Youth Leadership Program participants are selected on the basis of their academic excellence and proven leadership experience. This year's participants were selected from more than 70 applicants. The first three Youth Leadership Programs had a combined total of 40 participants. This year the program boasts the largest number of students selected-22 students total, among whom 4 are Ukrainian-Americans and 18 Ukrainians. Such a mix of students allows for greater interaction between U.S. and Ukrainian participants as well as between Ukrainians from all regions of Ukraine. Our past program in Washington D.C. also brought together Ukrainians and Ukrainian-Americans.

The 2005 Youth Leadership Program participants were:

Oksana Bokalenko, Kirovohrad, Ukraine, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Institute of Journalism; major: Journalism.

Valentyna Botsula, Lubny, Ukraine, Kharkiv Institute of Social Progress, Department of Economics and Law; major: Finance.

Myroslav Hanushchak, Kalush, Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Publishing, Department of Economics and Book Publishing Industry; major: Editing and Publishing.

Dmytro Hul'kevych, Odesa, Ukraine, Odesa National Academy of Law, Institute of European Law; major: Comparative Law.

Anton Makarenko, Artemivsk, Ukraine, Ukrainian Engineering and Pedagogical Academy, Department of Electrotechnics; major: Economics of Enterprise, Marketing and Management.

Yuliya Klymko, Poltava, Ukraine, Poltava National Technical University, Department of Economic and Information Technologies and Management; major: Economic Cybernetics.

Olena Salahubova, Poltava, Ukraine, Poltava National Volodymyr Korolenko Pedagogical University, Department of Philology; major: Ukrainian Philology.

Olena Fomina, Kotsiubynske, Ukraine, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Department of Social Sciences and Social Technologies; major: Political Science.

Alina Ovcharuk, Hrytsiv, Ukraine, Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine", Department of Humanities and Law; major: Publishing and Editing.

Dmytro Skliar, Svitlovodsk, Ukraine, Interregional Academy of Personnel Management, Department of Commercial and Labor Law; major: Law.

Mariya Kostiuk, Berdiansk, Ukraine, Berdiansk State Pedagogical University, Department of Economics; major: Economics of Enterprise, Marketing and Management.

Natalia Nevulite, Slavutych, Ukraine, Slavutych Educational Center of the Chernihiv State Institute of Economics and Management, Department of Economics and Finance; major: Finance.

Hannah Khliakina, Rubizhne, Ukraine, Luhansk National Taras Shevchenko Pedagogical University; Department of History; major: Social Work.

Viktor Kravchenko, Pryluky, Ukraine, Pryluky College of Finance and Law, Department of Economics; major: Finance.

Hannah Zubko, Kyiv, Ukraine, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Department of Economics; major: Economic Theory.

Oleksiy Lyzenko, Kirovske, Ukraine, Donetsk National Technical University, Department of Geotechnology and Management; major: Natural Resources Development.

Anna Seleznyova, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Kharkiv Regional Institute of Public Administration of National Academy of Public Administration under the Auspice of the President of Ukraine, Department of Social and Economic Management; major: Management of Organizations.

Andriy Mykhaylovskyy, Brooklyn, New York, USA, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; major: Economics.

Taras Matiychuk, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, University of South Florida; major: Management and International Relations.

Tanya Tschaikowsky, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health; major: International Public Health.

Kateryna Polozkova, Berea, Kentucky, USA, Berea College; major: Business Administration.

Nataliya Dyka, Paris, France, University of Paris.