Our team
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Svitlana Kravchenko
President and Head of the Board of Directors
Professor Svitlana Kravchenko founded EPL and serves as its President since very beginning. Professor Kravchenko has taught environmental law in Ukraine for over 25 years. She has an international reputation for both her academic work and her practical legal work. In recent years she has specialized in public participation in environmental decision making, access to environmental information, and access to justice. She teaches Human Rights and the Environment and International Environmental Law
at the University of Oregon School of Law (USA) and directs the
Oregon LL.M. Program (Master of Law) on Environmental and Natural Resources. Member and a vice-chair of the Compliance Committee of the Aarhus Convention, member of IUCN, former Vice-Chair of CEL IUCN (2000-2004).
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Olena Kravchenko
Executive director, member of EPL Board of Directors, Chief - editor of Environment. People. Law Journal
Olena has been working at EPL since 2005 as the chief editor and since 2009 as the executive director. She administers the functioning of the organization and continues to work as the Chief - editor of EPL Journal. Environment. People. Law Journal is one of the first official environmental and legal editions in Ukraine. The purpose of the Journal is to promote development of the fund of natural reserves and environmental protection, to promote development of science and education, to raise awareness of the population in the environmental and legal sphere.
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Hanna Khomechko
Development director
Has been working at EPL since 2008. Ensures financial stability and strategic development of the organization. Teacher at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The sphere of interests includes translation, academic and business discourse.
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Iryna Vasylakiy
Chief accountant
She worked as a cashier, accountant, economist-financier and chief accountant. Since 1993 she has been working as a chief accountant of the law firm “Lohush, Borsuk, Brofman and Kalyshevych”. She has been working at EPL since 1995 as the chief accountant.
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Olha Malen-Zabramna
Head of legal department
Olha came to EPL in 2001 as a volunteer and then started working as a lawyer’s assistant. Since 2002 she had been working as a lawyer, since the mid of 2005 she has been the head of the legal department. In 2009 she received Master’s degree in environmental law at the University of Nottingham (Great Britain). In October 2009 Olha rejoined EPL’s team and at present she holds the position of the head of legal department. She provides legal consultations, represents interests of citizens in courts, bodies of public authority and local self-governance, manages the work of the legal department of EPL.
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Yelyzaveta Alekseyeva
Senior lawyer
Yelyzaveta started at EPL as a volunteer in 1998. In 2003 she participated in EPL Clinical Program for law students. Since 2005 she worked as a lawyer and in 2007-08 worked as a senior lawyer. In 2009 Yelyzaveta pursued an LL.M in Environmental and Natural Resources Law at the University of Oregon School of Law and participated in Environmental Summer Session at Washington School of Law. In October of 2009 Yelyzaveta rejoined EPL’s team and since then serves as a senior lawyer. She studies and works on the problems of MEA implementation and enforcement in Ukraine, particularly on the Aarhus Convention’s issues and European standards of human rights in Ukraine.
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Taras Zhyravetsky Taras is an assistant professor at the Department of Labour, Agrarian and Environmental Law of the Law Faculty at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. |
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Volodymyr Adam
Lawyer of the 1st category
He started his work at EPL in 2006 as a student of the legal clinic. Since 2007 he has been working as a lawyer’s assistant and in October 2008 he became a lawyer of the 1st category.
Volodymyr provides legal consultations, represents interests of citizens and NGOs in court, public authority bodies and bodies of local self-governance, writes articles for EPL Journal.
His sphere of interests includes access to environmental information, protection of atmospheric air from adverse impact of polluting factors, problems of sanitary-protected zones, waste management.
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Natalia Shpeg
Lawyer
She started her work at EPL in 2008. Her responsibilities include provision of legal consultations, representation of interests of citizens and NGOs in courts, bodies of public authorities and local self-governance, writing articles for EPL Journal.
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Alina Samura
Specialist in international relations
Alina began her work with EPL as a volunteer. She has been working as a specialist in international relations since April 2010. Her responsibilities include popularization of international environmental law, coordination of EPL’s activities within international environmental networks, projects, conferences, seminars, drafting conclusions on international legal issues.
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Yaroslav Ivanusa
IT manager
Yaroslav started working in EPL in 2009. He administers computer networks, installs software and manages its functioning. Yaroslav updates EPL employees on new informational and technical products and implements them in EPL’s practical work therefore making EPL’s work easier and improving working process.
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Maryana Myts
Office-manager
In 2010 Maryana graduated from Lviv State Academy of Finance. She has been working in EPL since 2010. Maryana manages office work, registers office documentation,helps in organizing conferences and seminars, takes care of ensuring friendly atmosphere in the team.
