Spring Lecture: Alexa Chopivsky, A Generational Battle for our Shared Future: The Necessity to the West of a Free, Secure, and Prosperous Ukraine

Alexa Chopivsky, A Generational Battle for our Shared Future: The Necessity to the West of a Free, Secure, and Prosperous Ukraine
May 2
1:30 PM
In-Person

Alexa Chopivsky is the Executive Director of the Women's Foreign Policy Group. Previously, as the inaugural Executive Director of Ukraine House Davos, Ms. Chopivsky led the creation and elevation of Ukraine’s country investment promotion platform alongside the World Economic Forum, both before and after the war. She serves as deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board at Ukraine Invest and was an adviser to the Minister of Economic Development, Trade, and Agriculture of Ukraine. Since 2012, she has served as the Director of the Program on the World Economy at the Aspen Institute. 

Ms. Chopivsky started her career as a journalist at NBC News in the New York, Washington, and London bureaus. She later moved to Kyiv, where she was a consultant for an American firm and a freelance journalist. Ms. Chopivsky is the Founder of Transnational Education Group and served as Executive Director of the American Center for a European Ukraine.  She currently serves on the boards of Teach for Ukraine, the Orchestra of the Americas Group, and Ukrainian Freedom Fund. In 2021, the President of Ukraine awarded Ms. Chopivsky the Order of Princess Olga.

Ms. Chopivsky received a BA from Yale University with distinction, an MS from Columbia University Journalism School and an MIPP from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. in room A on the first floor, except for the April 25 lecture, which will be in room 402 on the fourth floor. Registration for the above lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.