Contact
Finland Center Foundation
43 St Nicholas Place
New York, NY 10031
USA
Tel. No.: 1-347-884-3626
E-mail: info@finlandcenter.org
Board of Directors:
Born in Finland and relocated to New York 50 years ago, Eija has always kept her connection to her home country. Despite having been widowed at a young age and left to raise three children (and now busy with seven grandchildren), Eija kept her connection to Finland through literature, music, and being active in Finnish organizations in New York. With Eija's background as an experienced bookkeeper, FCF was very lucky when she agreed to join our Board as treasurer.
Eija Bucciarelli
Markus kaitila
mikko oja
Oscar psychas
Jaana Rehnström
A physician (gynecologist) recently retired from private practice. She has been a lifelong human rights activist and since her move to New York 30+ years ago, became interested in promoting Finnish culture and values. She has served on the Boards of several Finnish expatriate organizations in New York and is now also on the Board of The Kota Alliance, a new NYC organization dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment (an offshoot of FCF). In her free time she enjoys music in all its forms, reading, cooking, gardening, socializing with friends and family, and travel.
Mari Simonen
An internationally recognized leader on development issues was, until recently, Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations. She was responsible for management, resource mobilization and partnerships. Mari Simonen is currently Chairperson of the International Board of Trustees of Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), a global non- governmental organization fighting poverty through volunteers. Among other current responsibilities, Mari Simonen is member of the independent audit and oversight committee of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and member of the board of directors of Population Action international (PAI).