Cosmin lives in Chicago. A firm believer in the power altruism, and doing things greater than yourself. Graduated from Roosevelt University with a mater's in Actuarial Science.
Ligia Apostoaia
Board of Directors
RUF Angel
Secretary of the Board, CEO of MDL Investments
Founding Member
Volunteer
Teacher
Ligia’s charity involvement began at a very young age, helping her family foundation with the distribution of humanitarian aid to the families in need in the area immediately. Today she continues to do what she is most passionate about: doing good.
With a formal background in Early Childhood Education and Economics, Tamara advocates a proper and affordable education as the key to developing the future of our society.
Former semi-professional tennis player; she pursued two US University full-time degrees while holding down three part-time jobs, and was a Magna Cum Laude, leading, multiple All-American. Multi-lingual in Spanish, Romanian and English.
Aida Balamaci
Volunteer
Multi-lingual expert in international relations, arts and culture, diplomacy and social and economic impact. Specialized in political and cultural representation, global partnerships, alliances and community building.
Anca Beek
Volunteer
I am a collaborative and results-driven person with the capability of combining my hands-on approach with my consultative skills.
Camelia Bratu
Founding Angel
ROCO Biz
Las Vegas RUF Chapter Lead; Clinical Research Professional
Volunteer
A clinical research professional in Las Vegas, Camelia is passionate about uniting the first-generation Romanian community, and dedicated to promoting cultural projects like Via Transilvanica and fostering community connections.
Experienced Fundraising Professional and non-profit strategist with 18 years of experience in the European and US fields. I teach fundraisers how to organize their 1st fundraising campaign. I lived, studied and worked in Silicon Valley for 9 years.
Sebastian Burca is the Executive Director of the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He oversees the center's operations, research initiatives, and programming focused on promoting competitive markets.
Anca has been with CPS since 2014 teaching Special Education. She also taught Geography and English, and she worked for National TV in Oradea and Bucharest. She has a bachelor degree in Romania and a master of Ed at DePaul in Chicago.
Cristian Buzdugan is a Senior Business Relationship Manager at JPMorgan Chase. He has been with the bank for 12 years. He started as a Relationship Banker and worked his way out through the ranks and become a Business Relationship Manager 5 years ago.
Mihaela is the founder of the Psychotherapy and Transformational Movement with over twenty-two years of clinical experience. She received an MA in Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology, specializing in Counseling Psychology.
Strategic communication | Project and grant management | Corporate social responsibility | Engagement | Sustainability advocate | Poland - Romania networking | Wellness promoter
Raluca Cascaval
Volunteer
Hospitalist internal medicine physician from Iasi (Univ. of Medicine and Pharmacy Gr. T. Popa Class of 1996), since 2003 working in Colorado Springs, USA.
Medeea Catana
Volunteer
Bianca-Iustina Cherciu
Volunteer
I am part of the Marketing and Communication Team of RUF. I am a Business and Economic Diplomacy Master's student and a former intern at the Permanent Mission of Romania to UN Vienna. I am passionate about human rights and combating human trafficking.
Real estate investor with over 15 years experience in accounting and property management. Graduated from Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania with a Bachelor's degree in International Business. "Helping others it's a core part of who I am"
Finance and accounting professional with small business, large bank, and Big Four experience. Specialties: Project Financial Analysis, Financial reconciliations, Managing Project Billing and Receivables Process, Problem Solving.
Gabriela Cosma
Member
Program Coordinator "Learn Romanian", Supporter of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center
Volunteer
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Masters of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University. She taught Science, Social Studies, and English as a Second Language to refugees from the Middle East in public school
Full stack engineer working at Amazon/Alexa. Not long ago, breaking the cloud at AWS, building web services at scale to solve BigData problems. Mike lives in San Diego and chose to teach Math to be an inspiration for children, including his two daughters.
Oana is the Executive Director of ROCO. Prior to this role, she was one of the most active volunteers. She believes in the strength of our community, in doing good things, and in leaving something worthwhile behind.
Cristina Irina Dobrota
Volunteer
Passionate about people, no matter the age; Team player; Eager to learn and to experiment; Great at communicating and meticulous in planning; Embraces web technologies and loves interpersonal communication.
Diana Dram
Board of Advisors
RUF Angel
ROCO Biz
GlobalRomania Business Connector Liaison & ROCO Business Chapter Lead
Diana is acting as Global Strategic Sourcing Director with McDonald’s. She leads business relationships and strategies that leverage scale for positive impact on the environment and communities globally.