Ambassador Archil Gegeshidze was appointed Executive Director of the Levan Mikeladze Foundation in November 2016. Prior to that Amb.Gegeshidze served as Georgia’s ambassador to the United States for more than three years.He joined diplomatic service from academia working as a senior fellow at Georgia’s renowned think tank – The Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies (GFSIS). More than a decade of work at GFSIS was primarily related with research and training.

Before joining GFSIS, Dr. Gegeshidze spent an academic year at Stanford University as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar.

Dr.Gegeshidze worked for the Georgian government from 1992-2000 where he served as an Assistant to the Head of State on National Security and a Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the President.

In addition to his native Georgian, Dr. Gegeshidze is fluent in English and Russian. He also speaks French and some oriental languages.

Ekaterina Baramidze has around 20 years of experience in project elaboration and management within international organizations; since 2007 she was actively involved in the EU Georgian Cooperation issues, while working as an EU Institution Building Instruments Expert, she supported the different Georgian line ministries and agencies in the affective use of EU assistant tools like Twinning, TAIEX, SIGMA, etc. She has elaborated practical guidelines for the public servants about the effective application of the TAIEX tool and how to draft institutional Twinning project fiche.

Ekaterina has joined the LMF team since March 2015. At the LMF she is in charge of the overall leadership & management of the LMF projects implementation to ensure effective & efficient follow-up of the execution of individual projects. Support to the review & improvement of the operational procedures of the LMF. The major areas directed are: recruiting & staffing; organizational planning; performance management & improvement systems; organization development; management & coordination of short-term consultants; identification & elaboration of new projects & budgets based on the LMF policy & strategy. Intensive cooperation & communication with relevant state administrations, media & civil society organization working in the field of the EU approximation. Elaboration & Management of the project related activities & dissemination of information about the EU Georgia cooperation among ethnic minorities and other groups. Arrangement & management of public events: public lectures, conferences, roundtable discussions, workshops etc.

Eter Sajaia is the financial manager of the Levan Mikeladze Foundation. She manages professional level accounting functions for the foundation and prepares financial reports for donors. She has more than 20 years of experience in her field (as Chief Accountant and Financial Manager)  with numerous different organizations.

Natali Chumburidze held an internship at the Levan Mikeladze Foundation in 2019, and today she works as a project coordinator.
Natalie graduated from Tbilisi Free University, Faculty of International Relations in 2019. 
Before joining the Levan Mikeladze Foundation, Natalie underwent an internship at Transparency International, which included the project of
the UNDP Improving Rural Development in Georgia. Natalie has also participated in various international or local projects.
Notable among them is the Baltic-Russia Youth Forum organized by the Estonian Atlantic Association in Vilnius
and the Summer School on Migration organized by the European Union and the International Center for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD).

Tamta Darsalia joined LMF in May 2019 and is a project assistant and provides technical and logistical support for ongoing projects in the Foundation.

Tamta graduated has a B.A. in International Relations from the Social and Political Science Department of Tbilisi State University. Since 2018, she has been enrolled in the master’s program of National and Ethnic Studies of the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Tbilisi State University.

Until 2016, she worked as an organizer of research projects in an NGO “Youth Generation”. In 2016-2018, she was the head of international projects at the Research Center for Complex Development of Tbilisi State University. Tamta took part in various local and international conferences and projects. She translated several scientific books into Russian and Georgian languages, among them it is worth noting E.Patashnik “Reform at Risk: What Happens After Major Policy Changes Are Enacted”.

In 2014 Natia Ghvinjilia graduated from University of Wales Trinity Saint David and gained the MBA with merit in project management. She researched and wrote the thesis on: ‘Suitability Framework of EU projects in Georgia”. In 2001 she earned the Master of Arts in English language at Tbilisi Illia Chavchavadze University of Languages and Culture.

She has over 7 years experience in working at international organizations and in management of EU projects. During her engagement in EU Twinning projects she acted as a liaison with the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia and national institutions at the central and local level;

Natia joined LMF 2016-2017, as a project coordinator. Her duties and responsibilities included arrangement of informational workshops, rountable discussions and public awareness campaigns on EU and EU core values; Ensuring good partnership with the agencies working on religious and ethnical minorities, government institutions, bi-lateral and multi-lateral donors, private sector, civil society etc; Promoting due information and communication flows for all stakeholders, encourage networking and experience sharing between Project stakeholders and target groups;

She is fluent in English, German and Russian languages.

Mariam graduated with honors from the Empire State College/University of New York in Prague with the Bachelor’s dual degree in International and Economic Relations. Throughout her studies, she has done a number of research papers referring to international conflicts and security, modern diplomacy and political systems. She defended her thesis on the “Legality of Humanitarian Intervention: International Law and Moral Justifications.” At the university, she had been an active member of Student Council serving as a Secretary and a Treasurer. In 2014, she completed two-months internship at "Tbilisi Business Consulting Center", where she provided technical assistance to various local and international projects. 

Mariam has joined the LMF 2015-2018 as project coordinator. Her duties and responsibilities included; planning and organizing project activities, writing meeting and progress reports, communication with donors, experts, project participants and government institutions. She also administered project websites. 

Mariam speaks Georgian, English, Russian and German (basic) languages.

Tamar received her bachelor's degree in International Relations and European Studies from Lazarski University in Warsaw in 2012-15.
She also received a bachelor's degree in the same field from the University of Coventry, UK and defended his bachelor's thesis on
current issues of Russian-Georgian relations. After graduating from university, Tamar worked as a "British Council in Georgia" Customer Service and 
Project Assistant, where she was involved in various activities and activities of the organization.
She also studied Master's degree in Public Policy at the Institute of Public Affairs and graduated the university (GIPA).
Tamar holds a bilingual certificate in an international undergraduate program accredited by Switzerland.
She is the winner of the EU-funded Erasmus + project.

Tamar (Tati) worked as a project coordinator at the Levan Mikeladze Foundation in 2015-2019.
Her responsibilities included planning, organizing and implementing project activities in the regions (Kvemo Kartli and Samtskhe-Javakheti);
Prepare reports, communicate and coordinate with the donor organizations; Involvement in the process of preparation of various activities and resolution of administrative issues;
Effective communication / coordination with partner organizations, government agencies, embassies and stakeholders;
Planning activities in the regions, effective cooperation with target groups and involvement of different sectors in the successful
implementation of the project; 
Tamar (Tati) speaks fluent English, French, and Russian languages.