From Bucharest to London to New York, Rares recently graduated from NYU, where he founded the Romanian and Moldovan Students Association, and now works in Private Credit at Deep Ocean Partners.
Andrei works for the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota in data management and customer service coordination.
Since she moved to Chicago, Gabi’s Romanian roots became stronger. She believes in community and giving back and wants her children to be proud Romanians. She’s been a passionate teacher of Italian for over 25 years.
Monica Horga
Member
RUF Founding Member, ROCO Teens Program Co - Lead, Lead Volunteer
Founding Member
Volunteer
Associate Director of Financial Administration | Founding member @RUF-Romanian United Foundation
Finance professional with more than 12 years of experience in sustainable/impact investment
Originally from Romania, I relocated to the US in 2013 with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Currently, I serve as the administrative expert at RUF, where I handle all accounting and administrative issues. I have a passion for teaching young children.
Luminita (“Lumi”) Ispas has been an award-winning top producer, an effective team leader, and a successful real estate investor & developer for more than 20 years.
Show producer, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, drummer, cobza wannabe player, prosodic book author.
Mihai Lehene
Board of Directors
Honorary Member
RUF Founder & President
Founder
Volunteer (full)
Teacher
Mihai is the Owner of MDL Investments, a real-estate and VC family-office with a focus on emerging technologies, including fintech, biotech and crypto. In 2020 Mihai resigned his business roles to run RUF, and in 2022 he was elected as President of FORA.
Mihaela Madaras
Board of Advisors
Founding Angel
Founding Angel, RUF Institutional Liaison for North America, Diaspora Ambassador, RandD Director, Innovation and Sustainability
Volunteer
MPP Candidate at University of Chicago Harris School | Environmental and Energy Policy
Angie Matei
Member
CEO of Red Oaks Surgical Centre / Supporter of ROCO Chicago, the Romanian Community Center
Volunteer
Catalin is passionate about real estate investing, passive income, and world traveling.
Cristian is co-founder and owner of City Habitat Realty, a successful real estate company in Chicago. He believes Romanians should work harder to express and identify themselves as one nation, to earn their own sense of value and the right to be proud.
Software Engineer ,Full-stack web applications JavaScript, Node.js, React, APIs, HTML, CSS etc.
I always felt that something was missing in our Community, in Chicago, a central point of connection for our people. It was a dream "if somebody would open a Community Center for all of us, that would be nice ..."
I am a dedicated member of the Romanian United Foundation (RUF) Core Team, I'm serving as the "Trips to Romania" Program Manager. Born and raised in Romania, I immigrated to the United States in 2006 at the age of 23.
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