Board Administrator and Office Manager
nadiya [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Nadiya is the Board Administrator and Office Manager at the Wellesley Institute, an independent non-profit research and policy institute working to advance health equity through community-based research, community engagement, social innovation and policy development. A recent immigrant from Ukraine, Nadiya graduated from the Kiev State University, Romano-Germanic Languages Department, and has 15 years experience as an English Language Teacher. After the perestroika she worked for commercial businesses and in 1996 joined the team of a newly opened World Bank office in Kiev as a Mission Coordinator and later as the Assistant to the Deputy Head of Mission. In 1999 she and her entire family moved to Toronto and Nadiya started to work as administrative assistant in different not-for-profit organizations and businesses. In her experiences Nadiya has gained knowledge on revitalization, community organization, the voluntary sector, and partnerships. Nadiya also volunteers her time to the Out of the Cold project, Lakeshore Arts, and Leading to Reading program at the Toronto Public Library.