Prelegenci

Kateryna Sukhomlynova is a public activist, a member of the Mariupol City Council, a volunteer since 2014, the head of the Maltese Aid Service, whose office in Mariupol called „Svitlytsia” was used to work with children in risk groups – those relocated from the war-torn east of Ukraine, with orphans etc. Since the invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine, she began to help victims of hostilities. For her, the war began in 2014, and today she has the strength to fight, even in Europe to call the whole world to the problem of Russia’s aggression not only to Ukraine itself, but also to the whole world!

Paulina Brym-Ciuba is COO of the StartupHub Poland Foundation, as of 2019. She is a manager of acceleration projects including: Academic League of Startups, Poland Prize or Warsaw Booster, as well as scouting and educational projects such as V4 Venture Drill, Orlen Inventor Tech Day or softlanding projects such as Poland Business Harbour. In 2016-2019 she was Director of the Marketing Department at the Institute for Eastern Studies, responsible for cooperation with commercial partners, promotion of companies during events organised by the Institute (especially Economic Forum in Krynica – the largest economic event in the region, known as the „Polish Davos”). She sat on expert committees analysing and evaluating applications for the competition.

Roman Dmytriv was born on June 23, 1975, in the town of Kalush (Ivano-Frankivsk region). He studied at the Simferopol Public Catering College. In 2003 graduated from Kyiv National University Of Trade And Economics, where he studied the management of organisations. In 2019 he graduated with honours from The National Academy of State Administration under the President of Ukraine, becoming a specialist in the field of Public Management and Administration. Mr Dmytriv’s career started in 1997, he underwent the path from a cook to the director of the food processing company LLC Royal Catering (2005-2015). Since 2015 Roman Dmytriv is the head of the village Hora in Boryspil district of Kyiv region. He is married and brings up two daughters.

Ostap Protsyk is the Advisor to the Mayor of Lviv. Responsible for international and communication projects in the Lviv City Council since 2006. In 2012, he co-founded the Lviv Media Forum – one of the most significant media events in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2022, he began cooperating with the Swedish association SALAR International within the project „Supporting Decentralization in Ukraine.” The „United for Ukraine” project, supported by USAID, assists in establishing long-term partnerships between Ukrainian and foreign communities. He deals with communication issues and contacts with international organizations in the „Unbroken” project, which aims to build a national rehabilitation center in Lviv for victims of the Russian war against Ukraine.

Since the attack of the Russian Federation on Ukraine, Michał T. Łukasiewicz has been actively involved in international humanitarian aid projects, coordinating and leading aid convoys, participating in the evacuation of the population, supporting the activities of foreign media covering the war. Social activist, traveler, TV producer and presenter. Over the years associated with TVP, TVN, also working with CBS News, CNBC, RTE. Entertainer, guest of many radio and TV programs including foreign ones – German ZDF and Arab Al Jazzer. Winner of many honors and awards for his activities and work, including from the Polish Tourist Organization, Vienna’s CIFFT and Germany’s DLG. He has led EU projects in the arms sectors, and served as the right-hand press attaché of the Polish Embassy in the US. Author of projects promoting active tourism in Poland and the world. Since 2017, he has been associated with Ukraine and Kiev.

Svitlana Pozdnysheva is a piano, organ, harpsicord player, solo organ player in Lviv Organ Hall. She studied in Lviv State Music College and in Lviv National Music Academy. Here formed the main sphere of her creative interests – turning listeners’ attention to the little known piano and organ repertoire. One can notice two core lines here. The first one – making the works of the Ukrainian artists more popular. The second line was represented by the rarely played compositions of ХХ-ХХІ centuries, thus the interpretation was closely connected with the research, seeking and educational activities. In 2017 she finished assistance-apprenticeship in the class of the associate professor Dovhan P.V. She started to study organ playing in the class of Ivan Dukhnych, improved her skills on the master-classes by Lorenzo Ghielmi (Utery), Maria Erdman (Warsaw), Ulla Krigul (Lviv). She took part in multiple projects of Lviv Philharmonic Hall as a member of ensembles and orchestras. She performed concerts in many cities of Ukraine, Czech Republic, Poland and Germany, participated in different festivals, such as ‘Dzenzelivka Classical Week’, ‘LiudkevychFest’, ‘Pizzicato&Cantabile’, ‘Bach Contemporary’, Lviv International Organ Festival, Warsaw Organ Festival, Lublin Organ Festival, Stalowa Wola Organ Festival.

Małgorzata Kutycka is a paramedic, crisis management specialist, English translator, first aid instructor at Rescue Centre. A longtime member of the Medical Rescue Group in Polish Red Cross, within which she helped the victims of the flood in 1997, organising collections of food and cloths for the poorest inhabitants of Wrocław and organising summer and winter camps for children. Also a longtime member of Intervention Group in Water Woluntary Rescue Organization in Wrocław, on behalf of which she helped the victims of the flood in Wrocław in 2010. Currently, she cooperates with the Polish Rescue Organization as an advisor to the board. Passionate cyclist, traveler and linguist. For over a dozen years, she educated herself in the field of first aid and medical rescue. Regional manager for training in southern Poland at Centrum Ratownictwa. A true Renaissance woman – she dives, climbs the mountains, skis and rides a bike. She gained her knowledge and experience at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus and in Plymouth, Great Britain. True lover of black coffee and plant-based cuisine.

