Our team

Olena Onohda

Over past ten years, Olena worked with archaeological excavations and museology. In her free time, Olena attends contemporary exhibitions, grows vegetables, and collects mushrooms and medicinal plants.

Olena Onohda
Grant Programmes
Olga Mero

Olga has over 8 years of experience in the hospitality sphere. She is a big fan of investigating new countries and cultures and has spent over a year in Iran, where she took part in the organisation of English language courses for children.

Olga Mero
Translation and Mobility Grants
Oleksandr Kolesnyk

Holding a Master’s in Public Administration, Oleksandr has 5+ years of experience organising cultural events and managing digitalisation projects. He is involved in decommunisation and blood donation. In his spare time, he studies AI and solves puzzles.

Oleksandr Kolesnyk
International Cooperation Grants
Iryna Martyniuk

Iryna has 6+ years of experience in the public sector. Before joining House of Europe, she worked on youth projects, museum exhibitions, and grant programmes. She enjoys reading popular science books and doing yoga in her free time.

Iryna Martyniuk
Infrastructure Grants
Volodymyr Volyk

Having managed projects for more than 10 years, Volodymyr has substantial experience in the educational and research fields. When coordinating the German-Ukrainian Year of Languages 2017/2018, he was in charge of a broad scope of projects.

Volodymyr Volyk
EUNIC Grants and Partners
Oksana Diachenko

Oksana started working as a tutor while at university, and joined an international company as an administrative specialist after graduation. Summer camping and vinyl records collecting are her passions.

Oksana Diachenko
EUNIC Grants and Partners
Vitalii Bobrov

MA in Philology and Teaching. Vitalii has 10+ years of experience in NGOs and non-formal education, developing Holocaust-related workshops and guidebooks for history teachers. In his free time, observes his home cacti grow.

Vitalii Bobrov
Digital Labs and Cultural Transformation Lab
Mariia Savelova

Master in International Relations. Mariia joined Goethe-Institut in 2014 and has worked with House of Europe since 2019. She also coordinated workshops with Netflix and NYFA. Mariia has a keen interest in contemporary Ukrainian classical ballet.

Mariia Savelova
Digital Labs and Cultural Transformation Lab
Viktoriia Kalandyrets

Viktoriia has worked at the Goethe-Institut for 14 years, 7 of them at House of Europe. She worked in the library, on the “Ukrainian-German Year of Languages” project team, and in the Language Department. She is passionate about cars and motorbikes.

Viktoriia Kalandyrets
Digital Labs and Cultural Transformation Lab
Daria Kostiuk

Over seven years of professional experience. Before joining House of Europe, Daria worked as an international news coordinator at a media, a communications manager for a UNDP project, and an English teacher. She enjoys contemporary dance and travelling.

Daria Kostiuk
PR and events
Anna Chyhyryk

Anna joined the team of Goethe-Institut Ukraine in 2008. She has extensive experience in finance and is fluent in German, Italian, and English. She is a big fan of traveling in search of new places and experiences and is fond of photography.

Anna Chyhyryk
Finance and Administration
Mariia Honcharova

Mariia has worked in the financial sphere for almost 30 years, for the last 12 in a large telecommunication company. She enjoys making things by hand: sewing, crafting home decorations, and baking tasty cakes.

Mariia Honcharova
Finance and Administration
Liana Tikhonova

Before joining our team, Liana spent 13+ years working in the finance department of a central government body. She lived in Germany for nearly 3 years, learning the language and exploring its culture. Above all, she treasures time with family and friends.

Liana Tikhonova
Finance and Administration
Tetiana Mashyr

A qualified psychologist, Tetiana worked in hospitality for many years before coordinating the Alternatives to Violence project in Zaporizhzhia. She loves travelling and hiking, with the Himalayas and India being her favourite destinations.

Tetiana Mashyr
Finance and Administration
Anna Honcharova

Since university, Anna has dreamed of working for an international company. Before joining House of Europe, she worked in administration, management, and QA testing. In her free time, Anna enjoys city walks, travelling, and spending time with friends.

Anna Honcharova
Finance and Administration
Mariana Boiko

Master of Translation and Brand Management. Combining love for communications and languages, she has worked as a tutor, translator, client manager, and now — as an assistant to our Head of Programme. In her free time, takes courses on business and PR.

Mariana Boiko
Finance and Administration

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