Our Speakers

Jed Sunden

Founder / Director American Ukraine PAC

The American Ukraine PAC works to deepen the American-Ukraine relationship in Congress. Previously, Jed was the founder of KP Media. The company was launched with the Kyiv Post when he was 24 years old in 1995. KP Media then grew into one of the leading magazine publishers and the largest consumer-facing internet company in Ukraine. Jed was involved in numerous political reform projects focused on free press, anti-corruption and freedom of religion. Jed served as VP of the Jewish community of Kyiv under Chief Rabbi Bleich.

Maria Genkin

Razom Board member

Born and raised in Lviv, Maria moved to the United States to attend university. Maria started her professional career at Goldman Sachs. After her son, Aaron, was born in 2004, she left Goldman Sachs and pursued a variety of projects in education and culture, serving on several boards and volunteering before joining Razom as a board member in 2020. In the wake of full-scale invasion, Maria established and led Razom’s development team that went on to raise 78MM in 2022, as well as the team that grew into a Razom Relief program. Maria is a voracious reader and started the Razom Literature project. She also regularly moderates book events. Maria earned her BS from Cornell University. She lives in New York with her husband and has two college-age children.