviews (§5.02).
• Board minutes are retained permanently. IRS Forms 990 and 1023, the Bylaws, and the Conflict of Interest Policy are made available to the public on this website and on request, and each Form 990 is submitted to the full Board at least ten days before it is filed (§§10.01, 11.02–11.04).

• Conflict of Interest Policy

  Each director, officer, and committee member signs an annual disclosure statement, discloses any actual or potential conflict at the start of every meeting, and recuses from any discussion and vote on a transaction in which they have a financial interest. No transaction involving an interested person may be approved without the affirmative vote of at least one disinterested director.

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• Whistleblower Policy

  Directors, officers, and volunteers may report suspected violations of law or of AIC policy without fear of retaliation. Reports go to the Board Secretary; if a report concerns the Secretary, the Executive Director, or the Executive Director’s spouse, it routes instead to the Board Treasurer or any director who is not the subject of the report. Reports may be submitted confidentially or anonymously.

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• Document Retention & Destruction Policy

  Sets minimum retention periods by document class, at the statutory floors under Georgia and federal law: corporate records permanently (O.C.G.A. §14-3-1601); tax and financial records seven years; accounting and donor records three years; personnel records four years; contracts and insurance six years after expiration; marketing collateral and unhired-candidate materials one year. Complies with Sarbanes-Oxley §802 (18 U.S.C. §1519) and pauses all destruction under a litigation hold.

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• Gift Acceptance Policy

  AIC accepts cash, pledges, publicly traded securities (liquidated on receipt), in-kind property that furthers exempt purposes, real property (with Board approval), and closely held securities (with Board approval). Any other gift type — including cryptocurrency, restricted trusts, and life insurance — requires a specific Board resolution. Restricted gifts over $10,000 require a signed Gift Agreement.

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• Board Code of Conduct

  Each director owes AIC the duties of Care, Loyalty, and Obedience. Directors attend all scheduled meetings, keep board deliberations confidential, decline any authority to bind AIC absent a board resolution, and make clear when speaking publicly that they do not speak for the coalition. Signed on election and annually thereafter.

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• Financial Controls & Due Diligence Policy

  AIC screens the organizations it funds — domestic and foreign — for eligibility and against U.S. sanctions (OFAC) lists, follows the U.S. Treasury’s Voluntary Best Practices for U.S.-Based Charities, and maintains internal financial controls with segregation of duties. Required by Amended Bylaws §9.02 and reviewed by the Board annually.

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The Board meets at least once per calendar year, and more often as it determines (Amended Bylaws §4.07(a)). Meetings may be held in person, by internet video, or by telephone conference call, provided all directors participating can simultaneously hear each other (§4.08(d)). Minutes of every meeting are retained permanently under the Document Retention Policy.

Directors access current-year minutes through the Board Portal. Prior-year minutes are available to AIC constituents on request — email [email protected].

AIC welcomes feedback from constituents — volunteers, donors, program participants, community partners, and members of the public. Feedback informs both program design and Board oversight. Send comments or concerns to [email protected], or by mail to P.O. Box 3902, Alpharetta, GA 30023.

Whistleblower reports — suspected violations of law or of AIC policy — follow the escalation path described in our Whistleblower Policy above.