Natalya Petrenko, head of Shulgynka municipality, is the citizen of Ukraine. She was born on 25th of January 1980. She has higher education and is not a member of any political party. Ms Petrenko lives in Shulgynka village of Starobilsk district in Luhansk region.

Anna Abramczyk-Abichou is a results-driven sales professional with over 15 years of international experience in cargo aviation, insurance and travel sector. A graduate of the Faculty of Urbanity and Spatial Management of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences and post-graduate studies in management organized by the Warsaw School of Economics. She gained strong working backgrounds in the following groups: IAG Cargo, Allianz Worldwide Partners and Itaka. She is passionate about expanding and maintaining strong client relationships that generate repeat business. Currently Anna in LS Airport Services S.A. is responsible for the development of new business with entities such as airlines, forwarding and customs agencies in area of Warsaw & Katowice LS Cargo Terminal. Anna supports the day to day execution of projects and their key accounts, analyzing customer’s requirements and implement value-adding solutions that could lead to conversion.

Iryna is a sociologist, certified art coach, graduate of the National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic University, long-time director of a printing company in Kyiv. Over the past years, she has repeatedly provided organizational and linguistic support to Polish companies and institutions during events promoting Polish business in Ukraine. Since the Russian Federation invaded her country, she has been actively involved in humanitarian relief efforts. She co-organizes support for the residents of Kiev, Bucza, Irpin, in the Borodzianka region, as well as the school in Hostomel. She has provided assistance in evacuating people from Ukraine to Poland and other European countries. She provides consultations and art therapy classes for Ukrainians in Poland.

Tetiana Krukenytska is a lawyer with 14 years of experience in the field of jurisprudence, attorney in the BA «West Law Group». I represent the interests of clients in courts of all judicial instances and authorities and local self-government bodies. Her work experience includes the following areas: registration and termination of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, making changes to constituent documents, full legal support of the company’s activities, providing legal opinions on legal issues within the framework of the company’s activities (including regarding the employment procedure persons, current issues of the existence of labor relations), litigation work, development of draft contracts and their legal analysis, resolution of issues regarding payables and receivables, document preparation, drafting of procedural documents. She also provides support in economic, civil, and administrative cases, including providing legal assistance in challenging decisions, actions, and inaction of state bodies.

Vladyslava is working in the KSE Research Institute co-leading the project “Russia will pay” (damaged.in.ua) that is focused on collecting, evaluating, analyzing, and documenting information on the damages and losses caused to Ukrainian infrastructure and economy by Russian aggression. The project was launched in February 2022 by KSE together with the Office of the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Development of Local Communities, the Ministry of Infrustracture, the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporary Occupied Territories, and 15 partner organization. KSE Institute regulary analyze and published information on the up-to-date level of damages caused to Ukrainian infrustructure and supports GoU and stakeholders with required analytical infrormation on the topic.

Hryhoriy Rudyuk is the head of the village Nova Borova since 1992 (with a short break). Since May 2002 till April 2006 he worked as a deputy head and chief of staff of the Volodar-Volyn District State Administration. He is a teacher according to his university diploma. . In 2002, he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. From 2016 to the present, he is the deputy head and member of the board of the All-Ukrainian Association of Amalgamated Communities. During the years of his leadership, Mr Rudyuk earned a good reputation among the locals in the whole region and beyond. Hryhoriy Rudyuk is socially engaged in solving issues related to the reform of local self-government in Ukraine.

Glyn started his career in 1982 as an Infantry Officer in the British Army specialising in reconnaissance and intelligence. After leaving the army he worked in criminal intelligence in the UK police, tackling organised crime. A Government secondment then took him to ICTY in The Hague where he worked as a military analyst/investigator on Bosnian-Serb leadership cases. A short move across town then took Glyn to Europol- the EU’s criminal intelligence agency- where he managed a number of intelligence-led investigations against cross-border organised crime groups. In 2012 Glyn set up his own consultancy business through which has subsequently worked equally on international organised crime and conflict-related crime. This has included capacity-building projects to introduce intelligence-led policing into developing countries, as well as a range of engagements with UN Commissions of Inquiry, International Tribunals and Investigative Mechanisms. Glyn has a B.Sc in Policing, an M.Sc in Criminology and an LLM in International Criminal Law. He also owns a pub in The Hague, the aptly named ‘Sherlock Holmes Bar’.

