International
Mayors Congress 2016

Jaroslawa Z. Johnson was appointed WNISEF President and CEO effective January 1, 2015. Ms. Johnson will direct, oversee and provide overall management for the WNISEF program activities and will remain a member of the Fund’s Board of Directors in addition to her role as President and CEO.

She is a founding member and former chairperson of America Ukraine Business Council, which sponsored the first American visit of a Ukrainian president in 1991, and she organized the first Ukraine-U.S. Trade Conference for American companies in 1992. She was appointed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton to the Board of Directors of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund in 1994, serving as an active member of the Board since its inception.

Over the course of more than two decades of international corporate legal work, Ms. Johnson advised many Fortune 500 companies and other Western multinationals on cross-border transactions with Ukraine. During her many years as an international corporate attorney in Ukraine, Ms. Johnson was consistently recognized by international legal directories as a leading lawyer in Ukraine’s corporate, banking and finance and energy sectors.

Berry Vrbanovic was elected as Mayor of the City of Kitchener in 2014, after serving as a City Councillor from 1994-2014. During his time as a councillor, Berry’s commitment to his constituents resulted in the fire station at Ottawa Street and River Road, the Grand River-Stanley Park branch of the Kitchener Public Library and the Stanley Park Community Centre.

In addition to serving on all regular standing committees of Kitchener city council and Region of Waterloo council, Berry is also an appointee and active participant on many boards and committees. He is also Treasurer of United Cities & Local Governments and is President Emeritus (2011-12) of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.

In 2014, Berry ran for the elected office of mayor and with an outpouring of community support was successful. He is committed to improving the quality of life for residents in Kitchener and throughout the Region of Waterloo.

Chris Goertzen became the eighth mayor of Steinbach when he was elected on October 25th, 2006 and is currently serving his third term as Mayor. As a member of Council, he has been a champion of Steinbach and its vital role in the southeast region. Mayor Goertzen emphasizes a vision for Steinbach that is based on proactive leadership in the following areas: (1) planning for Steinbach’s long-term growth, (2) building on Steinbach’s strong foundation of values and fiscal responsibility, and (3) engaging the vitality of Steinbach’s youth.

Mayor Goertzen’s political career began in 2002 when he was first elected as a Councillor for the City of Steinbach. During his term as Councillor, he was the chairperson of the Land Use and Permits Committee and played a key role in having the City of Steinbach join the regional Conservation District. He also served on the Library Board and was a representative on the Operations Committee.

In his current role, Mayor Goertzen serves as the Chair of Council as well as the Chair of the Strategic Priorities Committee for the City of Steinbach as well as the Chariperson of the Steinbach Regional Leaders Committee. In addition, Mayor Goertzen is also the President of the Steinbach Community Development Corporation and President of the Association of Manitoba Municipalities where he has held roles as the Chairperson of the Administration Committee and Chair of the Municipal Policy Committee. These official roles are supplemented by a lengthy history of community service through his involvement with organizations such as the Steinbach Arts Council, Ten Thousand Villages and various church committees.

Mayor Goertzen successfully balances his busy political life with his store ownership and personal commitment to his wife, Annalee Schellenberg and their children, Otto and Naomi. When time for retrospection and rest is called for, he can be found walking among his trees on a small parcel of land just outside of Steinbach or fishing in the Whiteshell Provincial Park.

Following several years in the non-profit sector, she joined the City in 1990 and has been leading, convening and supporting inter-sectoral partnerships ever since. Over the past 26 years she has brought community and local government together to address such issues as homelessness, local economic development, strategic planning, and sustainability. She is the current lead for the City’s Civic Engagement Strategy.

In the years 2010-2014 as a Vice President of Lodz oversaw the Department of Social Affairs.

Under his leadership following projects were developed:

• Mia100 Schools program, in which, among others, were renovated 63 educational institutions
• Senior program, addressed to people 60+, together with Kartą Seniora
• Program to promote large families, together with Kartą Dużej Rodziny

In December 2014 was sent for public consultation to local government of Lodz for the first time in the history of the city.

Danylo Bilak is a Managing Partner of the Kyiv office of CMS Cameron McKenna.

