Avraham Berkowitz, the President of AZ Advisors, is an accomplished advisor with a diverse background in strategic partnerships, social responsibility, and impact. With experience and expertise advising companies and nonprofits in Education, Health, and Technology, Berkowitz has worked with notable organizations including Airbnb, CDC Foundation, Kiva, Swift Shift, and US Science and Engineering Festival, to name a few.

As Senior Advisor for Global Impact, Synthetic Neurobiology Group at MIT Media Lab, Berkowitz guides breakthrough neuroscientist Professor Ed Boyden. He serves as a board member for the Inspirasia Foundation, which supports nonprofits in health services, education, and job skills in Indonesia, India, and Thailand.

Berkowitz also served as a Director at Chabad Headquarters and the Global Chabad Development Fund (MIDF) from 2010-2016, providing supplemental support for educational and humanitarian programs in 89 countries. As an alternate delegate of the Chabad NGO at the United Nations in New York, he continues to serve. Berkowitz's personal values and global mission to build a world of peace, health, justice, wisdom, faith, and good for all are guided by the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson of righteous memory, whom he learned from as a lifelong student.

Berkowitz was instrumental in rebuilding the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, in 2010. Before that, as Executive Director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS in Moscow, Russia, from 1999 to 2009, he led global communications, media relations, and international development for over 400 Jewish communities in fifteen republics of the Former Soviet Union.

Berkowitz is a member of the World Economic Forum's Civil Society community, working with leaders of major NGOs, collaborating with businesses and Governments to tackle global challenges.

A native of Southfield, Michigan, Berkowitz lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife Leah and their five children. He is fluent in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish, and conversant in Spanish and Russian. He can be followed on Twitter @globalrabbi.