Sorina Tira

Board of Directors 
Honorary Member 
RUF Liaison to the Board of Directors. Honorary Member of ROCO
Volunteer 
Trade Compliance professional, Licensed Customs Broker and dually licensed attorney (Romania and State of NY).
Marius Stan

Board of Directors 
Member 
Scientist, Author and Actor
Volunteer 
Marius is internationally recognized as one of the founders of computer simulation of complex phenomena. He was Principal Investigator at the Argonne Laboratory and an Associate Professor at the Univ. of Chicago and Northwestern University.
 
Cristian Luput

Board of Directors 
Founding Angel 
Founder & CEO, Optimus Realty
The founder and CEO of Optimus Realty Inc, Cristian strongly believes in the power of charity to improve people's lives and change the mentalities and hopes of the less fortunate ones. Cristian is acting Treasurer of RUF.
 
Ioana Guset

Board of Directors 
Member 
Legal Counsel to the Board of Directors
Ioana is an attorney with Taft Stettinius & Hollister. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation matters. She has guided her clients in complex commercial litigation in federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels.
Cristian Merdariu

Board of Directors 
Founding Angel 
ROCO Biz
Founding Angel, RCC Chicago Ambassador
Founding Member 
Cristian is co-founder and owner of City Habitat Realty, a successful real estate company in Chicago. He believes Romanians should work harder to express and identify themselves as one nation, to earn their own sense of value and the right to be proud.
 
Ligia Apostoaia

Board of Directors 
Founding 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.
Mihai Lehene

Board of Directors 
Founding Angel 
Founder, Romanian United Foundation
Founder  Volunteer (full)  Teacher 
Mihai is the Owner of MDL Investments, a real-estate and VC family-office with a focus on emerging technologies, including fintech, biotech and crypto. In 2020 Mihai resigned his business roles to run RUF, and in 2022 he was elected as President of FORA.
 
Daniela Kammrath

Board of Directors 
Executive Director Emerita, Member of the Board of Directors
Volunteer 
Daniela Kammrath, RUF's ED, is an experienced marketing and business development consultant, with entrepreneurial, nonprofit, and fundraising experience. She believes in doing good, empowering women, and the power of example.
 
Laszlo Revesz

Board of Directors 
Founder & CEO, Image Factory
László Révész is a versatile creative professional. He specializes in campaign development, branding, and web design. With expertise in catalog design and mobile applications, Révész brings a wealth of experience to visual communication and digital market
 
Dan Nicolae

Board of Directors 
Founding Angel 
Vice President of Romanian United Foundation
Dan Nicolae serves as the Faculty co-Director of the Data Science Institute and the Committee on Data Scienceat the University of Chicago and is a Professor in the Departments of Statistics, Human Genetics, and Medicine. His research interests are in the

Strategic Advisory Committee and Board Observers

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.
 
Ted Cominos

Founding Angel 
Founding Angel; RUF Board of Directors; Venture Capital / Private Equity Attorney
Ted Cominos is Corporate / Private Capital partner with the Global-10 law firm, Eversheds-Sutherland.
Dragos Iliescu

Board of Advisors 
Member 
ROCO Biz
Chief Operating Officer
Volunteer 
Finance professional with more than 12 years of experience in sustainable/impact investment
 

Board of Advisors

Mihaela Madaras

Board of Advisors 
Founding Angel 
R&D Director, Innovation and Sustainability
Volunteer 
R&D Project Management, Innovation, Sustainability and Innovation in Sustainability. Passionate about the environment and finding creative ways to protect it. Systems thinking, innovating and taking novel ideas to implementation.
Diana Dram

Board of Advisors 
Founding 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.
 
Adriana Trandafirescu

Board of Advisors 
Founding Angel 
Education | Law | Mindset | Self-Realization
Volunteer 
Adriana Trandafirescu is a multifaceted professional based in New York City with a diverse background spanning law, psychology, education, and personal development.
 

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