Bilak has over 25 years of professional experience in Ukraine. He is a Canadian lawyer who has worked with many investors in Ukraine. Bilak said that the office will focus on communication with all key stakeholders – government officials, businesses, local authorities and society. The office will work to attract investment, increase exports, restoration and development of tourism industry.

Bilak also was appointed as an Adviser to Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groisman.

Since January 2015 Koshman has been a Managing Director of Aspen Institute. The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues.

Education: Council of Europe School of Political Studies.

Pavlo Sheremeta – former President of the Kyiv School of Economics and Deputy Chairman of the Global Council of Ukraine at the World Economic Forum. He teaches strategy and leadership in leading business schools in many countries of Eastern Europe and Asia. Also he is an adviser to the mayor of Lviv on strategy development. Pavlo led economic program “Free People” on TVi channel and writes a regular column for Forbes magazine Ukraine. During 2008 to 2011, he was a part of the team of the “Blue Ocean Strategy Institute” of Malaysia, which advised the Malaysian government on economic reforms. Often acting moderator, commentator and speaker at conferences.

Andriy was elected as a Mayor of the city on March 26, 2006, on October 2010 was re-elected as leader of the city.

He started his career in 1989, working as traffic controller of electronics at production association “Lvivprybor.” He held the post of Deputy Director of the Lviv office of social adaptation of youth, Chairman of the Board of JSC “Pivdenzahidelektromerezhbud”, Chairman of the Board of JSC “Broadcasting company Lux”, Director of City Development Institute and leader of the political party “Samopomich”.

Andriy Sadovyi takes part in social activities of the city since 1997.

He received three degrees: Electronic Technology Engineer, Economist of Finance and Credit and a Master of Public Administration.

Sergiy Marchenko studied at the Academy of the Tax Service of Ukraine, and in 2002 received his Masters degree in public finance management. During his studies, he was granted a Presidential scholarship. Later, he pursued his academic research at the Research Institute of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine and obtained a degree as a candidate of economic sciences in 2009.

In 2002, Mr. Marchenko started his public service career and occupied various positions at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine, State Fiscal Service and Committee for Finance and Banking as well as at the Secretariat of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

Mr. Marchenko is an expert in fields related to fiscal decentralization, budget process and tax policy. He was actively engaged in elaborating and promoting reforms in these areas.

In 2011, Mr. Marchenko joined the Coordination Centre for Reforms Implementation at the President of Ukraine. He participated in the elaboration of the Budget Code of Ukraine which was adopted in 2014 and paved the way for the fiscal decentralization reform. He coordinated the elaboration of draft laws amending the funding mechanisms for healthcare institutions and making them more independent.

He has been working as an expert at Bendukidze Free Market Center and acted as academic director of 2015-2016 KSE and GIZ joint program “Leadership in Public Finance”.

On May 27, 2016, Mr. Marchenko was designated the Deputy Minister of Finance of Ukraine.

Vadym Boichenko was elected as Mayor of the half million city Mariupol in 2015. He was supported by more than 70{906ca28f7ab3030e064897f03a18ab97e397a58ee19ca0ec033f5ecb2537e8e4} of voters. He has over 10 years of personnel management and development experience. He worked as the Director of Personnel and Social Affairs at PJSC “ILYICH Iron and Steel Works” from 2013 to 2015. He holds two degrees in “Organization of Transportation and Transport Management” and “Business Administration”. Last year he has obtained additional education, passing the multimodal training named “INSEAD” in “Transforming business processes”.

In his current role, less than a year Mayor Boichenko has implemented a number of complex projects aimed at openness and transparency of government, as well as the creation of new workplaces and increase of the investment attractiveness of the city.

• Executive Director of Association of Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine – June 2013 – Present
• Deputy Executive Director of Association of Energy Efficient Cities of Ukraine – April 2009 – June 2013

Over 15 years of experience in economic development. At Economic Development Agency PPV Knowledge Networks, Volodymyr is responsible for overall strategy, team development and portfolio management. Since 2008, is involved in such issues as investment promotion, industrial parks, cluster management, EU funding, cultural and creative industries, corporate social responsibility, innovation management and SME promotion in Ukraine. Prior to this, he held positions in various international associations in Brussels and Rotterdam.