Oksana Savchuk was born in Cherniv village, Rohatyn district, Ivano-Frankivsk region. She is a graduate of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University and the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine. She was a Member of the Plast National Scout Organization of Ukraine. She worked in the children’s and youth plast center as the deputy director for educational work. In 2010 and 2015, was twice elected as the deputy of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council. She headed the standing deputy commission on spiritual revival, science, education, culture, youth policy and sports. In 2015, she became the Secretary of the Ivano-Frankivsk City Council. In 2019, she was elected as a People’s Deputy of Ukraine from constituency No. 83 (Ivano-Frankivsk). She is a Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, Chair of the Subcommittee on Road Safety and Transport Safety. She is a co-chair of one of the largest in the history of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine inter-factional deputy association „Values. Dignity. Family”. She is a member of the parliamentary group for inter-parliamentary relations with the Republic of Poland. She is also a co-founder and head of the Western region of the Ukrainian Women’s Democracy Network (UWDN) and the initiator of the creation of the „Safe Place” Center in Ivano-Frankivsk to help internally displaced persons.

Olena Ovcharenko is a team lead in the project “Municipal partnerships with Ukraine” (provided by Service Agency Communities in One World (SKEW), Engagement Global). She has long lasting experience in development cooperation and project management with governmental, non-governmental international organizations. There are currently 110 municipal relationships between German and Ukrainian towns and municipalities. Since 2015, the SKEW has provided support for relationships between German-Ukrainian municipalities through the project “Municipal partnerships with Ukraine” (“Kommunale Partnerschaften mit der Ukraine”). The SKEW enables them to exchange expertise, obtain information, gain qualifications and network, as well as offering them human and financial resources. The aim is to establish and cement structures for cooperation between German and Ukrainian municipalities, plan and implement development policy-related projects within the partnership, encourage and deepen discussion about development policy and commitment in German and Ukrainian municipalities, provide support with networking for relevant actors and promote sustainable development in the municipalities involved.

Aleksandra Kus ia a graduate of the AWF in Krakow. In the years 2009 – 2016 associated with the tourism industry. She worked mainly in the Balkan countries as a resident of travel agencies. She has been associated with the TSL industry since 2017, from the moment of employment at ECL Sp. z o.o. She took her first steps in forwarding and after 2 years she moved to the newly built sales department in the company. In 2019, thanks to the trust of Board members, she took the position of Sales Department Manager. She manages a 7-person team of account managers whose task is to acquire new customers and serve customers in various types of projects. Her branch specializes in organizing transports in a narrow direction to and from Ukraine. In February, at the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, she faced new tasks of reorganizing her work and that of her co-workers. She has developed several large projects related to humanitarian transport to Ukraine. With her team, she works dynamically in developing cooperation with global companies and well-known brands. She does her work with passion, she is not afraid of new challenges and participation in various interesting projects. Her main principle is that every customer is valuable and deserves the highest level of service. In her private life, she is interested in traveling – she has already visited over 20 countries. She dreams of traveling to Istanbul and Jordan.

Marcin Ramotowski has over twenty years of experience in managing operations, sales and business development in international companies, mainly in the logistics industry, including leading global operators. From a long time, professional activity is focused on customs issues, starting from the organization of customs agency offices, through the implementation of operational procedures, to consultations and advice on legal regulations and international trade. Several years of work experience in Germany and Russia allowed to get to know the specifics of customs processes and regulations in Western Europe and the Euro-Asian Union. Graduated from Warsaw University with Master of International Relations and MBA at Warsaw University of Technology Business School.

Andrej Horvat is an economist with long lasting experience in the fields of Transformation Processes, Good Governance, Structural and Public Administration Reforms, Local Development Policy, and EU Integration. He obtained his PhD degree from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. From 1997, for more than 10 years, he used to work in different managerial positions of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia. In 2006, he was appointed the State Secretary of the Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Growth and from October 2009 till October 2011 he was appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia responsible for development policies, especially dealing with areas with structural difficulties. He was consulting several governments, such as the Turkish Republic, the Hashemit Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Serbia. As of September 1st, 2017, Andrej Horvat is with the U-LEAD with Europe in Ukraine working as Deputy Programme Director. The Programme represents assistance of the European Union and its member states Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Slovenia. The Overall Objective of U-LEAD is to contribute to the establishment of multi-level governance, which is transparent, accountable and responsive to the needs of the population.

Roman Matys is the President of the International Investment Office. He is an Ukrainian economist, public figure, business consultant, city & country development expert, human rights activist. He worked as Head of the Investment Department at the Lviv Regional State Administration (2016-2021). As a result of implementation strategy of Roman Matys „Lviv region – the factory of Europe”, in five years it was possible to launch several hundred enterprises in Lviv region, to create tens of thousands of jobs and to make certain industries, such as the automobile industry, dominant in the region.

