The core team of volunteers includes 5-10 volunteers at any time and requires 4-10 hours/week.
The larger RUF team of volunteers is close to 200.
RUF Volunteers are supported by RUF's staff made up of 2 full-time employees, one part-time employee, and Mihai Lehene (unpaid President and Executive Director).
Watch our volunteer thank you.
Volunteering Opportunities
We offer volunteering opportunities for students that want to contribute to their community, especially if they live around Chicago and can travel to our main office.
We work with members of this team on very specialized tasks (e.g. Facebook ads, Google grants, Google ads management, email account management, accounting).
Selecting and training core team volunteers is an important process at RUF. Most of the time, the actual time requirements needed for being part of the RUF core team exceed what a person can offer. Volunteer work requires many months of participating in meetings, and occasionally the time needs spikes, and work happens at odd hours.
If you have a great personality, you really love what we do, you have a lot to offer (especially from a communications standpoint), and you can offer a solid amount of time, let us know, we need you today :). Learn more about available volunteer positions.

Mihai Lehene
Founding Angel
Board of Directors
Founder of RUF. President of FORA.

Monica Ferchi
Founding Angel
RUF Fundraiser & Founding Angel, Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center

Ligia Apostoaia
Founding Angel
Board of Directors
Founding Member, Secretary of the BoD, CEO of MDL Investments


Adina Sandu
Member
Founding Member, UX & Creative, Supporter of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center


Diana Muresan
Founding Angel
Founding Angel, Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center

Valentin Daraban
Founding Angel
Founding Angel, Ambassador of the Romanian Community Center of Chicago

Oana Dobrean-Urzica
Founding Angel
Founding Angel, ROCO Ambassador , Supporter of ROCO, ROCO Communications Lead


Anamaria Neamt
Member
Founding Member, Word Whisperer (Newsletter), Supporter of the Romanian Community Center of Chicago

Miruna Zamfirescu
Honorary Member
Founding Member, Reporting Officer, VP of Fundraising

Daniela Kammrath
Board of Directors
Executive Director Emerita, Member of the Board of Directors



Georgiana Merdariu
Founding Angel
Founding Member, Programs Director, Chicago




Monica Horga Bora
Member
Founding Member, Ambassador of RoCo, Supporter of RoCo

Ioana Savos
Founding Angel
RUF Founding Angel, Member of the Chicago Community Council, Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center


Nicoleta Roman
Member
Mezzo-Soprano, RUF Ambassador & VP of Donor Relations, RCCC Ambassador

Alina Cumpan
Founder: Authentic Society, Founding Member of RUF, Founder: Chicago Community Council, Volunteer, Honorary Member of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center

Ion Busu
Honorary Member
Honorary Member of RoCo, the Romanian Community Center of Chicago



Stefan Bota
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