Israel Baseball introduced Israel Baseball Americas (IBA), a non-profit organization that aims to expand the Israeli Baseball programme's offerings and fundraising in the United States. IBA will focus on building a pipeline of American Jewish baseball players who may one day take the field for Israel by offering clinics and camps throughout the country and feeding players into a Jewish baseball database to support Israel's national team.
Nate Fish, a coach and leader in Israel's national baseball programme, will be the CEO. Jordy Alter, Adam Gladstone and David Waschawsky, the president of the Israel Association of Baseball, will sit on the Board of Directors.
The Board of Advisors includes former MLB greats Ian Kinsler, a Tokyo 2020 Olympian, Kevin Youkilis, and Brad Ausmus. Advisors to the project will also be the vice president of Media Relations for the New York Mets Jay Horwitz, Israeli National Team pitcher for 34 years Shlomo Lipetz, Israeli National Team General Manager Peter Kurtz, Barry Weinberg, Josh Lamberg, Dan Rootenberg, Mike Snader, Adam Zarren, Dan Wahlberg and Rob Nelson.
The list of directors includes some of the main characters in Israel Baseball's success story.
Brad Eisen, the founder of the Israeli Baseball Academy, will be in charge of showcases.
Alex Jacobs, who served as Israel's bench coach at the World Baseball Classic, will be the counting director.
Former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and Tokyo 2020 Olympian Jon Moscot will be in charge of technology.
The Player Development Director will be Mitch Glasser, who made the All-World Team at the Tokyo 2020 Games and served as the third base coach at the 2023 European Championship.
Eric Holtz, the manager who led Israel to the Olympics, will be in charge of Teams.
Assaf Lowengart, the first Israeli-born player to play professionally in the US, will be the link with Israel.
Nate Mulberg, the first base coach at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, will be in charge of Camps.
Josh Zeid will be the Director of Pitching. He made the All-World Team at the 2017 World Baseball Classic and was the pitching coach at the 2023 European Championship.
Avi Miller, the Digital Media Director at the 2020 Games, will be in charge of Communications.
