Olena Rosstalna - The Head of ASSITEJ Ukraine, PhD, Associate Professor. 

Iryna Zapolska - Board Member of ASSITEJ Ukraine, Theatre Pedagogue

Olena Rosstalna, representing ASSITEJ Ukraine, is an artistic director of Youth Drama Theatre "AmaTea" (Chernihiv, Ukraine), drama facilitator, PhD, associate professor at Chernihiv Polytechnic University. Olena Rosstalna works as both artistic director at a theatre and an academic scholar in Ukraine. She has produced more than 20 performances for young audiences aimed at addressing the problems of social inclusion, as well as managed several international cross-cultural projects in Ukraine, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Bulgaria, Germany, Great Britain and Singapore. Since 2012, Olena provides regular workshops for teachers, artists, and change makers on the topics "Drama in Education", "Art and Drama for Social Change, and "Storytelling as a Tool" nationally and internationally.

Iryna Zapolska, the head of the NGO "Art Dim", has 20 years of experience as a theater manager, theater critic, theater director, theater educator and actress. Iryna Zapolska, with a group of partners, initiated the establishment of National Center ASSITEJ Ukraine in 2020. Since 2014, Iryna Zapolska, as the curator of the International performing arts festival GOGOLFEST children's program, worked with Lithuanian choreographer, dance educator and doctor of social sciences Birute Baneviciute. This partnership opened innovations in the field of dance performances for babies of 0-3 years; it was the first time that performances for children of such early age were presented in Ukraine.