
Ligia Apostoaia
Secretary and Founding Member
Ligia acts as the Secretary of the Board of Directors of RUF. Ligia’s charity and non-profit 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.

Mirela Birta
Founding Member

Mihai Bora
Founding Member

Alina Cumpan
Founding Member

Ariana Drule
Founding Member, Volunteer Coordinator

Monica Horga
Founding Member

Mihai Lehene
President and Founding Member of RUF
Mihai is a Founding Member and the President of RUF. Passionate and caring, Mihai’s goal is to inspire all around him to be better and help each other, especially his fellow Romanian Americans.

Mihaela Livanu
Community Partners Department Director
Mihaela is a social worker and co-founder of Spera Foundation, a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities for underprivileged children in Romania. She is also serving as an Educational Programs Advisor for SPOC Charity.

Georgiana Merdariu
Founding Member

Anamaria Neamt
Founding Member, Word Whisperer

Casandra Rdzak
Fonding Member
Casandra is an employment lawyer and has practiced law for nearly 10 years as an associate at two well-respected Chicago law firms and as in-house counsel at a large international bank. Casandra obtained her law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Adina Sandu
Founding Member

Miruna Zamfirescu
Founding Member, Reporting Officer
Originally from Bistrita, Miruna earned her BA in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has built her career in the financial markets as an algorithmic trader/quantitative analyst.
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