Joanna Tymińska has 14 years experience in TSL sector. She is an expert in sales and marketing, specializing in the creation of complete logistic chains for LCL, FCL transport and oversized cargo and T&C’s of cooperation negotiator including partners and clients. She worked in international companies such as Pol-Agent Sp. z o.o., Allcom Sp. z o.o. and NTG Sp. z o.o., and in smaller domestic companies. She is university lecturer in Marketing and in Logistics. She has Master’s degree both in Law and in International Relations.

Tomasz Samul is the VP of Sales in the largest conference in CEE connecting startups with investors – Wolves Summit (Since December 2019) He manages the sales team and is responsible for digital marketing. In 2019, responsible for ticket sales and marketing for the largest conference for women in IT in Europe – Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit. In 2018 and 2019 as the Head of Marketing and PR at nazwa.pl he had the opportunity to create the domain and hosting market in Poland. Working directly with the board and the owner, he was responsible for sales in the digital channel. In the years 2007 – 2018, he co-owned the digital marketing agency Novem (exit in 2018). During this period, he developed an affiliate network from zero to 25,000 partners, responsible for Client Service and Sales, he ran teams cooperating with over 40 clients – including the largest Polish telecoms, insurance companies and banks. Master of Economics – he studied Marketing and Management with a specialization in e-business at the University of Economics in Katowice in 2001-2006.

Pavlo Kuzmenko has been the Mayor of Ohtyrka (Sumy Region) since 2020. He is a medical doctor by profession (orthopedist). Pavlo Kuzmenko has worked as the head of department of orthopedics and traumatology of Okhtyrka central district hospital in 2012-2020. For over 20 years he conducted complex operations on the patients with car accident traumas. With the beginning of Russian invasion, he combined the work of the mayor of the city 50 km from Russian-Ukrainian boarder with the duties of a surgeon of a local hospital, operating on patients with missile trauma. The biggest challenge for the community so far is the damage of the thermal power station which provides heat to the 80 % of the city.

Dr. Amanda Sanders serves as the Global Psychosocial Support Advisor for HOPE worldwide, Ltd. She holds a Doctorate in Art Education focused on Art Therapy and Disaster Response, a Master of Science and Educational Specialist degree in Mental Health Counseling, and a Master of Science in Art Therapy. She volunteered with HOPE worldwide at an orphanage in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, which inspired her doctoral research on art therapy in response to disasters. She started working with HOPE worldwide in 2014, Dr. Sanders helped develop and implement HOPE worldwide’s first SPARK Academy, an American Red Cross grant funded arts-based resilience program for children affected by major disasters, as well as subsequent SPARK Academy programs across the United States. She currently provides support for HOPE worldwide’s response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.

Maryna Baydyuk was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and studied at the National Medical University of Ukraine before coming to the US in 1997. She continued her studies at Hunter College, CUNY and then Georgetown University, where she received her Ph.D. in Pharmacology. After completing her postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health, Maryna joined the faculty as a Research Professor at the Department of Biology at Georgetown University. Maryna’s research is focused on the mechanisms of function and repair in the central nervous system. Since 2014, Maryna has been a member of United Help Ukraine (UHU), a non-profit organization based in the Washington, DC area. She has served as a board member since 2017 and as a president since 2019. UHU provides the people of Ukraine with critical support that will enable them to survive in the face of adversity, defend, regain and rebuild their sovereign territory and thrive well into the future. Under Maryna’s leadership, UHU has provided over 40 million dollars in humanitarian, medical, and psychological assistance to those affected by the war. UHU is also focused on raising awareness and advocating for Ukraine to remain a free, democratic, and independent nation.

Bartłomiej Felczyński brings over 23 years of industry experience and is the Business Development Manager at Baltic Hub. Bartłomiej specializes in complex logistic solutions for global companies, multimodal European connectivity and Silk Road opportunities. Bartłomiej came to Baltic Hub (a member of PSA Group) from CEVA Logistics where he was rail product owner for Eueopean Region. Prior to join CEVA Logistics, Bartłomiej Felczyński worked at Kuehne+Nagel, Tiedada China, PCC Intermodal, Baltic Container Terminal, DB Cargo and Maersk.

Damian Soból was born on September 24, 1988 in Przemyśl. In 2009, after graduating from high school, I started studying International Relations at the PWSW university in Przemyśl. After graduation, due to the difficult financial situation of my family, I was forced to emigrate to the Netherlands, where I spent almost 10 years. After returning to the country, I opened my own construction business, which I run successively to this day. On February 24, 2022, the day the massive attack on Ukraine began, I volunteered at the railway station in Przemyśl to help women and children fleeing the war to our country. On March 2nd, I was hired by the organization World Central Kitchen in the USA as a translator, but due to my commitment to the project of feeding as many refugees as possible, I stayed Emergency relief coordinator and I am so to this day.

Yana Brovdiy is an Adviser in the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), the broadest European association of local and regional governments that brings together associations from 40 European countries. She is responsible for the implementation of the project “Bridges of Trust: Rebuilding Ukraine through partnerships with the EU municipalities” which is supported by the U-LEAD with Europe. Before joining CEMR, she worked at the College of Europe, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and the European Committee of the Regions.

