YPO United Mosaic is an Israel-focused global chapter within YPO's 38,000-member CEO network — 300-plus members and the convening power to bring nineteen media CEOs to a single summit.
What YPO United Mosaic Is
YPO United Mosaic is a global chapter within the Young Presidents' Organization — the world's largest chief executive peer network, with more than 38,000 members across 150-plus countries. The chapter was formed in June 2021 as an Israel-focused international network, recruiting CEO members from across the world who share a connection to Israel — business, personal, or both.
The chapter operates with more than 300 members. It is not a regional chapter tied to a city or country. It is a globally distributed, Israel-oriented network of sitting chief executives — organized around shared affinity with Israel and embedded inside YPO's global infrastructure of forums, events, and cross-chapter connections.
YPO Membership: The Threshold
YPO membership is not open enrollment. To qualify, candidates must have become president, chairman, or chief executive officer of their company before the age of 45. The company must meet specific scale requirements: minimum revenue of $15 million for service and manufacturing companies, $12 million for agencies, or $300 million for financial institutions — with a minimum enterprise value of $25 million and at least 50 full-time employees.
Baseline annual membership fees are approximately $10,000, though they can be significantly higher depending on the chapter. Members are typically recommended by two existing members and approved by a local membership committee.
That threshold means every member of YPO United Mosaic runs a company of meaningful scale. These are not startup founders raising seed rounds. They are operators — the kind of executives who make acquisition decisions, open distribution channels, and deploy institutional capital.
Where United Mosaic Sits in YPO's Architecture
YPO operates across 14 regions — Africa, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and others — with more than 450 individual chapters worldwide. Israel has its own standalone chapter (YPO Israel), based in-country and serving CEOs who live and operate in Israel.
YPO United Mosaic is a different structure. It is an integrated international chapter — meaning it is not geographically bound. Members live in the United States, Europe, Latin America, Israel, and elsewhere. What they share is not location but orientation: a connection to Israel that shapes how they do business, where they invest, and which networks they activate.
That distinction matters. YPO Israel serves CEOs inside Israel. YPO United Mosaic connects Israel-oriented CEOs to each other — and to the broader YPO network of 38,000 chief executives — across borders.
Chapter Leadership and Key Figures
Jordan Kavana — Chapter Vice Chair, Global Impact Officer
Jordan Kavana is a founding member and chapter vice chair of YPO United Mosaic, serving as its Global Impact Officer. He leads the chapter's 300-plus global members.
Kavana is the founder and chairman of ARK Homes for Rent, a real estate investment company that owns, operates, and manages a nearly $2 billion portfolio of rental properties across the U.S. Sunbelt. Before ARK, he founded Transcendent Investment Management (2008) and JL Real Ventures (2004), and prior to that built and sold an international consumer electronics company (sold 2003). His career began at Morgan Stanley's Private Wealth Management division.
Kavana is a Harvard Business School graduate, a founding member of AIPAC's Miami Club, a former trustee on the Florida State Pension Plan Board, and was named to Latin Trade's TOP 100 Most Powerful Businesspeople in 2017.
Dr. Nir Ben Lavi — Innovation Leader, YPO Israel
Dr. Nir Ben Lavi is an Israeli innovation evangelist and investor who operates across YPO Israel, the YPO Change Makers Club, and the YPO Gaming Subnetwork (where he serves as Board Champion). He is the CEO and co-founder of Pangea Cup, a global video-game discovery platform, and co-CEO of Pangea Entertainment Productions.
Ben Lavi holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University and conducted doctoral research in computerized dispute resolution — work that led to software adopted by the United Nations as a managerial tool. He is a member of the World Economic Forum, a mentor at XPRIZE and Columbia Business School, and the former managing director of the NYU Blockchain Sports-Tech Accelerator. He led the joint Turkey-Israel innovation program at Bosphorus University and has served as a strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies.
Notable Members
Noah Rosenfarb, a CPA and CEO focused on business valuation and growth advisory, joined the chapter in 2023, noting the network's global scope and Israel orientation. Other publicly identified members include Raj Gandhi, who is listed as a member of YPO United Mosaic Integrated Chapter.
Where This Network Fits in the Israel-Diaspora Business Infrastructure
Israel's international business architecture has multiple layers, each serving a different function:
Government and institutional — organizations like Start-Up Nation Central, the Israel Innovation Authority, and bilateral trade councils (the Israel-America Chamber of Commerce, the Israel-Britain Business Council) facilitate formal commercial relationships. The Israel Ministry of Diaspora Affairs operates Mosaic United — a separate organization, not affiliated with YPO — which invests in Jewish identity programs across 50-plus countries with 200-plus partner organizations.
