Candidate for the 26th Knesset
Alon Futterman
Yashar! · No. 29 on the list· New candidate for the Knesset
Biography
- Age
- 44
- Before politics
- Social entrepreneur, founder and CEO of TALMA, CEO of Keren Hayesod, founder of the 'El Al Ambassadors' program
- Public roles
- CEO of the Kfar Aza Rehabilitation Fund; former CEO of Keren Hayesod (2022–2023); founding CEO of TALMA – the National Program for Excellence in English (from 2014 to 2022); placed 29th on the Yashar! list for the 26th Knesset
- Main political focus
- Education, excellence in English, rehabilitation of the Gaza border area
- Milestones
- Ranked on Globes magazine's '40 Under 40' list and as one of the Jerusalem Post's '50 most influential Jews' (2024–2025); received the 'Person of the Year' award from the ELEM nonprofit (2020) and the 'Social Excellence Award' at the Israel-Sderot Conference for Society (2019)