Anna Samsel is a psychologist and trainer with many years of experience in non-governmental organizations and business. A graduate of Psychology of Intercultural Relations at SWPS University and postgraduate group trainer studies at Laboratorium Psychoedukacji. She has been working in the Kulczyk Foundation for 5 years where she has been responsible for education, she thinks is a condition for many changes for the better in ourselves, as well as in the surrounding world. She sees the greatest potential for these changes in the social and emotional education of children that involves the cooperation of parents / carers and teachers. Since the beginning of the war, she has been responsible for the aid projects for women and children from Ukraine carried out by the Kulczyk Foundation.

DVM Jakub Kotowicz is the co-founder and vice-president of the ADA Foundation in Przemyśl, which each year provides assistance to several hundred companion animals and about 1,000 individuals who are representatives of more than 100 species of non-domestic animals. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin and a graduate of the Leon Kozminski Academy in Warsaw, majoring in „Veterinary Practice Management”. He is currently a student in the course of specialization in veterinary surgery at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn and at the VASTA International School of Veterinary Anesthesiology. Popularizer of clinical issues in veterinary medicine, behavior, and specifics of companion and non-domestic animals in local, national, and sometimes international mass media. On a daily basis, he is a practicing clinician at the ADA Animal Clinic in Przemyśl, where he deals with internal medicine, surgery and animal anesthesiology.

Tetiana Palamarchuk is a lawyer by profession and has a Master of Laws degree.In 2014, she decided to channel her legal expertise towards creating a better business environment and protecting businesses. While working at different non-governmental organizations, She has co-authored a number of draft laws and contributed to their successful advocacy.For last 6 years, she has had the honor to be part of Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs (SUP) which is aimed at targeting liberalization of the government’s regulatory policy, introduction of market mechanisms in the national economy, and strengthening the SME sector in Ukraine. The Union of Ukrainian Entrepreneurs is the largest national business association of independent Ukrainian entrepreneurs, founded for the purpose of creating a favorable business environment in Ukraine and protecting interests of businesses. Today, SUP brings together more than 900 businesses of various sizes and industries from across Ukraine. One of the eligibility criteria for the SUP membership is absence of any links to political forces or oligarchic capital. Founded in 2016, SUP is now on a fast track growing as an influential institution. At SUP, she is the Deputy Executive Director in charge of business protection, consulting and support, establishing and streamlining cooperation with international partners.

Adrian Furman is the CEO of Grupa AF sp. z. o. o., the biggest Polish company employing specialists with disabilities, and the founder of Poland IT-Lab LLC in the USA. Both enterprises provide IT and business consulting services. Adrian Furman is extremely experienced in managing long-term digital communication projects and in employing new technologies. He has cooperated with such brands as TNT, TUI, KFC, FedEx, 4F and Asseco. He is also the head of AF Atlantic Trade sp. z o.o., a consultancy firm supporting Polish and American businesses in getting into new markets. The media call him Stephen Hawking of business. What the two gentlemen have in common is not only their disability, but also their strength of character. Hawking broke the barriers in science, Furman proved that every physical weakness can be turned into power – also in business. A member of the Accessibility Council which substantively supports the Accessibility Plus Program. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Its main goal is to make every public service or building available to all citizens, without any barriers and obstacles, no matter their age, health condition or kind of disability.

Paula Gierak is a graduate in Humanitarian Aid at University of Warsaw and International Security at European Academy of Diplomacy. She has experience in complex emergencies like Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, Dijibouti, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, where she has worked on various positions – Emergency Coordinator, Programme Coordinator and Field Coordinator. She has coordinated and managed numerous projects in different sectors like WASH, Livelihoods, Education or Health. She has established and managed partnerships with local NGOs with focus on capacity building. Currently, as a part of IMPACT’s regional response to crisis in Ukraine, oversees field-based assessment and research projects in Poland and Slovakia that provide independent information and analysis on humanitarian needs, trends and response, enabling evidence-based decision-making for humanitarian planning, programming and implementation.

Maciej Solski is a CEO of the Polish Rescue Organization. He is a co-founder of the largest training company in Poland in the field of first aid and qualified first aid – Centrum Ratownictwa. He is the Technical Director at Centrum Ratownictwa. For 14 years he has been involved in the education of citizens, by actively conducting first aid and qualified first aid courses as an instructor and lecturer. Became Basic Life Support (BLS) and AED instructor. For over 16 years, he worked as a medical rescuer in the Emergency Medical Service in Wrocław. Instructor of the Polish Society of Emergency Medicine. Member of the operational group of the Lower Silesian WOPR (Water Voluntary Emergency Service). Qualified first aid instructor in the training project of the Police Headquarters.

