Solel Strategic Group is a consulting firm dedicated to foreign policy and conflict mitigation throughout the world. The Group's mission is paving the way to a better future one project at a time. Solel Strategic Group serves three main functions: project development and implementation, foreign policy and conflict management consulting, and political consulting. Present and past clients include: New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson, the Aspen Institute Middle East Strategy Group joint program with the US Department of State, Former President Bill Clinton's Global Initiative, the Elders, University of Utah, Re'ut Institute, and Israeli Parliament Member Ami Ayalon. 

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Project Development and Implementation

Often, organizations and companies come up with new ideas and initiatives. They have a vision for a new project. Hiring a full-time employee during the concept development and early implementation states is often too costly for organizations. This is where Solel Strategic Group comes in. With proven experience, Solel translates an organization's vision into a working plan and provides assistance during the design, development and testing phase of a project.  All of that without the overhead costs of hiring a new salaried professional. Solel Strategic Group provides all of these services in proportion to the actual time the project requires. Mickey Bergman; President of Solel Strategic Group, was a member of the inaugural Clinton Global Initiative team that implemented President Clinton's vision for a new approach to global responsibility. Mickey was also the first Managing Editor of the Middle East Bulletin, a part of the Middle East Progress at the Center for American Progress. Mickey was also a member of the team that created the Middle East Investment Initiative, a loan guarantee program designed to increase access to loans for small and medium Palestinian enterprises. 

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Foreign Policy and Conflict Management Consulting

With focused expertise in the Middle East and Sudan, Solel Strategic Group offers consulting services on foreign policy and conflict management. Among other projects, Solel Strategic Group is currently consulting for the Aspen Institute and the United States Department of State on economic initiatives to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. For the Clinton Global Initiative, Solel Strategic Group is consulting for Peace and Humans Rights projects. Previously, Mickey consulted for the Clinton Global Initiative on projects focusing on mitigating religious and ethnic conflicts. Solel Strategic Group is also advising New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential Candidate Bill Richardson on resolving conflicts in the Middle East and Sudan. Mickey joined Governor Richardson as a member of a delegation to help negotiate a ceasefire between the government of Sudan and local Darfur militias in an attempt to mitigate the on-going violence. Solel Strategic Group is also advising the Elders on a strategy by which they can contribute to a resolution of the Israeli-Arab conflict.

 

Political Consulting

Solel Strategic Group, offers services building strategies for direct and targeted approaches to political constituencies. We advised New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson on his primary campaigns in Iowa and Nevada. Previously, Solel consulted for Ami Ayalon's campaign for head of Israel's Labor party. Ayalon is currently serving as a Cabinet Minister.

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Michael (Mickey) Bergman; Founder and President

Michael "Mickey" Bergman is the Founder and President of the Solel Strategic Group (SSG), a consulting firm dedicated to conflict mitigation throughout the world. The Group's mission is to pave the way to a better future one project at a time. SSG focuses on three core activities: project management, foreign policy and conflict management consulting, and political consulting.

Current clients include: the Clinton Global Initiative, the Aspen Institute (jointly with the U.S. Department of State), New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, the Robert Redford Center at Sundance, and J Street, Completed contracts also included the Reut Institute, former Member of Knesset Ami Ayalon, the American Jewish World Service, the Elders, and the University of Utah.

As President of SSG, Mickey is currently working with the Aspen Institute as Director of the US-Palestinian Partnership (UPP), aimed at improving the Palestinian economy and developing youth outreach. In addition to UPP he also lends his expertise in the middle east to the Emirates-Aspen Forum on Innovation. Mickey has been involved with the Clinton Global Initiative since its inception in 2005 and currently focuses on the CGI University conference. Mickey is teaching at the Elliott School for International Affairs, George Washington University.

Prior to establishing Solel, Mickey served for two years as the Director of Congressional Relations and Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation based in Washington, DC. Mickey has published several articles and opinion pieces in the Boston Globe, Y-net, Daily Star, Aspen Magazine and the Middle East Bulletin.

In January 2007, as a member of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson's delegation, Mickey traveled to Sudan on his second trip to the Darfur region. With the Governor he helped negotiate a ceasefire between the government of Sudan and local Darfur militias He continues to work in collaboration with Governor Richardson as his Foreign Policy Advisor to the Middle East and Africa.

Mickey received his Master of Science in Foreign Service from the Walsh School at Georgetown University in 2005. In addition to completing two academic concentrations in Foreign Policy and Conflict Management, he also obtained a graduate certificate in International Business Diplomacy.

After serving for six years in the Artillery Forces of the Israel Defense Forces, Mickey went on to complete his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Mickey is also a Wexner Graduate Fellow. Born in Tel Aviv and raised in Nigeria and Ra'anana, Israel, Mickey currently resides in Arlington, Virginia with his wife, Robin, and dog, Sulley.

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