LMF2026

Olga Rudnieva

CEO of the Superhumans Center

Olga Rudnieva is the CEO of Superhumans Center, a war trauma clinic providing psychological support, prosthetics, reconstructive surgery, and rehabilitation for people injured during the war. The center was built in just 4.5 months in Lviv during the full-scale invasion and has provided services to more than 3,000 patients since its inception. In June 2025, Superhumans expanded to Dnipro, with a new facility set to open in Odesa in early 2026. 

From the first days of the full-scale invasion, Olga led Europe’s largest humanitarian hub, HelpUkraine Center, initiated by Ukrainian businessman Andrey Stavnitser. 

From 2004 to August 2022, she served as director of the Olena Pinchuk Foundation, which focuses on combating HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. She is also a co-founder of Veteran Hub, a space providing comprehensive services to veterans. 

Among her most notable projects is Medsanbat, through which more than 5,000 paramedics were trained for frontline service in 2014–2015, introducing modern first aid standards to the battlefield. 

In 2007–2009, Olga organized Ukraine’s largest charitable concerts, featuring Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Queen, to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in Ukraine. 

Olga is also a columnist and a well-known women’s rights activist. For six consecutive years, she has ranked among the most successful women in Ukraine, and in 2024 she was named one of the BBC’s 100 Women of the Year.

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Anna Danylchuk

Ukrainian media professional and creator of Anna from Ukraine YouTube platform

Daryna Pidhorna

Legal Analyst at the Rafael Lemkin Society

David Schraven

Publisher and leader of CORRECTIV

Fiona Greenland

Associate professor of sociology at the University of Virginia
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Gillian McCormack

Country Director for Internews in Ukraine

Gohar Khodjayan

Media development expert and program leader at IMS

Igor Blaževič

Founder and former director of One World

Joanna Krawczyk

Managing Director of CORRECTIV.Europe

Kateryna Kobernyk

Editor-in-Chief of Babel

Khadija Patel

Head of Programs at the International Fund for Public Interest Media
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Kip Hale

Chief of Staff at The Reckoning Project

Lene Rachel Andersen

Economist, author, futurist, philosopher
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Mariya Frey

Senior executive at Ukrainian Public Media Suspilne Ukraine
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Mykyta Gavrylenko

COO and an instructor at the Kruk UAV Training Center

Natalia Antelava

Co-founder and editor-in-chief of Coda Story

Nino Robakidze

Country Director for IREX Georgia

Peter Pomerantsev

Journalist, author and TV producer

Sasha Dovzhyk

Head of INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange

Shafi Karimi

Founder and Director of Future Afghanistan

Tamar Kintsurashvili

Executive Director and co-founder of the Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia

Tymofii Brik

Rector at Kyiv School of Economics

Valerii Pekar

Ukrainian entrepreneur and public figure

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