Engaged in international economic and business development. Before moving to Ukraine Kadie worked in Canadian cities and as a consultant internationally. She is an award-winning multi-media producer and economic developer who has created and activated several international campaigns aimed at attracting foreign direct investment and trade. Currently Kadie is a Senior Governance Advisor for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ international program “Partnership for Local Economic Development and Democratic Governance” (PLEDDG). She works with sixteen cities across Ukraine to support open governance, economic development and intergovernmental cooperation.

Mr. Bova has been working for about 12 years as a Mayor of Trostyanets city, Sumy region. Author of numerous of local self-government practices on questions of investment politics, the creation of workplaces and competition environment for development of small and midsize businesses, bringing in the public to the budgetary processes in communities, and others, that realized in Trostyanets and confessed by the best practices of Ministry of Regional development and building of Ukraine. Member of the Association of small towns in Ukraine, the vice-president of “Club of mayors”, the vice-president of “Association of open cities”. A specialist is on bringing in the foreign investments.

Since 1975, Graham began working at the European Commission, where he received eighteen (18) years of successful experience of European regional policy in the European Commission as a Director and Director General on governance of European regional policy. Work in this area covered the establishment and implementation of European Regional Policy after the introduction of new European legislation in 1988. Since 2006, Graham was an adviser to the Government of China on regional development, environmentally sustainable urbanization and poverty reduction. Graham was the founder of MC and TS-Europe (in 2007) – the company that provides consulting services on the EU and working in the EU and China. In 2006, Graham received an honorary doctorate from the University Strathclyde city, Glasgow. He also awarded the Emperor Maximilian Prize for work in the field of regional politics. He studied political economy at the University of Edinburgh. Graham speaks fluent English and French.

A few years ago, Yuriy changed active life in the capital of Ukraine on life in Frankivsk. Now he is not only engaged in business. He also leads community projects on changing the life of his native city.

• The entrepreneur, restaurateur
• Director of “23 Restaurants”, 2009
• Co-founder of Teple Misto Project, 2014

Oleksandr was elected as a Mayor of Mykolaiv on November 2015.

Since 2010 he serves as a director of PE “Leda”. Under his direction installation of fire protection were successfully designed and completed at LLC “Procter & Gamble Manyufekturinh Ukraine”, JSC “Chumak”, JSC “AT Cargill” Kakhovka hydroelectric branch of PJSC “UHE” UDP “Ukrkhimtransamiak”, JSC “Krymsoda”. By that time he worked more than 10 years in private sector.

Oleksandr obtained Master of Computer Science at the International scientific-educational complex “Institute for Applied Systems Analysis” NTU of Ukraine “KPI”, specialty “Intelligent Decision Support Systems”.

Viola is an Alliance 90/The Greens politician who represented Lower Saxony in the Bundestag, the German federal parliament from 2009 to 2013.

Viola von Cramon graduated from Ratsgymnasium Bielefeld in 1989. From 1990 to 1991 she did an internship in field of Agriculture at Demeter Charity Organization in Upper Bavaria. From 1992 to 1993, she was an Erasmus Scholar at Wye College in Kent Country followed by the Language and Study visit to Russia in 1993, traineeship in Voronezh and Belgorod within the World Bank Feasibility study project in 1994 and study visit to Estonia in 1995.

In 1996, von Cramon was employed as an assistant to the Ukrainian Government within the economic-political project of German Government in Kiev. She continued studies and graduated University of Bonn in 1997 with a degree in Agricultural economics. From 1993 to 1996, parallel to her studies and professional activities, she lectured at Agra-Europe and other publishing houses.

From 1997 to 2004 von Cramon was operating independent projects in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2006-2007 she attended lectures at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Iryna coordinates the Local Economic Development Program under which Western NIS Enterprise Fund supported a number of projects. In particular, the e-public procurement system ProZorro, 1991 Open Data Incubator, CANactions Scholl of Urban Studies, reconstruction of schools in post-war territory, the projects “Open Court Reporter” and “Hub Schools.”

