As a leader of the Jewish community in New York City, I was honored to meet Natasha Srdoc and Joel Anand Samy. Seldom do you meet a power couple driven by a mission to mobilize support for Israel—engaging Americans, building bridges with emerging and influential ethnic communities across the United States, and strengthening ties with a rising power in one of the world’s most strategic regions. They feel extremely privileged to meet the leader of the Jewish community worldwide, which I am extremely grateful for.

As a Financial Advisor, I have had the privilege of working at more than eight Fortune 500 companies—including Wells Fargo, Citi, JPMorgan Chase, and now Merrill Lynch. Throughout my career, I have witnessed leaders and remarkable organizations, but few have demonstrated the level of vision, dedication, and unwavering commitment that my dear friends have. Their example has left a lasting impression on me as they acknowledge me as a leader in the Jewish community.

After many phone conversations and repeated attempts to meet despite our demanding travel schedules, nothing could have prepared us for our first encounter. That meeting took place in Washington, DC, amid a city of more than 700,000 residents and a daytime population exceeding one million, the three of us unexpectedly crossed paths on one of the main streets leading to the US Capitol. Some might call it a coincidence, but we experienced it as divine providence—a meeting at the heart of America’s capital while each of us was engaged in advocacy on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people. In Hebrew, such a destined encounter is called bashert. For us, that remarkable meeting became the foundation of a close and enduring collaboration.

For more than two decades, Washington-based public policy leaders Natasha Srdoc, MBA, and Joel Anand Samy have stood at the intersection of entrepreneurship, public policy, and international affairs, championing reforms that strengthen the rule of law, free markets, and strategic alliances. Drawing on their experience as entrepreneurs and senior business executives, they have advanced principled economic and healthcare reforms, promoted transatlantic trade and investment, encouraged innovation and technology partnerships, deepened US-Israel relations, and supported Jewish communities across the United States and Europe. Their work reflects a longstanding commitment to advancing prosperity, security, and the enduring values that unite the strong rule of law nations.

Through their leadership of International Leaders Summit founded in the early 2000s, the Jerusalem Leaders Summit launched in Israel in 2015, and America’s Roundtable, a broadcast program now airing on 68 radio stations and reaching a listening audience of 7 million in America’s heartland, America’s great South and the East Coast  —  they have created strategic platforms bringing together elected officials, business and government leaders and reformers to discuss shared challenges with a laser focus approach to advance solutions. 

Through their visionary leadership, they have established transformative platforms that foster dialogue, collaboration, and meaningful action on the world’s most pressing challenges. 

Their journey is shaped not only by their professional experiences but also by deeply personal family histories—stories of perseverance, persecution, faith, and the enduring pursuit of freedom.

Srdoc and Anand Samy’s strategic collaborations have brought together distinguished leaders and steadfast supporters of Israel, including Dr. Ben Carson, Dr. Victor Davis Hanson, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Representative Mike Bost, Chairman of the US House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Kathie Lee Gifford, and many other influential leaders, fostering meaningful partnerships that have translated shared principles into tangible results.

Building Bridges Through Leadership and Advocacy

During the years of 2003 and 2004, Srdoc and Anand Samy formed a leadership team to launch International Leaders Summit, an organization focused on bringing together leaders committed to economic freedom and principled reforms based on the foundational rule of law. The initiative attracted the participation and leadership support of prominent figures, including Nobel Prize-winning economist Dr. Milton Friedman, economist Dr. Rose Friedman, Dr. Alvin Rabushka who served on President Ronald Reagan’s Tax Policy Task Force, the father of the “Flat Tax” and an expert on China and Israel, and former US Attorney General Edwin Meese, who served in President Ronald Reagan’s administration. These partnering stalwarts who hailed from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California were instrumental in the launch of the International Leaders Summit.

In 2015, Srdoc and Anand Samy established the Jerusalem Leaders Summit, creating a high-level forum in Israel for leaders from the United States, Europe and India to engage on issues including economic reforms, security, entrepreneurship,........

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