Tetiana Kutsevych is a visiting fellow with the Strategic Democracy Initiative at GMF. She coordinates projects and activities within the Ukraine resilience and recovery portfolio, including the Unbreakable Europe initiative, which works to bring Ukraine’s practical wartime experience in civil protection and crisis preparedness to attention of European institutions and national authorities. She engages with participating institutions and partners across Europe, prepares working materials and project outputs, and manages communications among project teams in Kyiv, Brussels, and Washington.

Kutsevych also coordinates activities related to the Unbreakable Kherson project, including the publication of the Ukrainian-language edition and events presenting Ukraine’s experience of resilience and recovery under wartime conditions. Her broader portfolio includes consultation with Ukrainian national and local authorities on civil preparedness, infrastructure protection, and local self-government.

Before joining GMF, Kutsevych served as a project manager at international technology companies Viseven and Wezom, where she oversaw multiple projects and coordinated cross-functional teams. Prior to that, she worked as a marketing and partnerships manager at Termojet and manager for international communications and partnerships at Ecosoft. At the Montessori School in Kyiv, she organized international conferences connecting Ukraine’s Montessori community with partners abroad and represented Ukrainian educational practices internationally.


Kutsevych holds a master’s degree in psychology from Kyiv National Linguistics University and a professional certification in project management from IAMPM.

Oleksandra Antypenko is a Brussels-based program coordinator. She previously worked in the Department for Legislative Analysis at the National Agency on Corruption Prevention of Ukraine, where she assessed national laws for corruption risks. She also served in the Legislative Coordination Unit of the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament, and at the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies.
 
Antypenko holds two law degrees in EU law and human rights from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Mykolas Romeris University in Lithuania. She was an exchange student at the University of Vienna, where she focused on EU law, international humanitarian law, and international development.

Sofiia Kozak is a program assistant for the Strategic Democracy Initiative (SDI), where she provides both administrative and research support and manages GMF's cooperation with several stakeholders internationally. Kozak has interned with the US Senate, Voice of America, and the Association for Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, the world's largest trade association representing the unmanned systems industry. Through these experiences, she has worked on a wide range of issues from defense policy and innovation to the regional politics of Eastern Europe. Originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine, Kozak received a bachelor's degree in government with a concentration in international relations from Cornell University. In addition to graduating with distinction, Sofiia was awarded a prize recognizing students who demonstrated dedication to the field of peacebuilding.