Previously, Iryna worked at ADETEF, a public agency of French international technical assistance under the Ministry of Finance of France that ensures intergovernmental cooperation between the two countries at the national and regional levels in the field of public finance, audit, public service reform, energy efficiency and transport.

She is a member of the Board of the Professional Government Initiative, which brought together graduates of foreign universities to support the reforms. Iryna conducted a study on the role of graduates of foreign universities as change agents in Ukraine, the results of which were provided to the team of reformers at the Presidential Administration.

Master of Advanced European Studies at College of Europe (Warsaw), Iryna taught European integration policy at the National Academy of Public Administration, where she did her thesis.

Nadiia has 20 years of working experience in spheres of sales, marketing and strategic planning where she hold range of managerial positions in leading Ukrainian and international companies. Nadiia has joined Microsoft Ukraine in 2012 by receiving position of director of work with governmental authorities, educational, science and healthcare institutions. In this role Nadiia was responsible for development and realization of long-term strategy of cooperation with state authorities including programs of software legalization in state authorities and initiative of corporate social responsibility. Before coming to Microsoft Nadiia hold the position of general director of Amway Ukraine and managed the team with over 300 employees. During Nadiia’s management representative office of Amway in Ukraine was recognized to be the most effective having showed the highest level of annual sales among 26 European countries.

In 1997-2010 years Nadiia held managerial positions in company Kyivstar including position of head of corporate business subdivision where she was responsible for operational activities of subdivision, marketing and services sales for corporate clients, etc.

Nadiia received economic and legal education in Taras Shevchenko national University of Kyiv and has master’s degree in international law (Institute of International Relations of Kyiv), received Ph.D. in economic sciences and also EMBA (Executive Master of Business Administration), has diploma of British Charted Institute of Marketing.

Nadiia raises son, enthusiastic about intellectual innovations, music, phycology and sport.

Sergiy Frantsishko has over 22 years of experience in the technology industry, particularly in the financial sector. Sergiy joined Mastercard in 2004 as a Consultant and in 2012 he was appointed as the Vice President of Business Development in Ukraine, Moldova (since 2014), Georgia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan (since 2015). Before joining Mastercard, Sergiy worked as the Head of Payment Card Department in Oschadbank. Earlier he had held positions at private IT companies and state enterprises.

Sergiy graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” with an honors degree in electrical engineering. Now he is finishing MBA degree in Edinburgh Business School

Ruben is entrepreneur, and now Entrepreneur in Residence acting as director StartupAmsterdam. He was a driving force in connecting the leading Dutch Startup Initiatives & Tech Clusters into a catalyst program: StartupDelta. His goal is to create the space in Amsterdam where entrepreneurs standup, startup and then scale-up.

Co-author of the book StartupCity. StartupCity is designed to provide administrators, civil servants and public-private initiatives the guidance on how they can think and work as a startup. It gives a comprehensive look at how the public sector can engage with the private sector to form initiatives that boost the startup worlds ecosystem and nurture the city as a breeding ground for innovation and job growth.

The last years he is focused on connecting the startup ecosystems worldwide.

Nieuwenhuis was the last years involved in various startups and innovation projects: i.e. DutchBasecamp, OpenDutchHackathon, CodeUur, Lead Partnership Initiative, Dutch Coding Week, Open Cities, FellowForce, Dutch Jugaad Innovation.

Nieuwenhuis (1972) has lived and worked in Russia, Kazakstan and is currently working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

In his first (management) book, ‘Weak Tea Will Bring you Nowhere’, he provides concise, confrontational and challenging advice on the topics of Innovation, Business Development and Entrepreneurship.

Denis Gursky is an expert in Digital Communication and Сivic Participation. In 2014 he founded the open data portal SocialBoost. It is a set of innovative tools, including the Open Data movement in Ukraine, which increases civic activity and making government more digital.

Denis Gursky also works on complex strategies for public and commercial sectors. Nowadays he is developing a public official government data portal of Ukraine and the Law on public data.

Denis obtained Master’s degree in International Economics at Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman.

Victor Valeev graduated with honors the faculty of mathematics, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”.

