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Israel Joffe

Israel Joffe is a college graduate, PMI-CPMAI certified AI project management professional, Senior Project Portfolio Manager at the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, former FDIC Program Specialist, former FDA Senior IT Specialist and Project Manager, journalist, technology executive, and former Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighter.

Israel Joffe served the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department
Israel Joffe — Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department.

PMI-CPMAI and AI Project Management

In 2026, Israel Joffe received the PMI-CPMAI, the Project Management Institute credential for managing AI initiatives. The credential adds a formal AI project management standard to a career that already spans government project portfolio management, journalism, newsroom production, enterprise IT, emergency service, combat-sports media, and web publishing.

On IHateCollege.com, that background shows up as a practical editorial position: higher education can be valuable, but career decisions should be judged against cost, debt, labor-market outcomes, skills, credentials, and real execution.

Education, Credentials, and Career Reality

Israel Joffe is a college graduate with a PMI-CPMAI certification and more than 20 years of work across government, media, technology, and emergency service. He currently works as a Senior Project Portfolio Manager at DFC, previously served as a Program Specialist for the FDIC, and spent four years as a Senior IT Specialist and Project Manager at the FDA.

Through IHateCollege.com, Israel provides data on college costs, student debt, salary outcomes, certifications, apprenticeships, trade schools, and career paths. The point is not to attack education. The point is to force honest comparison between price, credential value, career upside, and the actual work required to win.

Israel Joffe representing the World of Unpredictable Wrestling at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn
Israel Joffe — Gleason's Gym, Brooklyn.
Israel Joffe in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC
Israel Joffe — Lincoln Memorial, DC.
Israel Joffe and his Rottweiler Roxy
Israel Joffe — with Roxy.

Public Bio

Muck Rack lists Israel Joffe in Boca Raton and as seen in Newsweek, Yahoo, WNYW-TV, WTVT-TV, and Greenwich Time. His public biography describes him as born and raised in New York City and the Five Towns on Long Island, a former Lawrence-Cedarhurst firefighter, a senior IT executive at Starwood Hotels/Marriott, and a journalist, senior web producer, and senior social media manager with Fox 5 and ABC News Good Morning America.

His Muck Rack profile also describes him as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 2nd-degree black belt under Matt Serra and includes published work such as coverage of World of Unpredictable Wrestling at Gleason's Gym, Atlantic City, citizenship coverage, and eclipse footage picked up by Newsweek and Yahoo.

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