Our Team
ABLE Activator is the leadership and entrepreneurship program developed by the Association of the Bulgarian Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE) – an active community of entrepreneurial young people, who contribute to the development of the environment around them, wherever they are.
Our mission is to develop a civil society, inspire leadership and spread entrepreneurial culture in Bulgaria. Our values are:
Novel view
We dare to change ourselves and the world around us!
Perpetual progress
We never stop developing and improving.
We see opportunities, not problems
In insurmountable obstacles, we see opportunities.
Leadership
We are role models for others, and we help them reach their full potential.
Initiative
We share our ideas and passion, and we turn them into action.
Tens of members and friends of ABLE contribute to the continuous development and constant improvement of ABLE Activator in various ways.
With the exception of the Project leader, all the members of the operative team are volunteers, a lot of whom also graduates from previous editions of ABLE Activator.
Гергана Невянова
Проектен лидер на ABLE Activator
Boryana was part of the ABLE Activator 2022 edition. She is an active member and supporter of ABLE projects since May 2022. Bobby works as a Business Strategy Manager within the IT industry and is passionate about driving improvement, innovation and solving problems while following design thinking principles.
Боряна Петрова
Ирина Коцева
Iliyana took part in the spring 2020 edition of ABLE Activator. She's an HR professional with a passion for automation, process improvement, and innovation. Iliyana is currently an HRIS manager at FXCM.
Илияна Мирчева
Катерина Кобакова
Атанаска Колева
Лозан Лозанов
Ivan was part of the ABLE Activator 2022 edition. He is a member of ABLE since May 2022. Ivan works as a data scientist and is a co-founder of Data for Good - Bulgaria, an NGO which supports the civil sector of Bulgaria for solving socially significant challenges using data.
Иван Даниелов Иванов
Баша Бараник
Паулина Петрова
Teddy took part in the Autumn 2020 ABLE Activator and joined forces with the Five app team. She has experience in managing projects and programs of different scales while being able to see the big picture behind the daily problems and helping people find a common language in finding a solution. She is a traveller by soul and wonders seeker by nature.
Теодора Чапкънова
Rafi is a graduate from the 2nd edition of ABLE Activator. She is passionate about personal development and she believes it is only possible if one is ready to step out of the comfort zone and start taking small challenges every day. She loves the ABLE community because here she meets people who are a source of constant inspiration as they are risk takers, they act, they know to get up if they fall and are the real examples that everyone can go as far as they dare.
Рафаела Апрахамян
Yana is convinced that staying true to our core values is the underlying factor for achieving a sense of self-fulfillment and success. To her, education and giving back to the community, ensuring a better future for the next generations is an endless source of motivation to become a better person and a more successful professional. She is the founder of "Chinese with Yana Jin" - courses in Chinese language and culture for people of all ages and background.
Яна Перпериева
Damyan Dimitrov
Project Coordinator