His professional career began on the position of project Manager business optimization in the STB. He has worked in leading positions in insurance (IC “Universal”), construction and oil business.

Since 2008 Victor worked as a Advisor for the President of the Ukrainian national Committee of International chamber of Commerce. In 2010 he was appointed as Vice-President of International chamber of Commerce, and in 2012 – the first Vice-President and chief of staff.

He was a member of the Entrepreneurs Council organized by Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. Victor was awarded by diplomas of the Ministry of economic development and trade in Ukraine, had gratitude’s of the Prime Minister of Ukraine and the National Commission of securities and stock market.

Advisor for the Minister of education and science of Ukraine (2014).

Roman Zinchenko is smart energy / green economy advocate and communications expert. Since 2009 he develops eco-system for green startups, social entrepreneurship and sustainable innovations at Greencubator, Ukrainian energy innovations network (www.greencubator.info).

Roman is enthusiastic about reinventing business models with focus on sustainability and green growth. He’s been an advisor to Ukraine’s most dynamic smart energy startups Ecoisme and uMuni. Roman is among creators of Ukraine’s leading green startup events, including TeslaCamp, Hack4energy, Smart Energy Forum & Hackathon, and over dozen EnergyCamps.

Roman’s passion is translating innovations into inspiration via storytelling and presentations. He’s helping innovators and startups to shape communications and pitches for the best signal/noise ration and maximum clarity. Roman was also the host and curator of TEDxKyiv conferences for 4 years in a row and Smart Cities section “iCity” at Ukraine’s largest tech conference iForum for 2 years.

The tech part of his careers started in 2000 in web projects, leading to bizdev role in Ukraine’s first venture capital firm. Before co-founding Greencubator Roman worked as financial communications and investment PR consultant. Between 2004 and 2008 Roman was financial PR/IR adviser for capital market transactions, serving IPOs and private placements of Ukraine’s leading companies and investment banks.

He’s visiting lecturer in Ukrainian business schools – Kyiv School of Economics and Lviv Business School, focusing on green business models, art of presentation and storytelling.

Roman holds Master’s degree from Kyiv Institute of International Relations. He also attended Aspen Institute’s «Executive Leadership» program. He loves bridges and coral reefs.

Zilvinas Silenas joined the Lithuanian Free Market Institute (LFMI) in 2006, after graduating from Wesleyan University in Connecticut in 2005. He became president of LFMI in 2011. His field of analysis at LFMI encompasses energy, transport and competition policies.

Zilvinas participated in several high-level working groups of legislation of energy, was a member of working groups of “Sunset” (reform and closing down government agencies), and “Sunrise” (cutting red tape, improving conditions for businesses) commissions for the Lithuanian government. Zilvinas has also worked as a teacher of Economics and an adviser to a CEO of an energy company.

Andriy started his career when he was a fifth year student joining Arthur Andersen’s audit department. In 2002, he joined Deloitte; and as early as in 2006, Andriy became the youngest Partner in Deloitte CIS. In 2010, he took over the leadership of Audit Department and on 1 July 2014, he became Deloitte Ukraine Managing Partner. Throughout his career, Andriy has led audit engagements of large multinational and local companies operating in different sectors of the economy (engineering, telecommunications, agriculture, etc.). Andriy also led the Capital Market Group and managed large companies’ IPO engagements.

Inna has 13 years of experience in research.

Areas of research expertise: public projects and public services evaluation, labor and migration studies, electoral studies, value studies, studies of perception of public policy, civil society studies, studies of vulnerable groups, gender studies, reputation studies, advocacy studies, public health studies (particularly, on HIV/AIDS) etc.

Among her clients: All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization “All-Ukrainian Network of PLWH”, British Council Ukraine, Chemonics Int., Educational Training Foundation, Embassy of the United States in Ukraine, European Training Foundation, GIZ, Government service of emergency situation of Ukraine, Engility Corp, Entrepreneurs Committee of Lviv, EUBAM, Foundation for Development of Ukraine, IFES, International Charitable Fund “International HIV/AIDS Alliance in Ukraine”, International Organization of Migration, International Renaissance Foundation, International Republican Institute, Internews Ukraine, Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, OSCE, Pact, People First Foundation, State Tax Administration of Ukraine, Ukrainian Center for Socially Dangerous Disease Control of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, U.S. Department of State, World Bank etc.

