Dan Satinsky, Esq., President Emeritus
Daniel Satinsky has been an active participant in bringing European and U.S. technology into the Russian market since the early 1990's, when he was part of a U.S.-Russian joint venture in satellite telecommunications. More recently, as a consultant working through his own company, B.E.A. Associates, Inc., he has focused on the Russian information and communications technology (ICT) sector. From 2004 – 2006, he was the Executive Editor of Russian Petroleum Investor and Caspian Investor: analytic, journals specializing in the energy sector in the former Soviet Union. He is the author of the Buyer's Guide to the Russian IT Outsourcing Industry (2006). Mr. Satinsky has been a regular business visitor to Russia since 1989 and is a frequent speaker on Russia-related topics. Mr. Satinsky is a graduate of Northeastern University Law School and holds a Master of Law and Diplomacy degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.

Richard Golob, Vice President
Richard Golob is President and Chief Executive Officer of GGA Software Services, a leading Russian provider of scientific software engineering, algorithm development, and data curation services, especially for the life sciences industry. With its headquarters office in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and its development center in St. Petersburg, Russia, GGA has focused on bringing together science, mathematics, and software engineering to solve client problems. Since 1994, GGA has developed a client list consisting of global pharmaceutical, scientific publishing, and laboratory instrumentation companies, among others. Richard has served as an adviser to the venture capital firm Charles River Ventures and as chairman of an advisory group at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a board member and president of the United Nations Association of Greater Boston. Richard graduated from Harvard College with an A.B. degree in biochemical sciences.

Renee Stillings, Treasurer
Renee Stillings is Director of The School of Russian and Asian Studies (SRAS). Founded in 1995 to promote and organize educational programs in the Former Soviet Union, SRAS also provides a wealth of information for students, teachers and travelers on its website. She is also co-founder and a Partner in Alinga Consulting Group - a Moscow-based consultancy providing audit, accounting, legal, and HR services. Previously she worked in the Russian financial markets, co-founding a small Moscow-based brokerage. She graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and has studied Russian language at Moscow State University. She is fluent in Russian and has traveled extensively in the Former Soviet Union.

Mark Stein, Esq., Secretary
Mark B. Stein is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm’s Boston office. He is partner-in-charge of the Boston Corporate Department and a member of the Firm’s International Practice Group. Before joining McDermott, Mark was deputy executive director and later, executive director (acting) of the Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment. He has also served as a legislative assistant to a United States senator from New Hampshire and as a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State in the Bureau for Near East and South Asian Affairs and at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. While in law school, Mark was a member of the Harvard Law Review.

Leo Galperin
Leo Galperin is the owner of Language Connections – a full-service interpreting and translation agency based in Boston. His company is among the leading language services providers serving the government sector, as well as private enterprises, academic and non-profit organizations. Prior to founding Language Connections, Leo initiated and took part in various Russia-focused business ventures, including the establishment in 1989 of the first video store chain in Moscow. Since joining the US Department of State as an interpreter in 1993, Leo has interpreted at numerous essential meetings between officials from Russia and the other Former Soviet Republics and their American counterparts.

Elena Ivanova
Elena Ivanova has been Executive Director and Treasurer of the New Horizons Project, Inc. since its incorporation in 1999. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, she has resided in Boston since 1979. In 1981 she joined the faculty of Boston College, becoming a full-time associate professor of Speech Communication and Theater, and then went on to teach graduate studies at Brandeis University. She co-founded the Chekhov Theatre and Film Company and commencing in 1990, conducted and facilitated cultural exchange programs among professional artists from Boston, Russia and Ukraine. Ms. Ivanova received her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) from the National Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg and has recently completed the Harvard Business School's Department of Executive Education Program on Strategic Perspectives in Non-profit Management.

Kathleen O'Donnell

Stan Rosenberg
Stan Rosenberg is President Pro Tem of the Massachusetts State Senate and former chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. During his 15 years in the Massachusetts Senate he has also chaired the Committee on Banks and Banking, the Committee on Election Laws, and has also served in a variety of Senate leadership positions, including Assistant Majority Leader. Since 1996 he has made 16 trips to Russia while working on a range of projects, primarily in Pskov, but also in Novgorod and St. Petersburg. In Pskov, he has worked with the Polytechnic Institute and city and regional administrators on major projects in such areas as health care, tourism and cranberry production. His relationship with Pskov began through programs at the University of Massachusetts and has continued through his work as leader of Massachusetts Friends of Pskov.

Alexis Sukharev, Ph.D.
Dr. Sukharev is President and Founder of Auriga, Inc., an IT company that has established itself as a competent provider of software services to renowned clients around the globe. Founded in 1990, Auriga is one of the oldest American IT outsourcing services providers with development centers in Russia. Alexis's unique knowledge of the global IT outsourcing industry, decades of research and development experience in technology entrepreneurship, as well as an ambitious outlook on the future have driven the company's dynamic growth over the past 15 years.  A member of several high-tech and business associations, Alexis has appeared as a featured speaker at major world and national technology events. As an industry visionary and practitioner, Alexis has been quoted in numerous publications such as eWeek, The Boston Globe, Mass High Tech, and Computerworld. Prior to founding Auriga, Alexis Sukharev was Professor of Operations Research and Numerical Analysis at Moscow State University for 20 years.

Pierre Olney, Esq.
Mr. Olney is a Partner in the Boston office of the international law firm LeBoeuf , Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP. During his 27-year career with the firm, 20 years of which were spent in the Washington office, he has represented foreign and domestic ship-owners and marine insurers on corporate matters, commercial contracts and charter parties, criminal and civil enforcement proceedings, major pollution cases, civil litigation, agency rule makings, and legislative projects. Mr. Olney was named among the 25 "world's leading shipping and maritime lawyers" by Euromoney in its "The Best of The Best 2003" guide of legal experts. He was counsel to the Sea Launch project, a joint venture with Boeing Commercial Space Company, Aker ASA, RSC-Energia, and SDO Yuzhnoye/PO Yuzhmash. Sea Launch provides commercial satellite launching capability utilizing a floating semi-submersible platform and a purpose-built command ship. He also represents a major Russian tanker company. Mr. Olney is a graduate of Harvard University and received his J.D. from Georgetown University.