Central and Eastern Europe

Dinu Toderașcu is a Bucharest-based senior program officer responsible for managing ProElect and INCRES, both EU-funded projects. Prior to joining GMF, he worked for the National Democratic Institute in Moldova as a program officer, assisting the country director with program design and implementation. In 2019, he was appointed chief of staff to Moldova’s minister of foreign affairs and European integration. He was appointed three months later state secretary at the ministry and was responsible for bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

Toderașcu holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Bucharest and a master’s degree in European public affairs from Maastricht University. He is a fluent in English, Russian, and Romanian. 

Hanna Kovhan is a Berlin-based senior program coordinator with GMF’s Leadership Programs team. She supports the organization’s work on fellowship and alumni programs for leaders from the United States and Europe, including the Marshall Memorial Fellowship, the Policy Designers Network, the Leadership Lab, and the Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network. She previously led the Transatlantic Information Media Program and served as GMF’s liaison to the Bundeswehr for the Manfred Wörner Seminar.

Her regional areas of expertise encompass the Commonwealth of Independent States and the EU’s Eastern Partnership countries.

Kovhan holds a bachelor’s degree in translation studies from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University in Ukraine, a master’s degree in intercultural communication from European University Viadrina in Germany, and an executive diploma in the art of diplomacy from the European Academy of Diplomacy in Poland. She also spent a year studying international relations at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University in Georgia and a semester at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. 

Stella Uțica is a program manager at the Black Sea Trust. She administers grantmaking operations that support civil society actors from the Black Sea region in their efforts to promote citizen participation and democratic accountability. 

Before joining GMF, Uțica worked as a project coordinator at the Institute for Public Policy in Moldova, where she oversaw projects promoting gender equality, European integration, and good governance and accountability. She also worked with the European Institute for Political Studies of Moldova, organizing a training program for young leaders under the auspices of the Council of Europe.

Uțica holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in security and diplomacy from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest. She speaks Romanian, English, and Russian.