About AIC

Leadership

The Atlanta Israel Coalition is led by Cheryl Dorchinsky and governed by a Board of Directors elected under its Amended and Restated Bylaws.

AIC is grassroots work, run close to the people who make it possible. It is led day to day by its Co-Founder and Executive Director, Cheryl Dorchinsky, and governed by a board of directors elected under our Amended and Restated Bylaws.

Cheryl Dorchinsky

Cheryl Dorchinsky

Co-Founder, President & Executive Director

Zionist Legacy Award — World Zionist Organization, 2023

Cheryl Dorchinsky is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Atlanta Israel Coalition, which she established in 2018 to unite and mobilize the pro-Israel community in Atlanta and beyond. Under her leadership, AIC has grown into a grassroots organization hosting hundreds of educational programs, advocacy initiatives, and international engagements focused on Israel and the fight against antisemitism.

Cheryl has led multi-faith missions to Israel, convened civic and community leaders, and expanded AIC’s programming across the United States and abroad. Her work centers on informed advocacy, community resilience, and principled civic engagement. In 2023 the World Zionist Organization awarded her the Zionist Legacy Award in recognition of her impact.

Board of Directors

The AIC Board.

The Board is elected under AIC’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. Any transaction involving an interested person requires the affirmative vote of at least one disinterested director, and directors recuse from any matter in which they have a financial interest.

  • Kirsten Abrahamson, CFA

    Treasurer-elect

    Kirsten Abrahamson, CFA, serves as Treasurer of the AIC Board. She oversees the corporation’s financial reporting and internal controls.

  • Steven Dorchinsky

    Vice President & Treasurer (interim)

    Steven Dorchinsky serves on the AIC Board and supports the coalition’s day-to-day administration and financial recordkeeping. He has worked alongside Cheryl since AIC’s founding in 2018.

  • Uri Zehavi

    Uri Zehavi

    Secretary

    Uri Zehavi runs AIC’s digital operations — the website, the AIC Dispatch newsletter, and the systems behind donor and partner communications — and works alongside Cheryl on long-form advocacy and the Case for Support. Outside AIC he is a co-founder of Mitzpe Institute, a nonpartisan policy research firm.

  • Modi Zehavi

    Modi Zehavi

    Director

    Modi Zehavi serves on the AIC Board as a volunteer, supporting AIC’s programs and outreach. Outside AIC he is a co-founder of Mitzpe Institute.

  • Rod Ginn

    Director

    Rod Ginn serves as a director on the AIC Board.

  • Marci Alt

    Director

    Marci Alt serves as a director on the AIC Board.

  • Mina Raiza

    DirectorCreative Guru

    Mina Raiza returned from Israel in 2000 and has been part of Atlanta’s Jewish community ever since. She worked in design and engineering, and now stays home with her three sons — and keeps making things. Most of that making goes to AIC: the design and craft behind fun, meaningful projects that help stop antizionism and hate. If AIC hands you something that looks good, Mina probably made it.