LMF2026

Tetiana Berezhna
Valya Polishchuk, “Women in Media”

Tetiana Berezhna

Tetyana Berezhna serves as the Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture of Ukraine, as well as the Commissioner of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale. 

She possesses extensive leadership experience within central executive authorities, where she has been a key driver of institutional reforms. From 2022 to 2025, she served as the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, and in 2025, she also represented the country as the Commissioner General of Ukraine at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

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Alicia Alamillos

Alicia Alamillos

Editor-in-Chief of the International Desk at El Confidencial
Anastasiia Loza

Anastasiia Loza

External Communications Manager at the Ukrainian Human Rights Organization Media Initiative for Human Rights (MIHR)
Anna Danylchuk

Anna Danylchuk

Ukrainian Media Professional and Creator of Anna from Ukraine YouTube Platform
Chris Liu

Chris Liu

Vice President of Radio Taiwan International
Daryna Pidhorna

Daryna Pidhorna

Legal Analyst at the Rafael Lemkin Society
David Schraven

David Schraven

Publisher and Leader of CORRECTIV
Fiona Greenland

Fiona Greenland

Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
Photo credit - Diana Delyurman
Gillian McCormack

Gillian McCormack

Country Director for Internews in Ukraine
Gohar Khodjayan

Gohar Khodjayan

Media Development Expert and Program Leader at IMS
Igor Blaževič

Igor Blaževič

Founder and Former Director of One World
Jan Gunnar Furuly

Jan Gunnar Furuly

Journalist on the Foreign Desk at Aftenposten
Joanna Krawczyk

Joanna Krawczyk

Managing Director of CORRECTIV.Europe
Kateryna Kobernyk

Kateryna Kobernyk

Editor-in-Chief of Babel
Khadija Patel

Khadija Patel

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

Kip Hale

Chief of Staff at The Reckoning Project
Kolas Yotaka

Kolas Yotaka

Taiwanese Author, Researcher, and Former Government Official
Lene Rachel Andersen

Lene Rachel Andersen

Economist, Author, Futurist, Philosopher
Photo by Jakob Boserup
Maksym Butkevych

Maksym Butkevych

Photo credit Kai_Wilson
Mariya Frey

Mariya Frey

Senior Executive at Ukrainian Public Media Suspilne Ukraine
Photo credit - Anastasiya Mantach
Mark Laity

Mark Laity

Senior Director of the StratCom Academy
Mykhailo Horobtsov

Mykhailo Horobtsov

Co-CEO of YouControl and Product Lead at YC World
Mykyta Gavrylenko

Mykyta Gavrylenko

COO and an Instructor at the Kruk UAV Training Center
Natalia Antelava

Natalia Antelava

Co-founder and Editor-in-chief of Coda Story
Nataliia Romanyshyn

Nataliia Romanyshyn

AI Specialist at Texty.org.ua
Nataliya Gumenyuk

Nataliya Gumenyuk

Author, and Executive Director of the Public Interest Journalism Lab
Nino Robakidze

Nino Robakidze

Media Development Consultant
Olga Rudnieva

Olga Rudnieva

CEO of the Superhumans Center
Peter Pomerantsev

Peter Pomerantsev

Journalist, Author and TV Producer
Sasha Dovzhyk

Sasha Dovzhyk

Head of INDEX Institute for Documentation and Exchange
Shafi Karimi

Shafi Karimi

Founder and Director of Future Afghanistan
Tamar Kintsurashvili

Tamar Kintsurashvili

Executive Director and Co-founder of the Media Development Foundation (MDF), Georgia
Tetiana Symon

Tetiana Symon

Ukrainian Film Director, and First Assistant Director (1st AD)
Tymofii Brik

Tymofii Brik

Rector at Kyiv School of Economics
Valerii Pekar

Valerii Pekar

Ukrainian Entrepreneur and Public Figure
Yevhen Hlibovytsky

Yevhen Hlibovytsky

Co-founder and CEO of the Frontier Institute
Yuliia Marushevska

Yuliia Marushevska

Member of the Supervisory Board of Brave1

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