Veronika Lukianchykova

Founding Board Member of Zavtra.
She is a marketing expert with specialized knowledge in brand management. Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, she relocated to Quebec, Canada with the onset of the full-scale war in Ukraine. She has extensive experience in the tourism industry, as well as in managing private medical institutions.
She is an active member of the CJA (Canadian Jewish Association)community and participates in various volunteer projects.

Gleb Latnik

Founding Board Member of Zavtra.
Born in Pervouralskiy, Russia. Gleb was an activist for LGBTQ+ and human rights in Russia. In 2014, Gleb fled Russia for his safety, coming to the United States, where he continued his advocacy through the Russian-speaking American LGBTQ+ Association. He was in charge of planning, managing, and directing LGBT Human Rights Advocacy Events.
After the full-scale Russian invasion, he planned multiple fundraising events in the DC area and served on a Board of Directors at the US Ukraine Activist non-profit charitable organization and is a member of the United Help Ukraine team.

Rita McLennon

Joined the Zavtra Board of Directors in 2024.
She is a nonprofit management and fundraising expert. For 16 years, she served as Executive Director of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.
Today she consults small and emerging nonprofit organizations on nonprofit governance, leadership development, strategic planning, and development.

Oleksandra Matviichuk

Center for Civil Liberties, The Nobel Peace Prize 2022 laureate

Oleksandra Matviichuk is a human rights defender who works on issues in Ukraine and the OSCE region.
At present she heads the human rights organization Center for Civil Liberties, and also coordinates the work of the initiative group Euromaidan SOS. The activities of the Center for Civil Liberties are aimed at protecting human rights and establishing democracy in Ukraine and the OSCE region. The organization is developing legislative changes, exercises public oversight over law enforcement agencies and judiciary, conducts educational activities for young people and implements international solidarity programs.
In 2022 Oleksandra Matviichuk was awarded with the Right Livelihood Award and recognized as one of the 25th influential women in the world by Financial Times. The same year Center for Civil Liberties which Oleksandra Matviichuk head’s for received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Hanna Liubakova

Journalist

Hanna Liubakova is a journalist and analyst from Belarus, renowned for her expertise in media,human rights, and Belarusian politics.
Currently serving as a non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council, Hanna has written about the latest developments in Belarus for The Washington Post, The Economist, Deutsche Welle, and other international outlets. She is widely recognised as one of Belarus's leading voices of the free press and has expertise in the broader region.
In acknowledgement of her dedication and excellence in journalism, Hanna was honoured with the title of Journalist of the Year 2023 by One Young World.

Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk, O.F.M.

He was born on 23 June 1956 in Kornachivka, in the region of Khmelnitskyi, in the current diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi of the Latins, Ukraine. In 1980, he began his priestly formation at the Major Seminary of Riga, Latvia. In those years, he entered the Order of Friars Minor, O.F.M., beginning his novitiate and continuing his studies in the Seminary of Riga.

He was ordained a priest on 4 June 1984 and gave his perpetual vows in 1988. From 1984 to 1994, he was parish priest of Polonne, in the current diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi of the Latins.

On 26 November 1994, he was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Zhytomyr (from 25 November 1998: diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr), receiving episcopal ordination on 6 January 1995. From 1996 to 2016, he was national director of Caritas-Spes Ukraine.

From July 2012 to April 2014, he also held the office of apostolic administrator sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the diocese of Lutsk.

On 12 April 2014, he was appointed as bishop of Kharkiv-Zaporizhia. On 2 February 2019, he was transferred to the see of Odessa-Simferopol as coadjutor bishop with special faculties.

As Catholic bishop of Odesa, Shyrokoradiuk found his diocese heavily affected by the war and spoke out against the Russian invasion. Under his direction the Church helped provide humanitarian assistance and places of safety for refugees and children. The diocese also organized spiritual support for its flock: "We pray daily for peace. It’s important to us to pray for everyone, but especially for those who have died. Every day we celebrate a Mass with a requiem for all those who have died, including the fallen soldiers and all war victims".

During an online conference with Aid to the Church in Need, the bishop claimed that both Russians and Ukrainians were victims in the war, each in their own way. "We Ukrainians are the victims of the war; the Russian people are the victims of propaganda. I hope that their eyes will be opened, so that peace can come."

Metropolitan Fedir (Bubniuk)

Metropolitan of Poltava and Kremenchuk Fedir (Bubniuk) was born on July 21, 1978, in Lipno, Volyn region.
In 2003, he graduated from the Kyiv Theological Academy and received a PhD in Theology.
In 2005, the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate appointed him Chairman of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs. He was actively involved in organizing children's and youth Orthodox camps, the annual Congress of Orthodox Youth, forums, and other events to educate and raise young people.
In 2006, he was ordained Bishop of Poltava and Kremenchuk, with his seat in Poltava.
In 2014, he co-founded the volunteer organization Poltava Battalion of the Caring. From 2014 to 2018, he regularly visited Ukrainian military units stationed in the combat zone, providing pastoral care to the personnel and delivering humanitarian aid.
In 2019, he became a member of the first Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and, for the second time, became the head of the Synodal Department for Youth Affairs.
In February 2023, he was elevated to the rank of the Metropolitan.
Under Metropolitan Fedir's supervision, a children's health and recreation center “Dzherelo” and the Christian Educational Center of St.Paisius were founded.

Rabbi David Milman

Rabbi David Milman is a former aide to Ukraine’s chief rabbi Moshe Asman. Rabi Milman is well-known for his humanitarian work. He was born in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovska oblast. He has formally been tapped as the Ukrainian army’s chief Jewish chaplain.