Lesya Khemrayeva from October 2021 to the present has been the Head of the All-Ukrainian platform „Youth Values” (Youth of the Non-government Organization „For Family Values”) where 87 implemented projects, 12 draft laws and a draft of the State Family Support Program were developed in the following areas: conducting informational and explanatory activities regarding martial law, recommendations on saving life; conducting volunteer activities; providing professional psychological assistance; providing humanitarian assistance to civilians and military personnel of the Armed Forces; helding together with the leading universities of Ukraine, Lithuania and Portugal The European Youth Forum „War in Ukraine: problems, lessons, opportunities”. From September 2021 to now Lesya has been the Chairman of the Committee on International Cooperation and European Integration of the Public Council under the Ministry of Youth and Sports.

Anna Coen is a Founder at the #DKTech4Ukraine employment campaign for Ukrainians in Denmark. We have joined forces with 30+ Danish startups to help Ukrainian Tech talent affected by the war to find jobs in Scandinavia.

She is also a Tech Recruiter at Cyber Security consultancy Kontex. Anna brings over 15 years of international experience in Finance, IT and Recruitment, having lived and worked in the USA, London, Singapore and Copenhagen. In addition, Anna is an activist and Board Member at AUD: Association of Ukrainians in Denmark, the largest non-profit organization representing Ukrainians in Denmark under the coordination of the Embassy of Ukraine in Denmark.

Elena Malitskaya is Ukrainian Business Leader with 15+ years of managerial experience in multinational businesses and launching new business, with 8+ years in CFO role and 4 years with IT Business and 3 years as founder and CEO of NGO „Innovation Startup Entrepreneurship Group”. Awards include: Top Women in Tech in Ukraine Award 2020, Short listed as best CFO by Strategic Business Review 2018, Finalist in UBL PIE (Promoting Entrepreneurship and Innovation), USA 2021 Her Key Career Results are: the Aggregate value of all executed M&A transactions and PE/VC deals is over 2 billion USD; Executed 20+ transactions; Brought to Ukraine such international business as Fairmont, Intercontinental and Commerzbank; during 2017-2018 managed scale-up of IT company into 40+ countries including Europe and Asia; Was a member of management board of PE Fund with USD 400m under management; During the war convinced Google to launch equity-free Ukraine Startup Fund amounting 5 million

Mateusz Wojdylo is an inventor and a successful founder of several companies including 2 exits. In 2017 Mateusz co-founded and successfully launched tech start-up, Safeside.life, the Swiss online life insurance company trusted by Baloise Bank and a few other big players. Mateusz is a man who turns ideas into reality. In his latest venture, after only a few months of activity his Start-up Share.P has an experienced team, the product that solves the problem of customers and signs contracts with big players on the market including Google. With experience on the international level and an extremely positive attitude he always inspires others to go beyond the impossible. ShareP is very much engaged in helping Ukraine with already several projects, one of them is the UN project in Lviv.

In the past, Khrystyna Faichak was adviser to the Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (2019-2020), adviser to the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine (2019), expert on public administration reform and business self-regulation in the Better Regulation Delivery Office (2015-2022), founder and manager of various educational projects for civil servants and representatives of civil society.

Andrii Deshchytsia is curently the advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine. He served as Ambassador of Ukraine to Poland from October 2014 till July 2022. Previously, he was also the Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland and Iceland in 2008-2012. During Ukraine’s Chairmanship in the OSCE in 2013 Mr. Deshchytsia was Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for protrected conflicts. During and after the Revolution of Dignity in 2013-2014 he played a vital role as a diplomat, publicly opposing the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine at that time. In February 2014 after the victory of the Euromaidan he became Ukrainian Foreign Minister and served in this position till June 2014. From the beginning of Russian invasion into Ukraine Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia has been a vital part of the Ukrainian diplomatic front in Poland, advocating Poland’s support for Ukraine and building strong international coalition to Russian aggression.

Svitlana Muzychenko is formerly a technology entrepreneur, consultant, and sales leader. She has worked in several technology firms in the USA and the UK. She eventually started her own technology services start-up in Brazil (https://smttech.com.br/), growing the company to 70+ employees and a worldwide customer base. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, she has taken a sabbatical from her business and dedicated herself to humanitarian work in Ukraine. She founded UA Brokers Without Borders (https://www.bwb.org.ua/) – a non-profit that works with urgent, grassroots humanitarian projects in Ukraine. As organization UA Brokers Without Borders came together with the objective to save lives in Ukraine and lighten the load of this unjust war. Outside of work and war, Svitlana is a mother of two wonderful boys, an amateur mountain biker, and a very determined human being.

Olga Sulkowska is the Caritas Poland Regional Coordinator for Eastern Europe, including EU Eastern Partnership countries. She has led the emergency humanitarian response of Caritas Poland, dedicated to the groups most affected by the war in Ukraine. She coordinates the cooperation with the local Ukrainian Partners, the Member Organizations of the international network of Caritas and public institutions. In Ukraine, she’s focused on multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) and in-kind food assistance projects that geographical coverage includes the front-line areas of the Eastern and Southern Ukraine regions. Olga leads the flagship Caritas Poland project Family2Family – Ukraine, managed in line with the Caritas unique methodology, already developed and implemented in the Middle East countries (Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Gaza Strip). Olga has over ten years of experience in designing and implementing a wide range of projects, including humanitarian assistance in the Eastern Europe region and the Middle East (Yemen), as well as social and research projects dedicated to the inclusion of migrants in Poland.

