Full Time & Part-Time Staff


Mihai Lehene

RUF Founder & President
Irina Nedeljkovic

RUF Core Team Member, "Trips To Romania" Program Manager
Dragos Iliescu

Community builder and sustainability advisor
Madi Bucheru

Director of Marketing and Communication
Diana Gini

Chief Growth Officer
Oana Dobrean-Urzica

ROCO Executive Director, Board of Directors
Andreea Golumbeanu

GlobalRomania Head of Marketing & Communication
Aldina Gheorghe

GlobalRomania Partnerships, Institutional Liaison
Georgi Merdariu

Chief Engagement Officer
Romina Ionascu

Executive Assistant
Amalia Fret

Head of HR at RUF
Irina Ciortea

Finances Assistant
Robert Gombos

Online Community Manager
Adriana Preda

Director of Fundraising | Obama Scholar
Ioana Chirita

RUF Liaison to the Board of Advisors Member of the Ethics and Legal Committee

Core Team of Volunteers


Ligia Apostoaia

Secretary of the Board, CEO of MDL Investments
Madi Bucheru

Director of Marketing and Communication
Ioana Chirita

RUF Liaison to the Board of Advisors Member of the Ethics and Legal Committee
Amalia Fret

Head of HR at RUF
Aldina Gheorghe

GlobalRomania Partnerships, Institutional Liaison
Diana Gini

Chief Growth Officer
Andreea Golumbeanu

GlobalRomania Head of Marketing & Communication
Robert Gombos

Online Community Manager
Dragos Iliescu

Community builder and sustainability advisor
Romina Ionascu

Executive Assistant
Mihai Lehene

RUF Founder & President
Mihaela Livanu

Community Partners Director
Georgi Merdariu

Chief Engagement Officer
Irina Nedeljkovic

RUF Core Team Member, "Trips To Romania" Program Manager
Adriana Preda

Director of Fundraising | Obama Scholar
Adina Sandu

RUF Cultural Liaison and Project Lead
Gabriela Tatar-Cordos

Founding Angel Liaison

Project-Based Consultants


Edith Alibec

Digital Marketing Expert
Lavinia Nedelcu

Tech Team/Website & UX
Alina Simpetru

Branding Expert, Strategy Consultant

Active RUF 2025 Volunteers


Cosmin Alb

Volunteer Math Teacher
Adrian Alter

Global Romania | RUF Volunteer
Ligia Apostoaia

Secretary of the Board, CEO of MDL Investments
Tamara Ardeleanu

Director of Volunteer Engagement, Owner at Metromed Advanced Skincare
Madi Bucheru

Director of Marketing and Communication
Dana Bucin

Honorary Consul of Romania in Connecticut, Immigration Attorney, Partner at Murtha Cullina LLP
Sebastian Burca

Executive Director, Stigler Center
Marina Busu

Romanian diaspora volunteer and community supporter
Dana Caraivan

Strategic communicator
Raluca Cascaval

Hospitalist | Acute care, diabetes management, transitions & QI leader
Ioana Chirita

RUF Liaison to the Board of Advisors Member of the Ethics and Legal Committee
Daniel Ciocîrlan

Founder & Instructor — Teaching Scala, Akka & Spark to engineers worldwide
Irina Ciortea

Finances Assistant
Onita Circu

Real Estate Investor & ROCO Board Member

ROCO Core Team and Volunteers


Onita Circu

Real Estate Investor & ROCO Board Member
Gabriela Cosma

Program Coordinator "Learn Romanian", Supporter of ROCO, the Romanian Community Center
Oana Dobrean-Urzica

ROCO Executive Director, Board of Directors
Cristina Haidau

Volunteer, ROCO Edu Chapter Lead, ROCO Treasurer
Irina Nedeljkovic

RUF Core Team Member, "Trips To Romania" Program Manager


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