Since 2010, Michael Druckman was in charge of the International Republican Institute (IRI) in Ukraine where he manages the implementation of all-Ukraine IRI programs in support of the political parties and local government through two official offices in Kyiv and Dnipro. From 2006 through 2008, Druckman was working at the IRI headquarters in Washington DC providing support in sociological surveying and working with political parties within IRI programs in the countries such as Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.

Ruslan Rokhov is a civil activists for over ten years. Since his student years he was a member of many youth movements, organizations and initiatives. After the graduation in 2009 he concentrated his efforts on projects that stimulate local development. Ruslan was the coordinator of the EU project “Planning Community Together” in Khmelnitsky region, also with the support from UNDP he has implemented project on participatory development of a Charter for one of the communities in Khmelnitsky region and was a member of the working group on 2011-2020 Khmelnitsky region Strategy development.

After the Revolution of Dignity, he has founded Joint Efforts Agency, which is aimed to provide fruitful cooperation between government, business and civil society for sustainable local development. Agency helps to create projects that in synergy will foster development of Ukrainian cities. School of Mayors Program was one of the first projects. The program is designed to prepare current mayors and candidates for this role, along with their management teams to administrate cities in terms of decentralization according to modern standards of public administration. In 2015 Ruslan has become an Advisor to the newly elected Mayor of Mykolaiv – Oleksandr Syenkevych, the first graduate of the School of Mayors. He was responsible for the creation of bacj-office for the Mayor. In least than six month the Mykolaiv Development Agency has been established, the draft of city development strategy was prepared and the program to fund the Agency from the city budget was formed.

Additionally to the organization of the Congress, Ruslan takes part in preparing, together with Deloitte and a number of other partners, a City Progress Index – the Progress Index of city competitiveness.

Kolar obtained Master’s degree in Law and Legal Science, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen. He completed International Legal Studies Program, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, DC. In 2004 – 2007 he obtained Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies and Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague.

Kolar is an Adviser to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. In 2013 – 2014 worked as Consultant of the Deputy Minister of Health of the Czech Republic. 2012 – 2014 – Executive Director of the TOPAZ Civic Forum. Kolar also worked as Secretary of the Chairman of TOP 09, Lawyer at DLA Piper Prague LLP, Resident Adviser and Student Facility Manager at New York University in Prague.

His hobbies are various sports (used to be an active sculler for 12 years), art, architecture, international relations and rock music.

• Certified Management Consultant (CMC), business coach, business mediator, МВА
• President of the Institute of Management Consultants of Ukraine
• Vice – President of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes (ICMCI)
• Instructor courses for students of MBA in International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv)
• CEO of Epoch of International Education

Mr. Groysman has been the Prime Minister of Ukraine since 14 April 2016. Groysman has indicated he would fight corruption and build closer ties with the European Union, which has complained about widespread and pervasive corruption in Ukraine’s government and economy.

From March 2006 until February 2014 Groysman was the Mayor of Vinnytsia. From then to November 2014, he held two concurrent positions as the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for Regional Policy and the Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine. He was elected into parliament on the party lists of the pro-presidential Petro Poroshenko Bloc. Groysman’s next post was the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine’s national parliament), starting late November 2014 until being appointed Prime Minister.

Since 2 December 2014 he has been a Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Construction and Housing, serving in the second Yatsenyuk Government of Arseniy Yatsenyuk and in the Groysman Government of Volodymyr Groysman.

Decentralization reform implemented under the leadership of Hennadiy Zubko involves changes in education, health, social policy, public administration, local authorities, development of urban infrastructure, as well as energy efficiency measures. The Ministry of Regional Development, led by Hennadiy Zubko, drafted a Decree “On the reallocation of governmental expenditures for the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing in 2015”. It provided for the allocation of UAH 10.6 million to the budget for affordable housing.