Andreas Wilkman is an experienced agile manager. He has over 15 years of experience within banking, special logistics, entrepreneurship and setting up agile teams. His educational background includes Bachelor Degree in Finance and Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation. Before his studies he served one year at the Finnish army within the Marine corps as Intelligence NCO. Mr Wilkman lived and worked in Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands. He has been deployed in Poland and Ukraine since the war took a new turn in February 2022. Therefore he put his personal career on hold and now he is focusing on helping Ukraine through the NGO Zero Line and a few other organisations and volunteering teams. Some of Wilkman’s career highlights before the war was setting up a new capital management firm, strategy setting and negotiations at the highest level in Finland regarding procurement of critical PPE to Finland; planned special supply chain & logistic solution; and coordination of emergency blood transportations within Finland. Some of the aid provided through Wilkmans teams to Ukraine are among other: tourniquets, protective vests, helmets, evacuation vehicles and portable ultrasound equipment’s to the Kiev hospitals while Kiev was under siege.

Andrzej Bułka is a graduate of the Navigation Faculty of the Maritime University of Szczecin. He completed postgraduate studies in leadership psychology at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology and studies in marketing and management at the Warsaw School of Economics. He started his professional career as a merchant navy officer. He has been associated with the TSL industry for several years. He gained managerial experience in international logistics companies. In 2005-2006 he was a manager in the sales department of Eurogate Logistics Ltd. Then, until 2010, he was a shareholder and managing director of LPL Projects & Logistics Polska. In 2010, he headed Fracht FWO Polska as its Managing Director. He has been the Chairman of the Board of the company since January 2019.

Hanna Proszowska is a graduate of Cultural Studies of the Mediterranean countries. She works as an MPCA/Livelihoods Officer in the Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH). After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, she lived and worked as a coordinator of the crisis intervention point at the border crossing in Hrebenne. Currently, Hanna continues to work as a MPCA/Livelihoods Officer on the shelter project in Olsztyn. Privately, she loves to practice yoga and travel.

Svitlana Muzychenko is the Head of Pokrovska municipality in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Her profound experience in the local self-governance and her appreciation of the municipality helped to unite and stay stronger in front of the Russian threat. The municipality is close to the frontline, the wounded soldiers are delivered to the city every day. The city also sends aid to the frontline. The local government provides the locals, IDPs from the eastern regions of Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces with all the necessary services. The municipality became a kind of shield that defends the native lands.

Vladyslav Atroshenko works as the Mayor of Chernihiv He has two higher education degrees in „Aircraft Control Systems”, electrical engineer and „Public Administration”, Master of Public Administration. After graduation, he began his career as an economist in a private bank. Then he worked as a financial director and in other executive positions in private institutions. In 2002 was elected as a Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the IV convocation.In 2005 was appointed the Head of Chernihiv Regional State Administration. In 2007 returned to the private sector. In 2012 again became a Member of Parliament of Ukraine of VII-VIII convocations.In 2015 was elected the Mayor of Chernihiv. In 2020 was re-elected as the Mayor of Chernihiv, supported by 77.49% of voters. On March 6, 2022, for a significant personal contribution to the protection of state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, courage and selfless actions shown during the organization of the defense of the city of Chernihiv from Russian invaders, was awarded the Order „For Courage” of the III degree.

Zbigniew Lasocik is a professor of law and criminology specializing in human trafficking, serious criminality, prison systems, human rights and civil society. He serves as the Director of the Center of Excellence The Human Trafficking Studies Centre, at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. Professor Lasocik was visiting scholar of Columbia University in New York, Harvard University in Cambridge, California State University in Los Angeles, John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and several other universities in the US, UK and Argentina. In 2019 he conducted research on effectiveness of combating human trafficking in the US. Mr Lasocik is an expert of the United Nations, European Commission, OSCE and Council of Europe and former member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture in Geneva. He served as a President of the Polish Section of the International Commission of Jurists in Poland. He participated in over 60 international fact finding and assessment missions regarding prisons, torture prevention, human rights and human trafficking. Professor Lasocik has been a recipient of the Zbigniew Holda Human Rights Award in 2015. He graduated from law and criminology/sociology. He is an author of over 120 scientific publications (books, articles and research reports) in criminology, human trafficking, human rights, torture prevention and prison systems.

