Kostiantyn Kvurt

Head of the Board

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

Has over 20 years of experience in managing projects on media and communications in Ukraine and other countries of Eastern Europe. Mr. Kvurt focuses on the features of the Ukrainian media landscape, how it is transforming, and the transformation and development of Ukrainian society today.

He is an expert on global media trends, as well as a strategic advisor with thorough knowledge of issues related to media, freedom of speech, professional ethics, and effective communication practices.

EDUCATION

Master in Philology, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University

Canadian-Ukrainian Management Studies Program, Grant McEwan Community College (Kyiv, Ukraine)

Television Management Course, Thomson Foundation (Cardiff, Wales)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, English, French, Russian.

Natalya Pedchenko

Executive Director

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, FINANCE, REGULATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL DONOR ORGANIZATIONS

A senior executive with 14 years of experience in managing and developing one of the largest media and communication NGOs in Ukraine. Currently managing an organization with 80+ employees and annual revenue of over 2 mln USD.

With her successful experience in managing many of her organization’s projects, Ms. Pedchenko puts the mission of the NGO Internews Ukraine into action. She also ensures effective communication, successful fundraising, and compliance with the legislation and regulations of international donors. Moreover, she is key to Internews Ukraine’s steady development, as well as its organizational and financial stability.

EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration in Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics (MBAI), Kyiv School of Economics

Master of Finance, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University

BA in Business Administration, International Christian University (Kyiv, Ukraine)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, French, German.

Andriy Kulakov

Program Director

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS, MEDIA DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Has 18+ years of experience in developing and implementing projects (with a budget of over 500,000 euros) for Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan funded by the EU, USAID, World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, MATRA, CIDA, EU member state embassies, and other donor institutions.

Mr. Kulakov has helped develop communication strategies for the EU Delegation to Belarus, as well as promoting European integration in Ukraine, along with Public Administration Reform (via the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine). In 2017, he developed and implemented a USAID project on communicating public health and energy reforms in Ukraine. Mr. Kulakov provides communication support to the USAID RADA: Next Generation Program.

An expert on strategic communications, advocacy, and media literacy. An editor and co-author of several study guides and books on media, journalism, and communication issues published by Internews Ukraine.

EDUCATION

MA in Philosophy, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish.

Kostiantyn Romashko

Head of Analytics Department

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: MEDIA MANAGEMENT, CONTENT PRODUCTION, EU-UKRAINE RELATIONS, MEDIA ANALYSIS

Mr. Romashko has been working in the spheres of media and EU-Ukraine relations for over 12 years. He has worked as an analyst and a manager in different projects, including Media Support for the EU Delegation to Ukraine and Building Europe in Ukraine, Stronger Together.

Mr. Romashko manages the Internews Ukraine analytics team and the organization’s analytical projects, including the online publication UkraineWorld, which provides analysis of the main events and processes around the country for international audiences.

EDUCATION

MSc in Political Science, Friedrich-Schiller University (Jena, Germany)

MSc in Political Science, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, German.

Volodymyr Yermolenko

Directors of Analytics

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: PHILOSOPHY OF MEDIA, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, MEDIA LITERACY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL STUDIES, COMMUNICATION OF UKRAINE IN THE WORLD

Mr. Yermolenko has implemented over 30 analytics and communication projects related to information, media literacy, the European identity of Ukraine, EU-Ukraine relations, reforms in Ukraine, Ukrainian media discourse, and the fights against disinformation and Russian aggression.

He is the editor-in-chief of the UkraineWorld online platform, which provides information on events in Ukraine to international audiences. Moreover, he is one of the co-founders of the Voice of War: Veterans’ Stories project, the editor-in-chief of several publications, including Words and Wars: Ukraine Fighting Kremlin Propaganda and Re-Vision of History: Kremlin Historical Propaganda and Ukraine, a book of essays by intellectuals titled Ukraine in Histories and Stories, as well as many other Internews Ukraine publications, including media literacy guides.

Volodymyr Yermolenko is a Ukrainian philosopher, author, and journalist. He has been awarded the following book prizes: the Myroslav Popovych Prize in 2021, the Petro Mohyla Prize in 2021, the Yuri Shevelov Prize in 2018, and the Ukraine Book of the Year award in 2018.

He is the author of numerous articles on Ukraine, Europe, and international relations. Texts and comments by Mr. Yermolenko have been published by Le Monde, Atlantic Council, Financial Times, Newsweek, EUObserver, Euractiv, and Die Welt. He often provides comment on events in Ukraine to foreign media outlets, including New York Times, The Economist, Le Monde, Radio France International, France 24, Süddeutsche Zeitung, La Croix, and Mediapart.

EDUCATION

PhD in Political Studies, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, EHESS (Paris, France)

MA in International Relations and European Studies, Central European University (Budapest, Hungary)

MA in Philosophy, C.Phil, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, English, French, Russian, German, Polish.

Diana Ishchenko

Creative Director

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: CREATIVE COMMUNICATIONS, STRATEGIC MARKETING, DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS

Ms. Ishchenko has 10+ years of experience in strategic communications, Internet marketing, and complex creative campaigns for social change.

She is responsible for brand management, development and implementation of social media strategies, email marketing, and reporting and marketing analytics at Internews Ukraine. She was involved in the organization’s rebranding, as well as updating its internal and external communications.

