HAO Romania Team

Luciana Lăzărescu - Acting General Manager

 

Luciana has a BA in Social Work and courses in management and human resources and is involved in not-for-profit sector since 1995. She has been involved in national and international projects and is experienced in both direct working with clients and project monitoring/co-ordination. She Joined HAO Romania team in 2007.

Cristina Serea - Coordinator Galati Programme

 

Cristina graduated the Faculty of Physic Education and Sports, is specialized in physiotherapy and is working with HAO Romania  team since September 2005. Cristina is the co-ordinator of our programme “Casa Catalina” - a home for 9 young adults in Galati.

Viorica Dinu - Coordinator Constanta Programme

 

Viorica graduated the Faculty of Physic Education and Sports and is specialized in physiotherapy. She has over 20 years of experience in working with children and young adults with disability in both placement centres and NGOs. She is also an accredited trainer on basic competences in communication and personal centered planning for the staff working with people with disability. Viorica is the co-ordinator of our social inclusion programme in Constanta.

Elena Costi - Special Educator

 

Elena has a background in special education and managed for two years the Day Care Centre project at Constanţa. Elena has a strong commitment to encourage and help the young adults with disability become independent. She’s a mommy now, but yet one of our best volunteers, whenever we need her.

Kathleen Biggs - HAO representative in Romania

 

Kathleen has over 30 years practical experience working in the disability sector; 20 of which were managing disability services for a London local authority before she left the UK to spend 10 years working in Cambodia and Sri Lanka.  Kathleen spent 12 months between 2004-05 as a Health Action Overseas volunteer in Romania, working as General Manager of HAO Romania.   She is now back in Romania as HAO Representative.  Kathleen will lead HAO Romania in developing services for young people with disabilities. Born in Dublin, Kathleen studied in the UK qualifying as a social worker in 1982.  She has an MSc in International Organization Management & Development, a post graduate degree in management and is a member of the Chartered Management Institute UK.

Alexandra Marginean -

 

HAO Romania are pleased to announce the recruitment of Alexandra who has just joined us to work on our new project in Constanta.  She is a qualified social worker and has experience of working with young people with disability both in Romania and abroad.
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Nicolae Dobrescu - Marketing Manager

 

HAO Romania welcome Nicolae Dobrescu back into the fold. Nico first worked with HAO Romania as a Project Co-ordinator in Negru Voda one of Romania’s orphanages, back in 2000. He rose to the position of Executive Director in 2003 working with us until 2007 when unfortunately for HAO Romania Nico moved with his family back to Bucharest. With a background in Law, financial and project management we are very pleased he is now back with us in a part time capacity. Nico is helping us to improve our financial reporting systems and with his knowledge of computer publishing and website design he is working to improve HAO Romania's profile on the internet.