Our Mentors

Meet the dedicated mentors behind See Forward Ukraine.

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Guiding the Next Generation

Our mentors and speakers bring invaluable expertise, experience, and dedication to supporting the next generation of Ukrainian leaders. Through mentorship, support, and leadership development, they help shape a new generation of leaders ready to rebuild, inspire, and drive meaningful change in their communities.

Entrepreneurs

  • Svitlanka Sergiichuk

    Co-Founder at Neofin | Fintech | Lending automation | Mastercard Start Path and BMO WMNFintech Alumna

  • Daria Shapovalova

    Founder at DRESSX | Member of BOF 500 Global community | The Vogue Business 100 Innovators | Forbes 30 Under 30

  • Paul English

    Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Kayak

  • Kate Johnson

    Kate Johnson

    Global Marketing Director, Google | Adweek Most Powerful Women In Sports | Board Member | Olympic Medalist | Speaker

  • Olivia Viessmann

    Olivia Viessmann

    Director at NVIDIA | ML, AI, LLM | Bio-molecular Design | Neuroscience

  • Liev Schreiber

    Actor, Director and Writer
    Co-founder and board member of BlueCheck Ukraine

  • Semyon Dukach

    Founding Partner at One Way Ventures

  • Alex Iskold

    Alex Iskold

    Founder | Investor | Partner 2048 Ventures

  • Olena Volos

    Musician | DJ | Psychoanalyst

  • Alyona Gritsuk

    Alyona Gritsuk

    CEO at Netpeak | Certified Google Premier Partner | Partnerships & Strategy

  • Liubov Kolomiets

    Liubov Kolomiets

    COO at Novoplex | IT Services & iGaming Product Development | Women in Tech Ukraine

Academia

  • Ksenia Semenova

    Chief Executive of National Aviation University (NAU) Kyiv, Ukraine

  • Larissa Doroshenko

    Political Communications Researcher & Data Scientist analyzing media and detecting foreign malign informational interference with computational methods

  • Yana Sabliash

    Senior Copywriter | Content Manager

  • Muhammad Zaman

    Muhammad Zaman

    HHMI professor of Biomedical Engineering and Global Health at Boston University

  • Serhii Plokhy

    Professor of Ukrainian history at Harvard University, Director of the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, bestselling author of books on Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, KGB, Chernobyl

Social Development & Management

  • Maryna Saprykina

    Sustainability Consultant | CEO for CSR Ukraine | Founder of Ukrainian Women-Enterpreneurs Hub | Public speaker and coach | Winner of the Nordic Business Forum Speaker Contest-2023

  • Hanna Mishchenko

    CEO & Partner of Kyiv School of Public Administration (KSPA) | Ukrainian | Ambassador of Social Projects | GR | Fundraising | Public Speaker | Ethic Leadership Ambassador

  • Olha Sadula

    Career Consultant and People Manager at FastCTO | Recruitment Coach

  • Tetiana Graban

    Golda Meir Institute Ukraine-Israel, Chair of the Board

  • Taya Mliuzan

    Talando Recruitment | HR Tech Startup Advisor | 1st Aid to Ukrainians

  • Olena Markina

    HR Director @ New Energy Nexus

Journalism & Law

  • Katya Soldak

    Editorial Director, Forbes International Editions

  • Margarita Karpenko

    Partner at Imagine Lawyers LLC

  • Olena Savchuk

    Counsel in Banking and Finance at INTEGRITES

  • Anna J. Davis

    Anna J. Davis

    Founder of Sefton Analytics and Sefton Scholars; Tutor at the University of Oxford.

  • Oksana Kochmarska

    Oksana Kochmarska

    Founder & CEO at Accounting HUB | Tax & Legal Department Director at KPMG Ukraine

  • Mimi Yagoub

    Mimi Yagoub

    Head of Communication at One Way Ventures | Investigative Journalism | PR

  • Yulia Dukach

    Yulia Dukach

    Strategic Development Manager at Molfar Intelligence Institute | Analysis | Cybersecurity | Strategic Communications

  • Irina Tarsis

    Irina Tarsis

    Founder and Director, Center for Art Law | JD | Art Law, IP & AI

Military

  • Sabastian Mandell

    U.S. Army Green Beret, President at Harvard Undergraduate Veterans