Executive team
We are capacity builders and teachers' trainers, with solid professional and educational backgrounds
Radu Moțoc
Executive Vice President
Radu Moțoc has more than 20 years of experience in the Romanian nonprofit sector. He has worked with organizations such as the Pro Democracy Association, ActiveWatch, Open Society Foundation, moving from volunteer to program coordinator, grants manager and director of programs. He currently sits on the board of the Center for Legal Resources, a Bucharest-based nonprofit organization that advocates respect for human rights and equitable access to justice.
Radu holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Bucharest and has completed MA studies in International Relations with the Institute for Political Research of the University of Bucharest. He is an alumnus of German Marshall Fund's Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program and of Aspen Institute Romania's Young Leaders Program.
Elena Coman
Director of Programs
For 17 years now, Elena has been working in the nonprofit sector as a program designer or lead communicator. Since joining the Asociatia Techsoup team in 2012, she feels most at home in leading transformative professional development experiences for educators in public schools in Romania.
She was trained as a primary school teacher, did a B.A. in Political Science from the National School of Political and Administrative Sciences and a MA in Ethics from the Philosophy Faculty, University of Bucharest. She is also an alumni of the IVLP - International Visitor Leadership Program of the US Department of State, as part of the "Education in a Digital World" program.
Gabriela Anghel
Program Manager
Gabriela joined Asociatia Techsoup after 12 years of working in the private sector. While volunteering for a civic group in Bucharest and helping it grow since 2015, she discovered the amazing world of NGOs and their impact. She is committed to supporting NGOs have access to the right technology they need ever since.
She holds a BA in Political Sciences from University of Bucharest; she has completed a MA in Political Theory from Univesità degli Studi di Cagliari as an Erasmus Student and Institute of Political Research of the University of Bucharest and a MA in Communication at the University of Bucharest. She is also an alumni of Professional Fellows Program al US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in Good Governance and Civil Society.
Ana Stamatescu
Digital Education Designer
Ana’s background in education and youth focused NGOs goes back to 2008. Connecting people and resources, she believes technology is key to kindle development through collaboration. When she is not busy designing e-learning courses and trainings, spreading the word about digital competences and building STEAM resources for K12 teachers, she fosters her passions for outdoors sports, traveling and bats.
She has an BSc in Automatic Control and Applied Informatics from the University Politechnica of Bucharest and a MSc in Business Management from the Academy of Economic Studies. In 2017, Ana became a Forbes Romania "30 under 30" Honoree, part of a new generation of young entrepreneurs and digital social changers. From 2018, she is also part of the Bosch Alumni Network as a Changemaker Fellow.
Adela Beca
Community Coordinator
Adela joined our team after almost 10 years of working in marketing and communications in the private and public sector. For 2 years she has been a primary school teacher in a rural village near Bucharest, as part of the Teach for Romania program. This is how she discovered her passion for education and decided to dedicate herself to her new goal: that of supporting as many teachers as possible access quality trainings and resources and spreading the word about the amazing pedagogical role that using technology may have in school activities.
Her education background includes a MA in Advertising at a Business, Marketing & Communication School in Barcelona and a BA degree in Advertising degree from the University of Bucharest – Journalism and Communication Studies.
Roxana Turcu
Training Manager
Roxana is passionate by the social change field in which she has been active for more than 10 years. She has a wide experience in facilitating groups of people at national and international level and enjoys creating learning contexts using various contemplative and non-formal education methods.
She holds an MA in Advanced Development in Social Work and graduated the courses of Dalai Lama Fellowship organized by the Contemplative Sciences Centre at the University of Virginia USA.
Natalia Șeremet
Program Manager
Natalia joined our team after working for more than 7 years in Marketing and Communication area and rambling between the private and non-profit world. Finally, the inner desire to be part of the social change took over and she reconnected with the non-profit community being driven by her aspiration to contribute to social transformation and to help NGOs thriving by gaining access to technological resources.
Although Natalia holds a MA degree in Banking and Finance Management and a BA degree in Public Administration from Dunarea de Jos University of Galati , she has an unextinguished passion for communication and social campaigns.
Board
Meet our Board:
Chris Worman
Founder and President of the Board
Chris started Romania's first community foundation in Odorheiu Secuiesc, consulted extensively with and for foundations, built several social enterprises and educational programs for civil society leaders.
He is currently Vice President, Alliances and Program Development for TechSoup in San Francisco.
Chris has a Master in Public Policy from the University of California, Berkley, the Goldman School of Public Policy.
Radu Motoc
Executive Vice President
Radu Moțoc has more than 20 years of experience in some of the most important NGOs in Romania: Open Society Foundation, ActiveWatch, Pro Democracy Association.
He is an alumnus of German Marshall Fund's Marshall Memorial Fellowship Program.
Madalina Mocan
Board Member
Mădălina is currently a researcher affiliated with the Center for the Study of Democracy, PhD candidate in Political Sciences at Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj and associate teaching assistant in political theory. She has previously served as executive director of Ratiu Center for Democracy in Romania.
She is an alumna of the Aspen Institute Romania Young Leaders program, and a German Marshall Transatlantic Fellow.
Andrei Roth
Board Member
Andrei has an extensive experience in telecom, IT and travel. He is currently leading cross-department and cross-geography strategic projects in UiPath, the Romanian technology unicorn.
He has graduated from the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business with a Bachelors of Science Degree.
Andrei Pogonaru
Board Member
After 9 years spent studying and working abroad, he returned to Romania to join the family business. Since then, he initiated the Good.Bee project and a private equity fund. Good.Bee is a service focused on "banking the unbanked".
He holds BA and MA degrees in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge.
TechSoup and the TechSoup Global Network
Asociatia Techsoup is a proud member of the TechSoup Global Network since 2010. TechSoup Global Network partners manage a range of technology capacity-building programs to serve communities in nearly every region of the world.
Each network partner tailors its program to the needs of its community and shares insights with other network partners to better serve communities worldwide.
Asociatia Techsoup is also member of TechSoup Europe, the amazing European network of partners that builds capacity for European NGOs.
