Ligia & Radu Apostoaia
Ligia and Radu believe in the power of the united voice of Romanians living outside the country that can shape a better future for our families and communities.
Nicole Blajan

Founding Angel 
Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center Chicago
Volunteer 
Managing Principal at GSD Real Estate Group;
 
Alexandru Bogdan

Founding Angel 
Chief Executive Officer at ROCA X
 
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.
 
Dana Bucin

Founding Angel 
Honorary Consul of Romania in Connecticut, Immigration Attorney, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP
Volunteer 
Dana Bucin was named the “Attorney of the Year” 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.
 
Amanda & Marius Butas

Founding Angels 
Founding Angels, Arizona
Monika Calugar

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel, 🏆 ROCO Platinum Donor, Chicago, IL
Eduard Chira

Founding Angel 
RUF Founding Angel, Ambassador of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center
General Manager at Compass Truck Rental and Leasing. Eduard has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) focused in Business/Managerial Economics from UBV.
 
Onita Circu

Founding Angel 
Real Estate Investor & RUF Fundraising Chair (Honorary)
Volunteer 
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"
 
Julie & Ted Cominos

Founding Angels 
Founding Angels, Chicago, IL
Dan Cosma

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel, Paris, France
Garri Covalschi
Originally from Moldova, he immigrated to the US in 2010. Together with Nick, and Slavic, friends for nearly 15 years, they partnered to open Hermes NVC in 2014. Today he serves as Hermes’ Chief Financial Officer.
Allan Cruse

Founding Angel 
Professor Emeritus, Founding Angel
Valentin Daraban

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel, Ambassador of the Romanian Community Center of Chicago
Volunteer 
Real Estate Developer for Keeper Development INC
Mike Dinescu

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel, RUF Ambassador in Irvine, CA
Volunteer  Teacher 
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.
Corina & George Dinulescu
We work closely with the Romanian community in Atlanta through our clinics at HOPE Primary Care & Dentistry and we decided to continue to help and support the Romanian community through RUF!
Dan Dudici

Founding Angel 
CEO of STS, RUF Founding Angel, Chicago
Business executive with expertise in tech, management, sales, product management and development, and marketing. Career record of driving global company growth using innovative or disruptive strategies.
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.
 
Ciprian Fiastru

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel, Honorary Member of RoCo
Volunteer 
Ciprian is the owner of Chicago Clean Home since 2013. The company was founded with a great desire to offer top-quality, detail-oriented cleaning services to home and business owners that aim at having not just cleaner spaces, but also healthier ones.
 
Radu Georgescu

Founding Angel 
Serial Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist, Founder of Seedblink, RUF Founding Angel
One of the most prominent and successful entrepreneurs in Eastern Europe, Radu founded GECAD in 1992. He focuses on identifying and on-boarding new investment opportunities, as well as promoting entrepreneurship in the new generation of innovators.