Evita Štrausa
Evita Štrausa - She is currently employed by SIA Trvete food as a business developer. Evita works as a Marketing Consultant at AGROLATS GROUP, which brings together 40 companies in Latvian economic sectors, such as agriculture, food production, and real estate. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Economics, as well as a Norwegian-Latvian Executive MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. In order to expand her business, she is passionate and motivated by seeing how her decisions and choices contribute to enhancing results. Development of brands, development of products, and expanding exports are her main responsibilities.
Klavdija Kutnar
Klavdija Kutnar - Currently, Klavdija Kutnar serves as Rector of University of Primorska, a member of the European network of Innovative Higher Education Institutions. The area of algebraic graph theory is the focus of her research. In 2019, she was appointed President of the Council of the Republic of Slovenia for Higher Education. Last year the Minister appointed her to the Expert Groups responsible for preparing Slovenia's National Higher Education Programme 2030 and its Research and Innovation Strategy 2021-2030.
Begum Onal
Begum Onal - As a Food Safety and Operations Manager at Gourmet International Food Trade Company, Begum Onal oversees the quality and safety management system in compliance with the 'BRCGS Agent & Brokers'. Processes and documentation systems are created by her. As a RIS Policy Council member at EIT Food, she manages consulting activities related to Sustainable Food Production and Consumption. She holds a doctoral degree in Chemical Engineering from the Department of Industrial Engineering at Università Degli Di Studi Salerno. As part of her research, she continues to explore 'Drying of Fruits & Vegetables', 'Food Sustainability', 'Circular Economy' and 'Eco-efficient Production Process' as well as ’Food Supply Chain Management’.
Andy Zynga
Andy Zynga - As CEO of Food Systems, Innovation, Telecoms, and Technology Services, Andy Zynga has proven experience building profitable businesses in the USA (3 businesses) as well as Europe (2 businesses). Three successful exits were achieved, including an IPO and two trade sales. Using his skills, he has built businesses to profitability and self-sustained revenue generation, managed corporate turnarounds, and assisted larger corporations through needed changes. He has also managed a non-profit and provided services to the European Union.
Monika Manolova
Monika Manolova - She holds a PhD in geographic information systems (GIS) from Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski’, is a cum laude graduate with excellence an M.Sc. in planning and governance of territorial systems, and a bachelor's in regional development and politics. Monika has worked on several complex regional projects as a GIS expert, and is a key expert for Horizon2020 and Horizon Europe projects. Besides her technical background, Monika is a member of the DIH AgroHub BG and a Digital Ecosystems Expert for the Digital National Alliance (DNA) in Bulgaria. She is a member of the EIP SCC group on smart mobility and the EIP SCC group on citizen control of personal data, Morality and Knowledge in AI(MKAI) Champion for equality (2020), and a mission-driven contributor to education and open innovations in ML, data science, and AI.
Jelena Liaudinienė
Jelena Liaudinienė - Jelena is an international trainer at Mary Kay with 10 years of teaching experience at the Department of Fashion in Vilnius Design College. Her other responsibilities include representing Dominorum Academy in Lithuania, teaching at the “Grima” Academy (own training course "Psychology of communication with a client"). Jelena holds a bachelor diploma in Music, has certificates of Psychology of Fashion (Vilnius Design College Accreditation), Social Psychology, Personal Psychology, Master of the Enneagram and International Coaching. For the last 2 years, Jelena has been developing her own startup in the pet hospitality space, Petsy.(www.petsy.lt)
Andrius Janiukštis
ANDRIUS JANIUKŠTIS - Founder and co-owner of Academia Dominorum consultancy agency. Andrius is a management and leadership expert and has many years of experience in leading teams of various sizes in Lithuania and abroad. He is an expert in advising business organizations on management issues and problems, action planning, personnel management, and development of emotional competences. He is a certified master of Neuro Linguistic Programming, applied typology Enneagram, and a practitioner of Coaching, who is able to lead the participants of the trainings towards results. Andrius also works as a researcher, lecturer and consultant on emotional health in the workplace.
