Vasile Sova is currently the Reintegration Adviser to Moldova’s President Igor Dodon. Mr Sova has had a long and distinguished career in the public sector and is a universally respected regional authority on conflict resolution. A member of the Moldovan parliament who signed the Declaration of Independence on August 27, 1991, Mr Sova went on to work as a Deputy Foreign Minister and Moldova’s Ambassador to China. He served as the Minister for Reintegration and the Chief Negotiator for the Transnistrian conflict from 2002 to 2009 under President Voronin, and was a member of the Moldovan parliament from 2009 until 2014.

Vladislav Kulminksi is an expert in strategic and political analysis and planning, public policy, international development and conflict resolution. He worked on public administration reforms at the World Bank; prior to this he developed and ran conflict resolution and good governance programs in the region. Vladislav was Senior Adviser to Moldova’s Prime Minister when Moldova signed the Association agreement with the EU. In this role, Vladislav designed and coordinated policies and strategies on good governance and chaired a strategic analysis unit to identify priorities and provide policy recommendations and analysis to decision makers. Vladislav managed an EU-financed Confidence Building Measures program and worked as a Political Specialist for US and UK Embassies to Moldova. He has an MPA degree from Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and an MA degree in International Relations and European studies from the Central European University. He is a Fulbright, John Smith and Munich Security Conference Young Leaders Fellow.

Andrei Popov is a diplomat, political analyst and journalist. He is the author of the weekly TV program "Popular Diplomacy” and co-host of the weekly political talk-show „Botan+Popov”. He is a former Member of Parliament (2009), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (2009-2013) and Ambassador of Moldova to Austria, Slovakia and the OSCE in Vienna (2013-2016). In 2004-2009, Mr. Popov was Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Association of Moldova and founder of the Transnistrian Dialogues program. From 1997-2004, he was in Moldovan diplomatic service: Embassy of Moldova in Washington (1997-2001) as Second/First Secretary, Foreign Ministry"s General International Security Department (2001-2004) as Deputy Director/Director. Mr. Popov studied at Geneva Centre for Security Policy (2002-2003), Faculty of International Relations of the Bucharest National School of Political and Administrative Studies (1994-1996) and Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies of the Bucharest University (1990-1994). He is a John Smith and Munich Security Conference Young Leaders Fellow.

Iulian Groza is an expert on foreign policy, European affairs and good governance. He is a former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova responsible for European Integration (June 2013 to February 2015). Before that he served in different capacities including as Director General at the Directorate for European integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. He was posted as well to Brussels at the Moldovan Mission to the EU. Mr. Groza was a member of the Moldovan negotiation team of the EU-Moldova Association Agreement and led the Moldovan Task Force in the EU-Moldova Visa Liberalization Dialogue. Currently he is the Executive Director of the Institute for European Policies and Reforms (IPRE). Mr. Groza is a PhD candidate at the Moldovan State University and holds a degree in law. He also did postgraduate European Studies at Birmingham University and NATO Security Studies at National School of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA) in Bucharest.

Vadim Pistrinciuc is an expert in social policy and development, community development and public policy. Mr Pistrinciuc has been a member of Parliament of Moldova from 2014 until present. He served as the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection from 2009 until 2012 and was Political Adviser to the Prime Minister from 2012 until 2013. He advised Prime Minister on public administration reforms, political programs, political strategies. Prior to that, Vadim served an expert, project manager and consultant to international organizations (UNDP, UNICEF) in the areas of social protection, human rights, public administration reforms and anti-corruption. Mr Pistrinciuc has a PhD in sociology.

Alina Mîțu is a young expert with experience in project and event management. Being in administration positions in business associations, Alina provided leadership and direction to teams, activities and projects. Alina also actively explored public-private dialogue and handled relations with donors. Prior to that, Alina served as a Senior Protocol Consultant in the State Chancellery of the Republic of Moldova, where she planned, coordinated and organized top-level national and international events for the Prime minister and other leading officials. Alina was part of the Secretariat of the Economic Council to the Prime minister, supported by the EBRD.