A passionate leader with experience in international relations, strategic communications, and diplomacy, Cipa supervises the organization’s day-to-day workflow, and helps with the coordination of special programs, including the International Conference of Mayors in Israel, American Jewish Congress’ flagship event.

Cipa has worked as a researcher, communications adviser, and foreign policy consultant, focusing especially on international conflicts, transatlantic cooperation, and security issues. He has published analyses and articles in The National Interest, Jerusalem Post, Times of Israel, Euractiv, Balkan Insight, the Brussels Times, and more.

Cipa holds a Master of Science degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution from Columbia University in the City of New York. He completed his B.A. in Political Science and International Relations at the American University in Bulgaria. He has published two poetry books and one nonfiction.