About
Meet Svetlana
Svetlana helps leaders turn big goals into clear plans, stronger operations, and work that gets done. Through SI Forward Co., she partners with companies and nonprofits as a Fractional Chief of Staff and project lead, building systems, delivering major events, and creating communications that help people understand and connect with their work.
“Leave the space better
than you found it.”
How she works
Svetlana has always been curious about what makes things tick and how to make them work better. She has brought that curiosity, problem-solving, and a can-do attitude to more than 12 years of work across nonprofits, international organizations, and private companies. She is organized, dedicated, and all-in, and brings a global perspective to everything she does. She loves bringing order to chaos and watching an idea grow into something real.
Relevant experience
At the United Nations’ Sustainable Energy for All initiative, Svetlana led logistics for high-level events and supported an advisory board of ministers and leaders from business and civil society. At the Cura Foundation, she built the systems behind day-to-day operations, managed multi-year grants end to end, and led a team of more than 10 contractors and vendors, from designers and developers to writers and production partners. She also created CuraLink, a health care thought leadership platform that grew to nearly 10,000 monthly readers.
She has helped plan and run five major international events for 500 to 3,000 attendees, two at the UN and three in partnership with the Vatican. When COVID-19 hit, she helped the Cura Foundation move its Vatican conference online and designed the virtual attendee experience. Opening the conference to a virtual audience grew global engagement sixfold.
Today, through SI Forward Co., she brings that same structure, creativity, and follow-through to companies and nonprofits, from ongoing leadership support and stronger systems to events, convenings, and clear communications, helping move their work forward.
Beyond the work
Born in Russia and raised in Canada, she holds a Bachelor of Science in psychology and chemistry from York University in Toronto and a Master of Science in global affairs from New York University, where she focused on international security, energy and the environment. She lives in New York with her family and loves to travel and discover new cultures.
United Nations
Sustainable Energy
for All
High-level event logistics and support for an advisory board of ministers and leaders.
Philanthropy
Cura Foundation
Operations, multi-year grants, a team of 10+ contractors, and CuraLink.
Convenings
Five international events
500 to 3,000 attendees, two at the UN and three in partnership with the Vatican.
Education
NYU · York University
M.S. in global affairs, focused on international security, energy, and the environment.
B.Sc. in psychology and chemistry.
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