CIS activities are motivated and led by an elected (voluntary) executive committee. Its members take on tasks and build teams that include participants from the broader membership, as well as external experts, as required. Members of the executive committee:
- Gen. (Res.) Matan Vilnai (Chair), former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff, former Deputy Minister of Defense, former Minister of Home Front Defense, Ambassador (Ret.)
- (Res.) Itamar Yaar (CEO), former Deputy Head of the National Security Council
- (Res.) Uri Bar
- Admiral (Res.) David (Dudu) Ben Ba’ashat (observer), former Commandant of the Navy
- Ambassador (Ret.) Danny Carmon
- Gen. (Res.), Adv. Rachel Dolev, former Chief Military Defense Counsel
- Roland (Rolly) Gueron (observer), former Mossad Division Head
- Nimrod Novik, former Senior Adviser to the Prime Minister, Special Ambassador (Ret.)
- Arie Pellman, former Deputy Director of Shin Bet (ISA)
- Gen. (Res.) Dr. Nachman Shai, former IDF Spokesman, former Deputy Knesset Speaker, former Minister of Diaspora Affairs, currently Dean, HUC Jerusalem
- Peer-Li Shahar, Political commentator
- David Shimoni, former Division Head
- Gen. (Res.) Dr. Jonatan (Yoni) Shimshoni (observer), former IDF Director of Planning
- Gen. (Res.) Dr. Epraim Sneh, former Deputy Minister of Defense, former Minister of Health, former Minister of Transportation
- Gen. (Res.) Danny Yatom, former Director of the Mossad
Spring 2025