Capital and investment — Israel-linked family offices, sovereign wealth partnerships, and diaspora investment vehicles move capital across borders. Venture firms with Israel DNA — Pitango, Viola, TLV Partners, OurCrowd — connect Israeli companies to global markets. The Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) model bridges Israeli technology to U.S. distribution.
Philanthropy and community — networks like the Jewish Federations of North America, Birthright Israel Foundation, and AIPAC connect Jewish diaspora communities to Israel across civic and philanthropic dimensions.
YPO United Mosaic occupies a fourth layer — peer-to-peer CEO infrastructure. It is not a trade body, a government initiative, a capital allocator, or a philanthropy. It is a peer network of chief executives who operate at the scale required by YPO's membership threshold, organized around shared Israel affinity, and embedded inside a 38,000-member global platform that provides access to counterparts in every major market on earth.
Global Convening Power: The Future of News Summit
In March 2026, YPO United Mosaic demonstrated the scale of its convening power when it hosted "The Future of News" — a one-day summit at the University of Miami's Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center. The event brought together nineteen senior media executives for panels on AI, trust, platform power, and new business models for journalism.
The speaker roster included Rashida Jones (former president of MSNBC), Goli Sheikholeslami (CEO of Politico), Dev Pragad (CEO of Newsweek), Eric Gertler (chairman and CEO of U.S. News & World Report), David Carey (SVP of Hearst Corporation), Jon Miller (former CEO of AOL and News Corp), Matt Brown (CEO of PR Newswire), Greg Galant (CEO of Muck Rack), John Avlon (former editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast), Ami Gan (former CEO of OnlyFans), Renata Afonso (former president of CNN Brasil), Rafa Urbina (president of ViX at TelevisaUnivision), Cynthia Hudson (former SVP of CNN Español), Luis Fernández (chairman of NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises), Jonathan Blum (former president of Cisneros Media), and others.
Neewz.AI, an AI-powered news verification startup led by CEO Rodrigo Gonzales, served as the summit's lead sponsor — positioning AI verification tools as core infrastructure for the next era of newsroom operations.
That speaker roster would be ambitious for any major media conference. For a YPO chapter event — organized by Israel-connected CEOs, not a media trade association — it signals a level of access and convening credibility that extends well beyond the chapter's formal membership.
For a deeper analysis of the subjects discussed at the Future of News summit — AI-driven distribution, trust infrastructure, "living news," and verification as a product category — see the full coverage on Everything-PR.
The Political Dimension
YPO United Mosaic's reach extends into policy and government. In April 2025, Tom Tugendhat — the Conservative Member of Parliament for Tonbridge in the United Kingdom, and former Minister of State for Security — delivered a paid speaking engagement for YPO United Mosaic. The engagement, valued at £3,700, was disclosed in the UK Parliamentary register of interests.
Tugendhat's participation signals the chapter's positioning: a network where Israel-connected business leaders engage not only with each other but with senior policymakers across Western democracies.
Revenue and Operations
YPO United Mosaic operates as a tax-exempt 501(c)(6) business league, incorporated in Chicago, Illinois (EIN: 88-0561241). Its most recent public filings show revenue of approximately $1.7 million and expenses of approximately $1.3 million, with net assets of roughly $1.1 million.
Those figures are consistent with a well-funded chapter that can underwrite summit-level programming, international speaker travel, and member services — but small enough to operate with the agility of a private network rather than the bureaucracy of a trade association.
Why This Network Matters Now
Since October 2023, Israel's international business relationships have faced new complexity. Institutional partnerships that were once routine — academic collaborations, corporate procurement, investor relations — now require more active management. The executives navigating those relationships do not rely on press releases or government channels. They rely on networks.
A CEO-level peer network with explicit Israel orientation — operating inside the world's largest chief executive organization — is business infrastructure. Not advocacy infrastructure. Not philanthropic infrastructure. The kind that facilitates market entry, partnership formation, and capital movement at the level where those decisions are made by individuals, not institutions.
YPO United Mosaic is five years old, in an organization that has operated for more than seven decades. Its visibility outside the YPO ecosystem remains limited. But its 300-plus members, its $2 billion-scale chapter leadership, its proven ability to convene C-suite media leaders at a moment's notice, and its structural position inside YPO's 38,000-member global platform make it one of the most consequential Israel-diaspora business networks operating today — and one of the least documented.