At Volia, Aly focuses on fundraisers dedicated to Ukrainian defense. She was the first president of Volia Fund.

Aly Owens is passionate about Ukraine. In 2014 she became an active volunteer at Nova Ukraine, a San Francisco based Ukrainian american non-profit where she led several fundraisers for purchasing humanitarian aid and culture promoting events. Aly Owens was born in Izmail, Ukraine and today she works as a sr product manager at a major company in the Seattle area. She’s passionate about connecting art with tech and driving innovations. At Volia Aly focuses on fundraisers dedicated to Ukrainian defense.

A strategist excelling in supporting cross-functional teams

Ana is the mastermind behind Volia, one early May afternoon 2022 she decided to call a few friends to brainstorm ways of supporting Ukraine with the highest possible ROI. A few weeks later Volia was born. Then it took a few more quarters to clear up all the regulatory constraints – now Volia is a rapidly growing aspiring fund.

Apart from masterminding Volia, she worked on various AI projects at Meta. These days Ana spends her time advising startups & venture funds and looking for ways to take Volia to the next level.

‍

An entrepreneurial leader with executive touch.

Meet one more co-founder of Volia Fund Tetiana Novokhatska. In her own words: “I am an entrepreneurial leader with executive touch who enjoys transforming organizations that push the boundaries of what's possible. I excel at solving complex business problems and getting the result in a creative, fast, and robust way. Started as a Software Engineer, Mathematician, and Systems Analyst with 20 years of work experience and 12+ years of the leadership track. I am used to operating in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. I delivered business results as software products and solutions end-to-end in a complex multi-year, multi-site, cross- functional setting. I have created organizations, processes, and solutions and facilitated complex decisions with internal and external c-level stakeholders. This includes a large-scale (1200+ people) distributed multinational organization and building an organizational and operational structure for it that includes all the required processes in people management, personnel management, performance appraisal, distributed team management, and financial management. Worked with USA, European, and APAC customers from start-ups to Fortune 100. I have managed remote, distributed, and collocated teams and took part in product management and development. Established software development process, built teams and all the tools and training they need. I love Ukraine and have always seen my mission as creating high-tech jobs in Ukraine and for Ukrainians as well as promoting Ukraine as a destination to invest and do business with and in. With the start of a full-scale russian invasion, I realized the need for more hands-on involvement in different high-tech projects and this is how Volia Fund emerged – through a collaboration of like-minded smart Ukrainians who are aiming to promote well-being in Ukraine by applying our professional experience with high-tech.

A medical professional and a psychotherapist in-training.

Yuliia is an internationally trained physician, a psychotherapist in training, a certified peer support specialist, and a Ukraine-certified military mental health support specialist. Yuliia's primary area of interest lies in supporting veterans who have experienced war traumas, particularly those who have lost their limbs in combat, aiming to provide comprehensive physical and psychological rehabilitation.

A detail-oriented leader with financial expertise.

A Finance graduate from the University of Washington, Alex brings to the table many years of corporate finance experience, working for both small and large-scale technological companies in the Seattle area. Alex is a detail-oriented finance leader who specializes in process improvement, forecasting, and financial reporting. His focus with the Volia Fund spreads wide across the financial ecosystem, covering areas such as project-specific budgeting, financial reporting, and managing transactional accounting.

A hardworking fundraiser and volunteering community leader.

With a goal to win the war and save more lives of Ukrainian defenders Tung works on:
- fundraises for the critical needs of military units, closed more than 200 requests in 2.5 years
- made 15+ online auctions with art and other trophies from UA defenders
- created and leads a team of 10+ people who help to make more efficient fundraises
- runs a community of volunteers where everyone helps each other brining much more results together
- runs his social media accounts inspiring others to start volunteering, supporting activism, sharing thoughts and knowledge

Apart from his active volunteering work, he is an iOS Engineer working at Speechify, where they help reading to never be a barrier for learning.

‍

Oksana Mandryka has been volunteering ever since the war escalated and she's a huge force behind our purchase and delivery of vehicles for defenders and med staff.

Focus on high-tech and cost-effective projects

‍

Owner of Sims Bookkeeping, LLC providing bookkeeping services to nonprofit organizations.

‍

Marina is an engineer during the day and a volunteer video maker for Volia Fund.