Anna Kompanek
Anna Kompanek is an experienced project manager, trainer, and facilitator with background in business strategy, democratic governance, and economic development. In her most recent role as Director of Global Programs at the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), a non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, she managed an extensive portfolio of programs spanning emerging and frontier markets focused on public-private dialogue, business integrity, political and economic empowerment, and strengthening transparent and inclusive entrepreneurship ecosystems. Her global experience in coaching and facilitation includes developing high-performing teams, organizational capacity building for non-profits and business associations, strategic planning, change management, fostering resilience, multi-stakeholder dialogue, and coalition building for policy advocacy. She is passionate about leveraging facilitation as a transformative tool for shaping inter-personal relationships in teams, driving organizational change, and achieving systems-level transformation. Anna serves as Program Advisor on Business and Governance at the Oxford Analytica Foundation, and in prior roles she worked as a management consultant in Central Europe and in the U.S. Anna holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and an MBA from George Mason University. She is a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional-International (CCEP-I), and in her spare time a yoga teacher (RYT-200).
Maz Bednarczyk
Maz Bednarczyk (they/them) is an expert in intercultural education with more than eight years of experience developing and delivering training courses, workshops, and e-learning activities on human rights, global citizenship, non-formal education, and more. She holds two Bachelor’s degrees in International Security and Ugrofinnic Studies, and a Master’s degree in Crisis Management. At the beginning of her academic career, she specialized in Finland’s national security system and its impact on the Baltic Sea region. She later went on to research peace education as a tool for building human security at the grassroots level. During her studies, Maz worked tirelessly as a volunteer coordinator and brand manager at Youth For Understanding (YFU) – an international organization dedicated to intercultural education through youth exchange programs. At YFU, she gained experience as a trainer and facilitator in the areas of intercultural communication, social inclusion, and global competence. Through a variety of international projects, Maz has gained skills in project management, event coordination, team building, and youth work. After graduation, she focused on minority rights in Lithuania and interned at the European Foundation of Human Rights, a non-governmental organization that helps victims of human rights violations and hate speech. After graduation, she began working as a publicist and radio commentator in the local language-minority media. She regularly uses her voice to advocate for women’s empowerment, gender and racial equality, social justice, and sustainable living. Since the beginning of 2021, Maz has been serving as Training Manager Fellow at Atlas Corps, coordinating components of the Global Leadership Lab and Virtual Leadership Institute programs, including keynote speakers, interactive workshops, self-led activities, discussion groups, and community-building activities with leading U.S. organizations and international leaders.