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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.

Oleksandr Korinnyi is the Head of Novoukrayinska municipality in Kirovohrad region. A member of the National delegation to Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. After the decentralisation reform started in 2016, Oleksandr Korinnyi initiated the founding of the All-Ukrainian Association of Local Communities. More than 600 municipalities from all over Ukraine became members of the organisation. In 2020 Mr Korinnyi became the head of the All-Ukrainian Association of Local Communities for the second time. From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, Oleksandr provided the municipality support for the local Territorial Defence and arranged the care for IDPs from the Eastern and Southern parts of Ukraine. At the same time the Association, ruled by Mr Korinnyi, launched a special project “Municipality for Municipalities” which allowed to set up sending aid from the municipalities in the western part of Ukraine to the municipalities in the eastern part.

David Allen Schlaefer is the Senior Advisor for War Crimes and Accountability in Ukraine in the Office for Global Criminal Justice at the US Department of State. He was previously the Senior Assistance Coordinator at the US Embassy in Kyiv and served as Acting DCM and Team Leader in Rzeszow during the past year. In that capacity, he worked on coordination of US foreign assistance with international partners and implementers following the Russian invasion as well as the reopening of the Embassy. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Schlaefer was the previous Deputy Special Envoy to the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS from 2020-2021 and was the Director for Political-Military Affairs at the US Embassy in Tokyo from 2011-2015. He has been a diplomat for almost 30 years.

Oleksandr Iatsyna was born in 1983, city Vinnytsia Ukraine – Ph.D. in medical sciences, Honored Doctor of Ukraine, Deputy Director for Medical and Coordination work of the National Cancer Institute, President of the All-Ukrainian Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Pelvic Floor, Vice-President of the Association of Aesthetic Gynecology and Andrology in the „Andrology”, Founder of the Charitable Foundation „Mercy and Health”. Author of 233 scientific works, 15 patents for inventions, 17 information sheets, 4 methodological recommendations, co-author of 5 training manuals, 1 textbook „Textbook of male genitourethral reconstruction” (Springer, 2020). Awarded the Gold Medal at the 8th International Salon of Inventions and New Technologies „Novy Chas” for the development of the „Urodynamic system and new methods of conducting urological and proctological examinations”. High education obtained in Vinnytsia National Medical University of M. I. Pirogov, and internship at the NMAPE of P. L. Shupyk (urology, oncology), National Military Medical Academy. A practicing surgeon of the entire range of modern operations on the urinary and genital organs. Actively engaged in medical and volunteer activities. Since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, it has been helping medical institutions affected by hostilities on the territory of Ukraine and military units by providing humanitarian aid in the form of medical equipment, ambulances, medicines, and tactical means.

Chief Financial Officer in Bravecare, Founder and CEO in Fundacja „Bezpieczni Finansowo”, woman mentor in financial education area.

Dr André Lieber is a surgeon with many years of experience. He became a graduated surgeon in 1993, a chest surgeon in 1997 and a visceral surgeon in 2002. Dr Lieber was all together in 22 deployments with regular forces, navy and other forces where he served as a medical surgeon. His first deployment was Somalia in 1993/94. He also served in the Military Hospital in Berlin as a consultant and was a member in the medical Advisory Board for the Medical Command (surgery, surgical instruments and consumables, procedures and consumables for or medic´s, teaching of our younger surgeons, developer and medical director of the German war surgery course).

Tetiana Svyrydenko is the Head of Ivankivska municipality in Kyiv region. Ms Svyrydenko has more than 10 years of experience working in local governance and public authority. In 2022, the President of Ukraine awarded her with the III grade Order of Princess Olga. The municipality was occupied from the first days of the full-scale invasion. The enemy shelling out flamed the Maria Prymachenko historical museum in Ivankiv, where the pictures of the outstanding artist were kept. However, the locals saved the majority of the works. Nowadays the municipality solves the question of the museum rebuilding.

Anna Radecka is an experienced humanitarian and development aid specialist. Since 2010 she was implementing development aid programmes for Polish Center for International Aid (PCPM) in Georgia and Palestine, as a Project Coordinator and Head of Mission. In the past, she was national expert for EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) as well. Also, cooperating with Solidarity Fund PL agency (Moldova, Georgia and Armenia programmes). Currently, she is coordinating PCPM humanitarian programmes in Ukraine, specifically, the cash assistance modality, that is addressed mostly to internally displaced persons. Her motto is to help people make their lives better by encouraging them to use their own minds and concepts.

