Galyna Kotliuk joined the team of the Foundation in September 2022. Galyna's professional interests focus on the promotion of women's and LGBTQ rights, popularization of the discussion about gender issues in public discourse, and advocacy of gender-sensitive approaches in green recovery of Ukraine.

Before joining HBF, Galyna worked in the sphere of education, and was also an assistant in the FEURO-2022 international project based at OTH Regensburg.

Galyna Kotliuk has a Master's degree in English Philology, Lesia Ukrainka University in Volyn and Master of British Studies, University of Regensburg (Germany).