Our Mentors

Meet the dedicated mentors behind See Forward Ukraine.

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

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

Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Flagship Pioneering
Liev Schreiber

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

Founding Partner at One Way Ventures
Alex Iskold

Founder | Investor | Partner 2048 Ventures

Academia

Steven Pinker

Professor of Psychology & Psycholinguistics at Harvard University, author of books on language, mind, and human nature
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

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