how it all started
Our story
When the war started, we knew we had to convert our sadness and frustration into action. Like so many people, we figured church donations would magically get to the front line. We quickly learned the realities. After working with and observing so many other organizations, we experienced firsthand the bureaucratic hoops and logistical hurdles to actually getting the right materials into the right hands in Ukraine.
Our Mission
We’ve navigated the complex supply chain issues globally, and filled airplanes with vital supplies. We’ve also carried in our own hands hundreds of suitcases of supplies from manufacturers in California to Ukraine. This includes food for families and their children, trauma and surgical kits, first aid kits, bandages, tourniquets, and clothing. At home in the U.S., we’ve become the highest priority customer with our medical suppliers. We have zero overhead and work on a volunteer basis. Every cent donated goes to saving lives.
Our Team
Joshua Clark
President
An award-winning, best-selling author, film and music producer, and a past correspondent for NPR, who has written about Ukraine for the Wall Street Journal and others.
Alex "Slava" Alexandrov
Managing Director & Treasurer
A Ukrainian-American entrepreneur, originally from Kyiv, who has called the United States home for over 40 years. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son, and thankfully their other home in Ukraine’s Cherkassy Oblast is still standing (as of now).
Kate Marchuk
Executive Director
A Ukrainian-American physician. Her repeated supply trips during the war and witnessing firsthand the post traumatic stress that combat veterans are suffering have inspired her to pursue a degree in Psychiatry to help transform PTSD into resilience and posttraumatic growth.
Yevhen Goncharov
Chief Advisor
Ukrainian-American data scientist, with personal and deep ties to his home town Irpin, Ukraine, and a strong sense of duty to provide critical defense and medical supplies to the hot war zones in Ukraine.
Jenny Spiegel
Legal Counsel
Sidley Austin LLP provides pro bono legal services to us. The team at Sidley is led by Jenny Spiegel.
Scott Ferguson
Advisor
As part of three generations of firefighters, Chief Scott Ferguson has been a member of the fire service for just over 38 years. He spent most of his career in Vancouver, Washington, with stops in Peoria, Arizona as the Deputy Chief of Operations, and in Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica as Fire Chief, before retiring as Murrieta’s Chief in 2019.
Lubov Melnyk
Project "Revival", co-founder, Ukraine
Plays a vital role in organizing and coordinating logistics for volunteer activities and providing humanitarian aid to forcibly displaced persons. They are actively involved in assisting the victims affected by the damage to the Kakhovka reservoir dam.
Victoria Dyliov
Ukraine
Professional athlete and world champion. Lived for several years in occupied Crimea, openly expressing her Ukrainian stance. Currently in Lutsk, training children and bringing our victory closer.
Serhiy Shvets
GearForUkraine.com
Serhiy is a Ukrainian from Mykolaiv who has lived and worked in LA for the last 7 years. He’s working as Director of Product for a Software company. His parents are saving the lives of injured soldiers and civilians at Mykolaiv’s city hospital.
Ostap Khoma
Project "Revival", regional manager, Lviv
Having internal knowledge and insights into the needs and problems of displaced Ukrainians, Ostap coordinates the work of the headquarters, organizes the collection of aid abroad and transportation to Ukraine. He and the organization provides assistance directly to the needy, IDPs and vulnerable groups of the population, the elderly, the disabled, and mothers with young children.
Sofia & Solomia
Social Media management
Ukrainian sisters who support Ukraine via volunteering at multiple organizations in Los Angeles.
Timothy Tillich
Chief Medical Advisor
A US Navy veteran, he currently serves as a Paramedic, Technical Rescue Technician, and Firefighter-Instructor. He has also served on the Eastern Front of Ukraine as a combat medic and trainer of small unit tactics and field medicine. He remains committed to the Ukrainian People’s cause by transporting humanitarian aid supplies.
Vlad Boroznin
"Bat'kivshchyna Rodyna Obiymy", Ukraine
President of “Bat’kivshchyna Rodyna Obiymy”, non-profit in Kyiv, Ukraine. A partner organization engaged in delivering and distributing help to civilians affected by the war. Actively helping people impacted by Kakhovka dam collapse.
Valentina Ievleva
Strategic Advisor
Takes an active part in supporting the civilian population, victims of the Ukrainian-Russian war in the territory of hostilities and the temporarily resettled population. Repeatedly carried out and organized the transportation of humanitarian and medical aid to Ukraine.
Pavlo Ivashchenko
Ukraine
Sacrificially serves God and people. From the first days of the large-scale war, he travels to the de-occupied territories and helps people who need everything – food, medicine, clothes, etc. Together with his family, he decided to donate his car to the needs of the Armed Forces.
Serhii Popov
"Olaser", Co-founder, Poland
The co-founder of the construction company “Olaser” in Warsaw (since 2016) have been helping people fleeing from war since the conflict began, assisting with housing arrangements or travel deeper into Europe. During the war, we are providing soldiers with vehicles, locating and purchasing them in the Polish market, as well as supplying equipment. We have effectively created a small logistical hub in Warsaw, collaborating with volunteers from various parts of Ukraine and corners of the world, and are always eager to help bring Ukraine’s victory closer.
Oleg Maslyanka
"Olaser", Co-Founder, Poland
The co-founder of the construction company “Olaser” in Warsaw (since 2016) have been helping people fleeing from war since the conflict began, assisting with housing arrangements or travel deeper into Europe. During the war, we are providing soldiers with vehicles, locating and purchasing them in the Polish market, as well as supplying equipment. We have effectively created a small logistical hub in Warsaw, collaborating with volunteers from various parts of Ukraine and corners of the world, and are always eager to help bring Ukraine’s victory closer.
Our Partners
