Alona Shevchenko is the co-founder and operational lead of Ukraine DAO and coorganizer of Kyiv Tech Summit. Before launching Ukraine DAO, Alona was on the core team of FreeRoss DAO, overseeing Operations & Community Management, as well as contributing to other DAOs and Web3 communities. Previously, she managed operations of a blockchain software development agency and worked in litigation. Alona is a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. She speaks Ukrainian, English and French; currently trying to forget russian. Main areas of interests include training Brazilian jiujitsu, psychology, AI, tech and space exploration.
Alona is originally from Dnipro region, Ukraine. She is based in London.