• 2010–present — Chairman of the PSC “Zhytomyr plant of walling constructions”
• 27 May-10 June 2014 — temporary head of the Administration of State Affairs
• 10 June-2 December 2014 — First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine

Ulyana Suprun is a medical doctor, the director of Humanitarian Initiatives of the Ukrainian World Congress and founder of Patriot Defence. She was appointed the director of the School of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Ukrainian Catholic University in September 2015. Suprun became a freelance consultant for the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Health in September 2015. Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman approached her about becoming the new Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine in early July 2016, while this nomination was publicly supported by President Petro Proshenko. On July 22, 2016 she was appointed by Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers. On July 27, 2016 Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution appointing Suprun as the acting Minister of Health.

Suprun was vice medical director of a women’s imaging centre, Medical Imaging of Manhattan. In 2013, she and her husband moved to Ukraine. From 29 November, both were on the Maidan during the Revolution of Dignity in Kyiv (2014 Ukrainian revolution). Ulana worked in the medical services of the Euromaidan. This subsequently led to her position at the Ukrainian World Congress and later to the founding of “Patriot Defence,” a non- governmental organization (NGO) that provides tactical medicine training and distributes NATO Standard Improved First Aid Kits (IFAKs) to Ukraine’s servicemen.

Business professional with international background, strong analytical and leadership skills enriched by 9 years in strategy consulting.

• December 2012 – Present – Director of Strategy and Operations, PwC Consulting
• September 2003 – December 2012 – Senior Project Manager, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants

From 1998 to 2006 he held executive positions in commercial structures. From August 1992 to September 1997 he worked as a teacher of history and social studies in Vinnytsya College of Meat and Dairy Industry.

In March 2002 he was elected to the Vinnytsia city council as deputy of the 4th convocation.

In the elections of March 26, 2006 was elected as deputy of the 5th convocation in Vinnytsya City Council, and at the first session of the city council was elected as a secretary of the Vinnytsya city council. In the elections of October 31, 2010 was elected as deputy of the 6th convocation in Vinnytsya City Council. At the first session was re-elected as a secretary of the City Council for a second term.

From June 1987 to April 1989 he passed military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR. In June 1992 he graduated from the State University of Chernivtsi. In 2010 he graduated from the National Academy of State Administration and received a Master degree in “Management of social development” and specialization “Management at the regional and local levels.”

Political and social activist, expert on angel investment and the information society. Adviser to the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Volodymyr Omelнan, Advisor to the Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, Managing director and co-founder of the NGO «ICT Competence Center», expert of E- government Agency of Ukraine, member of the Board of Directors of Ukrainian business angels profile community.

Merilo has been acting as a deputy mayor of the Dnipro since August 15, 2016. Sphere of her responsibility includes eGovernment services, electronic trading, and Centers of administrative services.

Ukrainian state and political figure, Deputy Mayor-Secretary of Kyiv City Council (since June 2014), lawyer, Honored Lawyer of Ukraine.

Since 2015:

• Representative of Ukraine in the House of Local Authorities of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Europe for 2012-2015
• Deputy Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Council in Kiev mayor
• Board Member of Joint social action “Make Together”
• Member of the Reforms Task Team on decentralization, local government and regional policy questions at the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine

• Since July 2013 – acting Director of Development Department of City Council
• 2012 – Director of «Mayor’s Administration» Department, Lviv City Council
• 2010-2012 – Head of Information Policy and External Relations of «Mayor’s Administration» Department
• 2012 – Executive Director of the Media Center «Lviv 2012» (during Euro-2012)
• 2009-2010 – Head of the «Press service» of «Mayor’s Administration» Department
• 2008-2009 – Promotion Specialist of Lviv City Council

• Mayor of Ukrainka since 2002
• Chairman of PO Association of Small Cities of Ukraine since 2006
• 2006-2015 – Vice-President of the Association of Cities of Ukraine, member of the board of the State Committee for Land Resources of Ukraine, member of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Ukraine
• Covenant of Mayors 2020, which was signed in 2013, envisages cooperation on energy efficiency, renewable sources and climate protection. Ukrainka has fulfilled its obligations in terms of budgetary institutions
• Public Budget Program works in the city since 2015