Ms. Ishchenko has participated in developing and implementing communication strategies for Ukrainian and international projects including #PrisonersVoice, ARTIFAKE, TrollessUA, Fit Your Life in a Suitcase, Propagandarium, Re-Vision of History, and Ukraine in Histories and Stories.

She also supervised identity development for the #2022БезТютюну (2022 Without Tobacco) advocacy campaign to encourage Ukraine’s Parliament to strengthen anti-smoking legislation. The campaign achieved its goal, as at the end of 2021, the Rada passed legislative proposal No. 4358.

Ms. Ishchenko provides advisory services to Ukrainian and international editorial offices on SMM and launching promo campaigns with Facebook, Instagram, Google Ads, and TikTok.

EDUCATION

Diploma in Professional Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)

Master’s in Business Management and Administration, National Transport University

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, French

Pavlo Belousov

Expert on Digital Technologies

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: INTERNET TECHNOLOGIES, MEDIA LITERACY, DIGITAL SECURITY

Mr. Belousov has considerable experience in managing and promoting Internet projects, coordinating IT products, and software testing. In his work with Internews Ukraine, he is responsible for implementing technological innovations. As an expert of Digital Security School DSS3380, he is involved in projects on digital security support for national and regional media, and he also participates in analytical research, including the Index of Personal Data Protection 2021.

EDUCATION

Participant of the course Computer Technologies in Business, Volodymyr Vernadsky Tavriia National University

Alumnus of the Faculty of Slavic Philology and Journalism, Volodymyr Vernadsky Tavriia National University

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English.

Nadiia Ushchapivska

Head of Communications

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS

Ms. Ushchapivska provides communication support to the organization's projects. She is responsible for establishing and maintaining the organization's relations with Ukraine’s national and regional media promoting the organization's information products, and running media campaigns and events.

Ms. Ushchapivska coordinates the Ukrainian Regional Media Guide – a comprehensive overview of over 400 regional media outlets in all of Ukraine’s regions, including the temporarily occupied territories.

EDUCATION

MA in Political Science with a specialization on German and European Studies, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Exchange program participant, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, Polish

Dmytro Zinchuk

Project Unit Team Leader

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: PROJECT MANAGEMENT, COMMUNICATION OF REFORMS, EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, REGIONAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT

Mr. Zinchuk has over 5 years of experience in managing and coordinating projects. He focuses on cooperation with regional journalists, coordination of scholarship and grant programs, organization and management of media events, and communication of success stories related to reforms and European integration. Mr. Zinchuk has organized about 100 events and trainings for regional journalists, the Mediazlit online school for aspiring journalists; the Academy of Public Activism to train civic activists on communications; the Fit Your Life in a Suitcase public interactive installation in Kyiv, Lviv, and Odesa; and took part in the development of the Reforms Guide, a book that helps readers understand 17 key reforms in Ukraine.

EDUCATION

BA in International Relations, MA in Political Science, National University of Ostroh Academy

MA in East European Studies, University of Warsaw

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, English, Polish, Russian

Kateryna Yudina

Deputy Executive Director

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: MANAGEMENT OF DIVERSE PROJECTS, COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, STRATEGIC PLANNING

Ms. Yudina has over 5 years of experience in managing and coordinating projects. She has organized trainings for journalists and youth in both offline and online formats, as well as events attended by 200+ participants and international travel and presentations. She also has strong familiarity with the Ukrainian media market.

Ms. Yudina managed the EU Study Days educational project from the EU Delegation to Ukraine (implemented by the Centre for Ukrainian Reform Education), where in addition to organizing events across Ukraine, she was involved in developing a network of 1000+ participants and managed the transition of the project into an online format.

She has experience in managing projects on communication for socially important issues. She was involved in the 2019 publication of Ukraine in Histories and Stories, a book of essays by Ukrainian intellectuals about Ukraine for international audiences.

Ms. Yudina implemented Audience Understanding and Digital Support projects supporting Ukrainian independent media through mini-grants and trainings. As part of the project Diversity Enriches: Highlighting the Contribution of Ethnic, Religious Minorities and LGBT People to Ukrainian Society, funded by Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ukraine, she and her project team organized trainings and a scholarship program for Ukrainian journalists, launched the #RighttoBeYourself hashtag campaign on social media, coordinated the publication of several articles, and produced the documentary Mountain Breeze about Crimean Tatars.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in Publishing and Editing, Institute of Publishing and Printing, Ihor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

MA in Journalism, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Svitlana Ivashchenko

Chief Accounting Officer

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING

Ms. Ivashchenko has 5+ years of experience in financial project management, reporting to donors, project budgeting, and analytics. She manages the organization’s financial department and oversees accounting activities.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in International Economics, Poltava University of Economics and Trade

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English

Oleksii Mizin

Finance Director

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: FINANCIAL CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT

Mr. Mizin maintains financial control of the organization's projects, which are implemented with the support of the European Union, USAID, UNFPA, and other international donors. He has worked with projects run by UN foundations, Counterpart International, Finnish Consulting Group, and more.

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s in Theoretical Economics, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

Master’s in Investment Management, Vadym Hetman Kyiv National Economic University

Bachelor’s in International Business Administration, European University Viadrina (Germany)

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English, German

Svitlana Panchuk

Financial Accounting Unit Team Leader

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING

Ms. Panchuk has over 18 years of experience in accounting and financial management, ensuring compliance with budgetary regulations, forecasting, reporting, and auditing.

EDUCATION

Master’s in Accounting and Auditing, National Aviation University

LANGUAGES

Ukrainian, Russian, English