We Are Team UA: Leadership with Purpose

The Governance of Ukraine Foundation is vested in a distinguished leadership whose collective record reflects decades of service at the highest levels of international law, global finance, diplomacy, public policy, and strategic philanthropy. They have counseled heads of state, shaped global trade and investment frameworks, steered major publicly traded companies, and advanced international development and humanitarian efforts in some of the world’s most challenging environments. Over the years, they have held senior roles in the White House and the U.S. Congress; represented governments in consequential negotiations; and guided some of the largest institutional investors in navigating complex global markets. Their legal, policy, and financial insights have been sought after by some of the highest-net-worth and most consequential individuals worldwide.

Anchored by this depth of experience, their governance provide the strategic vision, integrity, and disciplined stewardship that define the Foundation’s mission — forging enduring partnerships, strengthening institutions, and championing a free, secure, and prosperous Ukraine. United in purpose and principle, they are the driving force behind the Foundation’s impact.

We Are Team UA: Voices of Experience Informing Ukraine Future

Collectively, Board members have served in C-level positions across NYSE and NASDAQ companies, within the United Nations system, NATO and allied defence structures, the United States Government, and European governments and parliaments, with experience spanning UN Security Council deliberations, NATO headquarters in Brussels, senior military command, ambassadorial service, ministerial leadership, and multilateral negotiations.

The International Advisory Board and the European Advisory Board of Ukraine Foundation comprise a select group of senior leaders with long-standing experience at the highest levels of global governance. Drawn from Europe, North America, and the transatlantic community, they provide strategic counsel grounded in direct engagement with the institutions that shape international security, diplomacy, and policy.

You can learn more about each of them by clicking on the pictures below.

Their judgment, informed by decades of practitioner-level responsibility, strengthens the Foundation’s governance and guides its long-term impact in support of a free, secure, and prosperous Ukraine.

We Are Team UA: Voices of Impact

Our Policy and Research Fellowship Team brings together 24 outstanding individuals: 4 Distinguished Senior Fellows, 7 Senior Fellows, 2 Special Fellows, 5 Fellows, 4 Associate Fellows, and 2 Associate Fellows. This powerhouse of expertise is building one of the most dynamic and impactful policy research communities focused on Ukraine today. To learn more about each of them, click on his or her image.

Our Fellows and our alumni hail from the world’s most prestigious universities — Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Berkeley, LSE, UCL and King’s College — and bring a wealth of experience from the front lines of government, international financial institutions, diplomacy, defence, intelligence, think tanks, and academia.

Their analysis and commentaries have been featured on CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera, Fox News, Bloomberg, Reuters, Financial Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Politico, the Kyiv Post, Ukrainska Pravda, and on all major Ukrainian television channels.

Their research have been published in peer-reviewed publications including Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Harvard International Review, The National Interest, European Economic Review, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Journal of Strategic Studies, International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Survival, Journal of Conflict Resolution, and World Politics Review.

Together, they form a brain trust capable of shaping the next generation of policy solutions.