Late in 2007, Mike led a delegation of world-renowned leaders in science, medicine and technology to confer with their counterparts in Israel and to meet with heads of the government. Their objective was to help leverage Israel's world-class human-capital resources to play a greater role in addressing such global needs as disease cures, clean technology, more-productive agriculture and alternative energy. While is Jerusalem, Mike met with Israel's Prime Minister and appeared with President Shimon Peres (above) on a panel during a Milken Institute Medical-Science Innovations Lab. The lab explored international collaborations in medical research and technology commercialization.