Once Slovenian, always Slovenian.

Founding members are entrepreneurs and professionals living and/or working in the USA, who see more opportunities for Slovenian business and diaspora, and want to foster open collaboration, support, networking, and different initiatives. We all love connecting, helping as much as we can, and make sure bridges between the USA and Slovenia are stronger every day. Your success will be our success.

Executive Board

  • Sasha Mrak Hendrickson

    President

  • Suzana Češarek

    Consul General, Consulate General of the Republic of Slovenia in Cleveland

  • Irena Jager-Agius

    Economic counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States

  • Sonja Vidonja

    Representative of ASC in Slovenia, Members, Events & Sponsorships

  • Matej Zalar

    Executive Board Member for West Coast

  • Tina Slabe

    Vice President, helping companies entering the US market

  • Alenka Zavasnik

    Vice President, community manager

  • Ursha Prepeluh Magajne

    Board Member, legal advisor & official representative of Slovenians abroad at the Slovenian government

  • Mihael Cigler

    Board Member, Public Affairs & International Development

Board & Founding Members

  • Sasha Mrak Hendrickson, MBA

    CHAIRMAN

    Management professional with more than 15 years of experience, former CEO of the Managers Association of Slovenia representing the country in the European Managers Network - CEC.

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  • Mihael Cigler

    BOARD MEMBER

    Founder and CEO of MC Public Affairs, with offices in Ljubljana, London, Brusells and Luxemburg, offering strategic communication and governmental affairs services. He is also President of the Association for Legal Lobbying of Slovenia (ZZL).

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  • Tina Slabe, MBA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Management professional with more than 15 years of experience in leading business development and implementing marketing and sales strategies for international companies like Coca-Cola and L’Oreal Paris.

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  • Dr. Ursha Prepeluh Magajne

    BOARD MEMBER

    Shareholder at Polsinelli, Am Law 100 firm, practicing in the firm’s Corporate and Transactional Group, an Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago Kent College of Law and a member of the Council of the Gov. of the Republic of Slovenia for Slovenians Abroad.

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  • Alenka Zavasnik

    BOARD MEMBER

    Experienced professional in international initiatives that support entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and change-makers in becoming resilient leaders. She spent over a decade at CEED and SEAF emerging markets investment management group.

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  • Dejan Spasovski

    BOARD MEMBER

    A serial inventor and entrepreneur in the fields of sustainable energy production and consumption, innovative IT solutions, human-focused banking, responsible and modern gaming, and business-transforming engineering.

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  • Matic Vizjak

    BOARD MEMBER

    Matic is the Founder and CEO of the food and beverage company Chilli Wine, and the owner of the first official spicy wine in the world, with multiple gold-winning awards in New York for innovation and great taste.

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  • M.Sc. Bojan Škoda, MBA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Extensive international experience. Among those he worked at the Management Development Center Hefei City Anhui Province LR China, and at the Slovenian Ministry of the Economy he served as Director General of the Internal Market Directorate.

  • Valentina O'Kane

    BOARD MEMBER

    Owner and CEO of Incognito Global Travel LLC, a visionary entrepreneur with a 12-year track record in international management, particularly in the luxury travel and hospitality sectors.

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