The Merage Foundation for U.S.-Israel Trade is dedicated to promoting trade as a vehicle to economic growth in Israel. The Foundation accomplishes this through a number of innovative initiatives, including specialized Leadership Programs concerning U.S. marketing strategies to Israeli executives in the life sciences, security, and IT areas. In addition, top Israeli MBA students are invited to a summer leadership program that emphasizes highly effective approaches to successful marketing, negotiation techniques, applied networking and sales strategies, finance, and legal and procurement issues. Faculty members in all of the Foundation’s leadership programs include some of the most effective U.S. entrepreneurs as well as experts from leading U.S. business schools. The Foundation also features an innovative business development component beginning with introductions to relevant U.S. entrepreneurs possibly interested in cooperating with value-adding Israeli businesses. This relationship begins during the coursework in the leadership programs and expands on a continuous basis.