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SPEAKER LIST

Presented by the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

In Cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine

Steve BlankSenior Expert at the U.S. Institute of Peace

Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, U.S. Air Force (ret.)Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Alex BartFounder & Managing Partner of Empire State Capital

Anders ÅslundSenior Research Fellow at the Atlantic Council

Barbara BarrettSecretary of the United States Air Force

Cap BeyerCEO of AGIS Inc.

Stephen BiegunUnited States Deputy Secretary of State

Riaz AwanVice President for Ukraine Operations at Holtec International

Ksenia BelkinaCEO of Cardiomo

Ambassador Clifford BondFormer Active Coordinator for United States Assistance to Europe and Eurasia

Oleksandr BorniakovDeputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine

Vera AndrushkiwVice President for External Affairs at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

Yaroslav AzhnyukCEO of Petcube

James BrookeEditor-in-Chief of Ukrainian Business News

Yevhen BarsukovDirector of the Business Incubator Group Ukraine

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Yulia FedivDirector of the Ukrainian Cultural Fund

Chryzanta HentiszPresident of the Board of Trustees at the Ukrainian Museum, New York

Glen HowardPresident of the Jamestown Foundation

Oleksiy DanilovSecretary of the National Defense and Security Council of Ukraine

Charles C.R. DavisVice President of L3 Harris International

Volodymyr HavrylovAdvisor to CEO of Ukrspetsexport

Debra CaganDistinguished Energy Fellow at the Transatlantic Leadership Network

Gen. Wesley K. Clark, U.S. Army (ret.)CEO of Wesley K. Clark & AssociatesFormer Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Alexa ChopivskyAdvisor to the Minister of Economic DevelopmentDeputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at UkraineInvestDirector at the Aspen Institute

Ambassador John HerbstDirector of the Eurasia Center of the Atlantic CouncilFormer United States Ambassador to Ukraine

Lieut. Gen. Ben Hodges, U.S. Army (ret.)Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at CEPAFormer Commander of the United States Army Europe

Dr. Rusty BrooksBoard Chairman at the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

Edward ChowBoard Memeber at the U.S.-Ukraine FoundationSenior Associate at the Energy & National Security Program at CSIS

Oleksiy ChernyshovMinister of Regional Development of Ukraine

Yaroslav DemchenkovDeputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine

John DesRosierSenior Advisor at the USUF Biotech Initiative

Vitalii DemianiukCEO of NT-Engineering

Denys GurakCEO of A.D.A.M.

Andy HunderPresident of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine

John DidiukDirector of the International Project FinanceU.S. International Development Finance Corporation

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Ihor PetrashkoMinister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine

Matteo PatroneManaging Director of Eastern Europe and Caucasus at EBRD

Roman KachurSenior Advisor to the Executive Director of the World Bank

Oles PetrivCEO of reface.ai

Nadia K. McConnellPresident of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation

Congresswoman Marcy KapturUnited States Congresswoman for Ohio’s 9th District (D)Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukrainian Caucus

Robert McConnellDirector of External Relations at FOUN

Gen. Sir Gordon Kenneth Messenger, Royal Marines (ret.)Former Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom

Igor PasternakCEO of Aeros Inc.

Olexii IvanchenkoDeputy Executive Director at UkraineInvest

Lenna KoszarnyCEO of Horizon Capital

Dariya LosevaCEO of Myhelix

Joe McKinneyExecutive Director at the National Association of Development Organizations

Farhod InogambaevExecutive Director of Debt Capital Markets, and Syndication at Oppenheimer & Co

Dmytro NikonChief Economist at Pivdenmash

Yuriy HusyevCEO of Ukroboronprom

Iryna ProkofievaProgram Director of the Ukrainian Institute

Senator Rob PortmanUnited States Senator from Ohio (R)Co-Chair of the Senate Ukrainian Caucus

Dominique PiotetCEO of Unit.City

Victoria RepaCEO of BetterMe

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Markiyan SamborskyyChief Bioinformatics Scientist at Explogen

Yuriy SvidinenkoFounder of Nanobot Medical Inc.

Emanuele VolpeChief Innovation Officer at DTEK

Charles WhiteheadDirector of EO Business Incubators

Kira RudykMember of the Parliament of UkraineLeader of the ‘Voice’ Political PartyFormer COO of Ring Ukraine

Olha StefanishynaDeputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine

Vice Adm. Joseph Rixey, U.S. Navy (ret.)Vice President of Lockheed Martin

Yuliia VysotskaExternal Affairs Director at the League of Defense Companies of Ukraine

Andriy ZahorodniukFormer Defense Minister of Ukraine

H.E. Ambassador Volodymyr YelchenkoAmbassador of Ukraine to the United States

Kurt VolkerSenior International Advisor at BGR Group

Serhiy TsivkachCEO of UkraineInvest

Morgan WilliamsCEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council

Maxim TimchenkoCEO of DTEK

Volodymyr UsovFormer Head of the Ukrainian State Space Agency