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.
Adrian is an international civil servant, with more than 10 years experience, covering countries in Europe, Africa, and Asia. In his spare time, he is deeply committed to strengthening the Romanian diaspora, leveraging technology and his global knowledge.
Ligia Apostoaia
Founding Angel
Board of Directors
Secretary of the Board, CEO of MDL Investments
Founding Member
Volunteer
Teacher
Ligiaโs 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.
Anca Beek
Staff
I am a collaborative and results-driven person with the capability of combining my hands-on approach with my consultative skills.
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.
Dana Bucin
Founding Angel
Honorary Consul of Romania in Connecticut, Immigration Attorney, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP
Volunteer
Dana Bucin was named the โAttorney of the Yearโ in Connecticut, USA in 2019 and Top 100 Romanians Worldwide by Newsweek Romania. Dana also serves as the Honorary Consulate of Romania to Connecticut since 2018.
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.
Since she moved to Chicago, Gabiโs Romanian roots became stronger. She believes in community and giving back and wants her children to be proud Romanians. Sheโs been a passionate teacher of Italian for over 25 years.
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.
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.
Bachelorโs 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
Gabriela Dascalu
Volunteer
Senior Product Manager | Senior Product Owner | Head of Product | IT Lead | Executive MBA | Passionate about building intuitive and easy to use Digital Solutions to increase business efficiency and scale organizations.
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.
Diana Dram
Founding Angel
Board of Advisors
ROCO Biz
GlobalRomania Business Connector Liaison & ROCO Business Chapter Lead
Diana is acting as Global Strategic Sourcing Director with McDonaldโs. She leads business relationships and strategies that leverage scale for positive impact on the environment and communities globally.
Monica Ferchi
Founding Angel
RUF Fundraiser & Founding Angel, Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center
Volunteer
Founder and CEO of TransUSA Exchange, a cultural exchange organization that specializes in placing international students and young professionals with industry leaders in the U.S.
I have been living in Amsterdam, Netherlands for 15 years. I have experience in the hospitality industry and Human Resources Specialist. I collaborate with Rompro Foundation Netherlands, RoBoost Romania and RUF. My passion is organizing events and fairs.
I am a lucky person from all points of view: I have a wonderful family, reliable friends, I do the things I like and everything brings me a lot of satisfaction.
Karina Ghete
Volunteer
Diana Gini serves as Chief Growth Officer at RUF, where she is deeply committed to strengthening the Romanian diaspora community. She is also a Founding Angel and RUF Ambassador to Madrid for the organization.