Vadim Danilchenko has a bachelor’s degree in fitness and recreation, and a Master’s degree in sports physiology. He is a graduate student of the Department Psychology and Pedagogy. Vadym has been working as a fitness and physical training specialist for 13 years.

Bogusław Świeży is a native of the city of Przemyśl. In 2003, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Rzeszów and obtained a Master’s Degree in Law. Bogusław worked in a managerial position (Director of Commercial Affairs) from 2003 to 2007. In September 2008, he took a management post at the trading company BOZ-3 Sp. z o.o., and from July 2014, he began to serve as the Company’s Managing Director. As Company Director, Bogusław was responsible for creating plans and strategies for the company’s operations, as well as for their execution, monitoring and analyzing the market, negotiating terms of cooperation and trade agreements, along with compliance of the company’s operations according to the current law.

Victoria Kerr is a Scottish lawyer and Consultant with the T.M.C. Asser Institute in The Hague. She works primarily on the MATRA project ”Strengthening Ukraine’s Capacity to Investigate and Prosecute International Crimes”, in partnership with Global Rights Compliance and funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her work focuses on supporting several national criminal justice actors in investigating, prosecuting, adjudicating and reporting on international crimes. She also contributes to projects in the context of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF). Prior to joining the T.M.C. Asser Institute, Victoria worked for Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, on their UK Military Accountability project, and for GRC on their Mass Starvation project. She also spent time assisting the Defence team for Jovica Stanišic at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in the Hague, as well as at the International Bar Association and the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre in London. She holds an LL.B. (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh (2015), with a year spent at Universität Wien in Austria (2013-2014), and obtained an LL.M. in Globalisation and Law (specialisation in Human Rights) from Maastricht University (2016).

Liam O’Hagan is a Chartered Engineer and graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Queens University Belfast. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare and Environmental Management, a Fellow of the Association of Consulting Engineers, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers and a Member of the Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland. Liam joined a Consulting Engineering practice in 1978 as a design engineer and went on to become the Managing Director and Chairman of this International practice of Consulting Engineers with 12 offices located worldwide. He has been involved with many notable building successes in Ireland, United Kingdom, Romania, Russia, Nigeria, Libya, USA and the Middle East. He brings a solid network of close contacts amongst the NI business community. He has a special interest in Sustainability and in particular Nett Zero buildings. Liam was a past board member of NICENT (Northern Ireland Centre for Entrepreneurship) and is currently Chair of Grow the Glens CIC Ltd, a community organisation set up to foster employment and employability in the Glens of Antrim area. He is a Director of MedPro Scientific. Currently engaged in a Consultancy role in Greenview Group driving Business Development.

Oleg Dunda was born on March 6, 1980 in Dnipropetrovsk. In 1999, he graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk Welding and Electronics Technical College (programmer-system engineer). Thesis (practical) – creation of software for calculating the reliability of electronic devices.In 2001, he graduated from the State Institute of Advanced Training and Retraining of Managers and Specialists of the Metallurgical Complex (Dnipro) with a major in Finance. Diploma work – development of financial instruments for managing bad loans of a commercial bank.Candidate for People’s Deputies from the Servant of the People party in the parliamentary elections in 2019 (electoral district No. 91, Fastiv, Makarivskyi, Fastivskyi districts, part of Kyiv-Sviatoshynskyi, part of Skvyrskyi districts). Member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Construction and Design. Speaker of the „Servant of the People” party with a clear pro-Ukrainian position. Actively participates in international activities. He is a member of the interparliamentary friendship groups with France, the Baltic countries, the Czech Republic, and Luxembourg.

Myshenin Dmitry Mikhailovich was born and grew up in Donetsk region. Ukraine. In 2014-2018, he assisted as a volunteer in evacuations, humanitarian assistance to the needy, shelter and rehabilitation projects in Ukraine. With the beginning of the war, he resumed his volunteering activities creating new projects and opening up a foundation „Angels of Salvation”. Main areas of his work include: evacuation, humanitarian aid, assistance to the settlers, preparation for winter, children’s emergency.

