(2007–2009). In 2010–2012 Kolomayets worked in Chicago (USA) as the director of programs and communications of the Ukrainian Catholic Educational Foundation. She assisted the Ukrainian Catholic University and was a member of the Friends of UCU Committee in the United States and Ukraine. At UCU, she is called "Sister and Closest Friend." As well she supported Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies for decades. Kolomayets was an active member of several organizations, such as Help Us Help the Children Orphan Aid and Chicago-Kyiv Sister Cities. In 2013, Kolomayets became the director of Fulbright in Ukraine, administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE). In the span of 7 years serving as a director, Kolomayets helped more than 300 Ukrainian scholars to pursue education in the United States. Being a director she founded an alumni network of Ukrainian Fulbrighters — the Ukrainian Fulbright Circle with currently 350 members. External links They came from near and far by Marta Kolomayets (1983) Marta Kolomayets. UIA achievement awards honor nine Ukrainian Americans // The Ukrainian Weekly. No. 48, р. 4, 2 December 1990 References Ukrainian journalists People from Chicago University of Illinois Chicago alumni University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Media alumni Fulbright Distinguished Chairs