Hadas Minka-Brand

Hadas Minka-Brand was born in 1975 in Tel Aviv

Hadas Minka-Brand was born in 1975 in Tel Aviv to Shmuel and Liora Minka. Her mother chaired Emunah, the religious Zionist women's movement. She attended Ironi Zeitlin High School.

She earned a master's degree in labor studies from Tel Aviv University in 2002. In 2011 she received a doctorate in organizational sociology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her dissertation studied leadership and complexity through IDF commanders working in civilian settings.

She served as an organizational consultant in Central Command, the Ground Forces, the Golani Brigade and the Bashan Division during the Second Lebanon War. She later headed organizational development in Unit 8200 and behavioral sciences in the Intelligence Directorate. In 2017 she became head of the IDF Behavioral Sciences Department and was raised to brigadier general in 2021.

She left the post in June 2023 and was appointed CEO of JDC Israel in 2024. She lives in Jerusalem, is married and has 3 children.