Kateryna Leontyeva took the role of promoting variability of educational opportunities and distance education in Ukraine in February 2014, after her daughter’s school in Crimea suffered from the annexation. Within several months Kateryna launched distance education in a number of Ukrainian schools making Ukrainian education available for those in the occupied Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Eight years later, on February 24th 2022, Kateryna woke up from the missile attack in her home in Kharkiv and decided to leave. After a 52 hour trip she came to Poland as a refugee with her teen daughter, their pet rat and a backpack, with no plans or contacts. Kateryna received help from random people, who truly became her new Polish family. As of day one in Warsaw Kateryna started volunteering with a number of organizations. After several months of volunteering as an interviewer at Rafal Lemkin Centre for Documenting Russian Crimes in Ukraine, Kateryna became a coordinator of the Centre, specializing in video and audio evidence. Kateryna uses her vast corporate background and project management skills to implement the best practices for launching and promoting the Centre’s archive with the evidence of russian war crimes in Ukraine. Kateryna’s purpose in this work is making sure the world doesn’t “get tired” of the war and continues to fight russian aggression as one. Kateryna’s dream is to show beautiful, victorious Ukraine to her new Polish family.

Nadiia Kovalchuk is a deputy director of the CF Right to Protection, a non-governmental organization, since 2021. The Right to Protection is a leading Ukrainian organization that works comprehensively with the problems of people who are forcibly displaced. Over the past 8 months, our organization has grown 6 times, and the team is now implementing over 45 projects. More than 1000 specialists provide legal aid, psychophysiological support, cash and in-kind assistance and social services. We advocate rights of IDPs, refugees and stateless people. Previously, Ms Kovalchuk was also a deputy director of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund, a program manager of the Reanimation Package of Reform (a coalition of NGOs), a senior project manager of the Ukrainian Catholic University, and a project manager of the Victor Pinchuk Foundation.

Volodymyr Mitsuk, head of Biloziria village community in Cherkasy district of Cherkasy region. He has been working in local self-government bodies for 12 years. Mr Mitsuk was the head of the first Cherkasy region amalgamated territorial community, formed in August 2015. Due to the decentralization reform, he managed to implement many positive changes in the village of Biloziria. Since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, Volodymyr Mitsuk actively coordinates the volunteer movement in the community and cooperates with humanitarian organizations. Residents of the community weave camouflage nets, buy ammunition and food, fundraise, and organize field kitchens – all for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The community actively participates in the Gardens of Victory programme of the President of Ukraine. The programme aims to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine, IDPs and Ukrainians in the fight zones with the vegetables.

Robert Jacek Moritz is the President of ALTA SA, a company investing in projects creating urban spaces and technical solutions. In the 90s, he managed the courier company Servisco (now DHL), as well as the shipping company Hellmann Moritz. Since 2005, he has been the CEO of ALTA, a company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. He carried out the process of transformation of the company from transport to investment activities. An urban visionary who created the Siewierz Jeziorna Town based on the principles of new urbanism – the first such place in Poland. He wants to share his vast experience, to inspire municipal authorities and for other innovators to follow this direction. Originator and co-founder of the CitiSense think tank, an organization that brings together exceptional experts and professionals in the fields of new urbanism and the future of cities.

Michał Kuroń is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and psychotherapy supervisor. He is Head of the Psychology Team of the Psychiatry, Combat Stress and Psychotraumatology Clinic of the Military Medical Institute – National Research Institute in Warsaw. His scientific interests include broadly understood aspects of personality disorders occurrence and mental illnesses in the group of uniformed services officers and crisis intervention. He also deals with issues that focus on the role of a psychologist during mass events and accidents, with particular emphasis on the psychological consequences of event participants. For many years, he has been actively involved in the creation and implementation of training programs for doctors and psychologists from Ukraine in the field of treating disorders related to traumatic stress. Projects are continuously implemented stationary in Ukraine, also during the period of increased aggression by Russia, which directs its attacks against civilians and civilian facilities, such as hospitals, medical facilities, shops and schools.

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.