Gidi Grinstein is the founder and president of The Reut Institute and the author of Flexigidity: The Invisible Hand of Jewish Adaptability. He served as secretary and coordinator of the Israeli delegation to the negotiations with the PLO between 1999-2001 under Ehud Barak. Gidi is a graduate of the Tel Aviv University schools of law and economics, and of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Wexner Israel Fellow. He is married with five children and enjoys running marathons.