Manor College’s Ukraine Dialogue, titled “Business and Industry Innovations that Support Ukraine’s Community,” will return on Thursday, Oct.10. The event will be held both virtually and in-person at Manor College’s Ukrainian Heritage Studies Center.

The panelists include:

Anatoli Murha, UKRFCU CEO: Murha is recognized as a Strategic Leader in business development and financial services, where his central focus is on building collaborative teams and cultivating purposeful client and community relationships.

Bob Schena, Rajant CEO: Schena co-founded Rajant Corporation in 2001, growing the small start-up in Wayne, to have a strong international presence in various markets including military, industrial, transportation, utilities, and telecommunications. Today, Rajant is doing business in over 75 countries with large global partners and has offices across the United States.

Dr. Irina Palishvili, U.S. – Ukraine Business Council CEO: Paliashvili co-founded one of the first private law firms in Ukraine and expanded by founding the Washington-based Ukrainian Legal group. She graduated with highest honors from Kyiv State University School of International Law, and earned a Ph.D. in International Law from the same institution.

Alexander Gordin, Chair and Co-Founder of Rebuilding Ukraine Agency: Gordin is an international merchant banking professional with over 20 years of C-level experience providing cross-border strategic advisory services in the areas of export finance, international project finance, risk mitigation, and business development. His clients include foreign governments, Fortune 500 corporations and he has transactional and negotiation experience in over 30 companies.

Sviatoslav Hnizdovskyi, CEO and Founder of Open Minds: Hnizdovskyi is the CEO and Founder of Open Minds, a company founded in 2022 to combat the impact of propaganda, with a particular focus on the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Misha Rudominski, Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Himera: Rudominski is the co-founder and CEO of Promin Aerospace, a pioneering company in the aerospace industry. With extensive experience in defense, aerospace, and global security, Misha has been instrumental in leading innovative projects and startups.

The event will be moderated by Roman Popadiuk, an American Diplomat and the first United States Ambassador to Ukraine under President George H.W. Bush’s Administration.

The 17th Ukraine Dialogue takes place on Thursday, Oct. 10 starting at 6:30 PM.

The event is free both in-person and virtually, thanks to the sponsor Ukrainian Selfreliance Federal Credit Union.

Click here to register for the in-person event.

Click here to register for the virtual event.

Learn more at Manor College. Manor College is a private, Catholic, co-educational, independent institution of higher learning founded in suburban Montgomery County in 1947 by the Byzantine Ukrainian Sisters of Saint Basil the Great. 

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