Our Team

Andrii VITRENKO

Chair

Representative of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language (since 11/2020). Advisor to Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine (05/2016-08/2019). Vice Minister of Culture for European Integration (2014-2016). Head of MEP’s office at the European Parliament (2005-2007), (2009-2014) (Brussels, Belgium). International Secretary of the Political party «People’s Union «Our Ukraine»» (2007-2009). Project Manager at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (2003-2005). Head of Department of International Cooperation of the Foundation for Support of Youth Democratic Initiatives (2000-2003)

Oleksii POLEGKYI

Academic Director

Research Fellow at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, Canada and Member of Political Communication Research Unit at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He received an MA in Philosophy from the T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine and earned a PhD in Political Sciences from the University of Wroclaw, Poland and the University of Antwerp, Belgium. He was a Research Fellow at the Graduate Institute of Russian Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan and Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK), Hungary

Liudmyla VITRENKO

Executive Director

PhD. Expert of the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (2008-2009). Project Manager at the Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (2007-2008)

Nataliya SAD

Communications Manager

Communications Advisor of IT-team, Custom Service of Ukraine (since 05/2020). Communications Lead, Custom Service of Ukraine (02/2020-04/2020). Manager, SoE «Prozorro» (2018-01/2020). Communication Director and Editor-in-Chief at News Department, Kraina FM Radio Company (2016-2017). Media Support Programs Coordinator, Internews Ukraine (2013-2016). Project Manager, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation (2008-2013)

Serhii GUT

Project Сoordinator

Expert of the Department of International Cooperation of the Political party «People’s Union «Our Ukraine»» (2007-2010). Project Manager at the Youth Innovation Foundation (2004-2007)