Olya Smyrnova

Olya is the founder of EYP-Ukraine and served as its President for two years in 2000-2002. Olga is a graduate of the School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna Centre, Johns Hopkins University, and the Vienna Diplomatic Academy. She is also holds a graduate degree in linguistics from Kyiv National Taras Schevchenko University. She worked as the Focal Point for Youth at the UNDP in Ukraine. Olya is an alumna of Global Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry, business internship program at Iacocca Institute of Lehigh University, PA (USA) and the US government funded high-school exchange program FLEX-97. Currently, Olya serves as an Ethics Compliance Officer at Shell International Exploration and Production B.V., in the Hague, the Netherlands.