Board - SingleStep

Executive Board

Ivan Dimov

Founder and Chairman of the Executive Board

Ivan Dimov returned from New York to establish Single Step Foundation in 2016. His professional career was in the field of finance, as an investment banker and investor (Credit Suisse, Gramercy Communications Partners, Lazard in New York, Buenos Aires and Sydney)...

Victor Lilov

Member of the Executive Board

Victor Lilov has a degree in Arab studies and is professionally engaged in the cultural sector in his role of a music producer. He has specialized at the International Academy for Leadership in Gummersbach, at the University of National and World Economy in Sofia, and at Maison des Cultures du Monde in Paris...

Bogomil Balkansky

Member of the Executive Board

Bogomil Balkansky is a Partner at Sequoia Capital, one of the world’s most renowned and respected Private Equity firms. Prior to joining Sequoia, Bogomil was Vice President at Google...

Our Advisory Board consists of recognizable, legitimate public figures, both Bulgarian and international, representing the full spectrum of society: business entrepreneurs, politicians, NGO & academic people, media figures, artists, etc. The Advisory Board provides strategic direction and invaluable contacts to the organization; its firm stand for our cause provides legitimacy, clout and credibility to Single Step.

Bradford Shellhammer

Bradford Shellhammer is the GM of eBay New York City and eBay’s Vice President of Buyer Experience, a leading product visionary in the company. Prior to eBay he was one of Fast Company’s ‘100 Most Creative People in Business’...

Dany Kirilov and Nikola Nenkov

Dany Kirilov and Nikola Nenkov are the youngest members of Single Step's Advisory Board. They founded the very first Gender and Sexuality Alliance in the country and were instrumental in forming Single Step's Youth Peer Advisory Group...

Daniel Kaddik

Daniel Kaddik is Executive Director of the European Liberal Forum. Previous to that he was the Project Director of the Southeast Europe office of Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, a non-profit organisation that promotes liberal values, rule of law, and economic freedom.

Gal Uchovsky

Gal Uchovsky is a film maker, writer and LGBT leader. He is a house hold name and a celebrity in Israel, and one of the leading commentators on Israeli arts and culture. Gal has been a vocal advocate of gay rights...

Garth Greenwell

Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2016). He is also the author of a novella, Mitko, which won the 2010 Miami University Press Novella Prize...

Gena Traykova

Gena Traykova is the Editor-in-Chief of the News Department at bTV Media Group, where she previously worked as reporter, anchor and producer...

Georgi Balinov

Georgi Balinov is a Managing Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He started his career as an Analyst and was later promoted through...

Kevin Jennings

Kevin is the CEO of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization in the USA whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and everyone living with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work...

Nikki Siclunov

Nikki Siclunov works in Finance at Oppenheimer & Co., an investment bank, where he provides advisory services to a diverse range of institutional clients in the U.S. and abroad. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College before earning a Master’s degree from Yale University...

Ruth Koleva

Ruth Koleva is a famous Bulgarian singer. She has received a number of international awards, including Best Jazz Singer...