Khristina LewPresidentKhristina Lew is the founder and president of the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine's Sacral Arts. She worked as a photojournalist covering Ukraine in the 1990s and currently is a technical writer for the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C. She has been awarded numerous grants from the U.S. government to conduct civic education programs in Ukraine, and has served as an international election observer in seven elections in that country. She is co-author of "100 Nahirny Churches: the Churches of Vasyl Nahirny" and "100 Nahirny Churches: the Churches of Evhen Nahirny." Khristina graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and was awarded a master of sciences degree in Global Affairs from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
Khristina Lew and her son, Greg Gawdiak, at a church designed by her great-grandfather, architect Vasyl Nahirny. Slavske, Ukraine. |
Martha Jarosewich-HolderSecretaryMartha Jarosewich-Holder works in international development at the World Bank in Washington, D.C. She has both resided and worked on several investment projects in Ukraine. A specialist in water resources management at the World Bank, she has been involved in ensuring due diligence and in-program design, identifying indicators and formulating results frameworks for quality assurance, and monitoring and evaluating program performance. Martha graduated from the University of Maryland and was awarded a master’s degree from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University.
Martha Jarosewich-Holder with students at FTPUSA's restoration project in Vovkiv, Ukraine. |