Artem Panchenko launched Uber operations in Ukraine back in 2016 as an operations manager. He aimed to offer Ukrainians a comfortable, reliable, and affordable mode of transportation. After adding more and more cities and products including Uber Black and the pilot of Uber Shuttle he moved to Uber CEE central team to cover expansion projects across the region. For the past months of russian war in Ukraine, Artem has been working on relaunching Uber operations in cities, providing our riders with life-saving essential transportation and our drivers with a unique source of continued income to support their families. In addition, he executed Uber’s social impact programs, including the build-out and scale-up of Uber Direct for UN emergency supplies deliveries across Ukraine, our evacuation of irreplaceable cultural heritage artifacts, and our free rides for doctors, nurses, and other essential workers.

Velina Zayats is the Head of Dunayevetska municipality in Khmelnytskyi region. The municipality consists of 54 settlements. It became a shelter for thousands of IDPs. Ms Zayat’s leadership enabled providing IDPs with dwellings, meals and other services for those who suffered. No kids and women were ignored by the municipality. Besides, following the call of the local authorities, the residents of the municipality regularly gather humanitarian aid for the municipalities located close to the frontline. Ms Zayats managed to establish a friendly space for the children from IDP families and their parents on the territory of the municipality.

Michał Szachmat – Board Member of the Association of Ukrainians in Poland Przemyśl Branch; Coordinator of projects aimed to support refugees from Ukraine funded by Polish Humanitarian Action, including Temporary Rapid Assistance Programme (TeRA)for People Who Fled Ukraine; sworn translator of Ukrainian language; volunteer. Since the beginning of the full-scale armed conflict in Ukraine, he has been involved in providing assistance and coordinating activities organised by the Association of Ukrainians in Poland, Przemyśl Branch, the centre of which has been the Ukrainian House in Przemyśl. This institution established the city’s first, still functioning shelter for refugees and has coordinated the work of about 900 volunteers-translators, who have been active since the first days of the crisis. The volunteers-translators are, among others, present round-the-clock at the Railway Station in Przemyśl. Moreover, the employees and volunteers attempt to comprehensively assist refugees from Ukraine in the following areas: psychological support, integrative events, food and NFI support, financial support, assistance in searching for accommodation and employment, teaching Polish language, activities for children, engaging refugees in volunteering etc. The Association coordinates these activities and monitors current needs of refugees from Ukraine staying in the region.

Hleb Salauyou is currently CVA-IM Officer at the Polish Red Cross. He graduated B.A. in International Relations (BSU, Belarus), M.A. in Translation & Interpreting (MSLU, Belarus). His work experience include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Accenture Poland, volunteering and work at Polish Red Cross. Mr Salauyou has more than 12 publications on the topic of Belarusian-Ukrainain relations.

Iryna Tverdovska ia s communication advisor, expert in communications with political parties and state authoritie, head of Communication Offices,project manager, producer, cooperator with mass media, TV production. She specializes in the implementation and development of press services and communication departments, creation of dedicated teams, communication with mass media. She worked as the Head of the press service and Communication Advisor to the representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada Of Ukraine and the Deputy Head of Communication Office of The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Ihor Hnatusha is the Head of Komysh-Zorianska municipality in Zaporizhzhia region. Even though the community was captured by the enemy at the beginning of March, the head of the community continued to provide the population with humanitarian aid and pensions. Risking his life, the head of the community repeatedly delivered the necessary aid to the locals and continued to carry out his duties. Only after direct execution threats, Mr Hnatusha began to manage the community remotely from the city of Zaporizhzhia. As the leader of the regional communities team of Zaporizhzhia, he helps other heads of communities to find solutions on how to ensure the presence of the Ukrainian authorities on the temporarily occupied territories and recover after de-occupation.

Oleh Fasolia graduated from Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State Pedagogical Institute and Kyiv National University of Economics. Teacher of biology and chemistry, master’s degree in administrative management. Defended his thesis at Uman State University named after Pavlo Tychyna. Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences. Worked as a biology and chemistry teacher, school director, newspaper editor, first deputy head of the oblast state administration, director of the Department of Education and Science of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast State Administration. He was a member of the board of the Ministry of Education and Science Ukraine for 4 years. Associate Professor of Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University. The circle of professional interests includes the creation of a system of providing quality educational services, the formation of effective school networks, the establishment of the Profile education in Ukraine, issues of environmental education and environmental education. Co-author of the education manuals „Manual on effective education management in amalgamated territorial communities „New School in New Hromada”, „Profile education in Ukraine: stages of development”, „School Autonomy as a way to effective management of the school”.

Yuliia Nikandrova is head of the Children’s Affairs Service of the Odessa City Council. She graduated from the Odessa National Mechnikov University. In 2017, she studied in Harvard Kennedy School (program „Emerging leaders”). At the beginning of the war, she participated in the evacuation of orphans from orphanages in Odesa and the Odesa region to Poland. Married, she is a mother of two sons.

Jan Linke is Partner and President of the Management Board at Linke Kulicki Law Firm and Legal Counsel specializing in law for business with a particular passion for corporate governance matters and VC investments. Linke Kulicki Law Firm serves many NGOs providing assistance in connection with the war in Ukraine.