Iulia Popovici

• Developed marketing materials for events, increasing public interest and attendance rates.
• Facilitated community outreach to expand participation and support through events that I designed, organized and
• Managed administrative tasks such as scheduling, record-keeping, and budgeting for the events organized.
• Among my best achievements within Mensa are: "The best Volunteer Award 2021" and organizing two camps for youth aged 11-16 ("Mind Games" Camp 2021&2022).

• I participated in events promoting and implementing environmental protection practices such as river cleanings.
• Lead and organized awareness workshops for children aged 4-18 throughout the country.
• Some of my biggest achievements as part of Aqua Crisius: translating "Dam Busters" documentary as part of the european Dam Removal joint-iniative; and receiving an expertise certificate in dam-removal. The certificate was obtain after attending a dam-removal course part of the Free Flow conference (Groningen 2024) alongside 30 leading experts in the field of environmental protection and conservation.

• Enabled revenue generation by pursuing partnerships, sourcing funding, and capitalizing on market opportunities.
• Created succession plans to provide continuity of operations during leadership transitions.
• Lead a team of 35 people and a community of 220 volunteers.
• Represented the bridge and contact point between Leo Black Eagle and our parent organization and main sponsor Lions 22 Club, the local branch of the International Lions Club.
• My biggest achievements as vice-president of Leo Black Eagle Oradea: established a long standing network between the club and 12 national and international businesses and organizations;

• Occupying the first ever position of "Campaign manager" of our Student Council, I raised awareness on environmental issues and protection in our school and partner institutions, playing an integral role in the school receiving the "European School" title for the first time since its establishment.
• Established and maintained relationships with teachers, administration members and representatives of the municipality, county and government.
• Oversaw and participated in the planning and preparing of advertising and promotional material to increase participation and visibility of events and environmental issues.
• My biggest achievements as Campaign Manager: Organizing the "Act now for the future" flashmob done in support of the World Fish Migration Day; and organizing the first plogging activity done in our city, where 360 volunteers from 6 local schools cleaned the banks of the local river, financed through a County Prefecture initiative titles "Cleaning Month".

• As head of the project department of the board, a 12 person team, I contributed to the development of club project management strategies, resulting in more streamlined processes and increased productivity.
• Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
• Facilitated clear communication between internal departments, setting and achieving goals throughout the duration of each project.
• My biggest achievement as Project Lead: organizing the "Back to black" charity concert and after-party which amassed total earnings of approximately 10.000 euros.

As a volunteered I participating in community building charity events, such as Swimathon - a charitable swimming competition, and aided Ukrainian refugees as part of the core-team of volunteers active in local refugee shelters.

• Oversaw internal administration of the youth center.
• Managed team workload to reach project goals, overseeing all projects of a 60 person team.
• Ensured the maintaining of the Youth Center's core message of diversity and inclusion, through events, team-buildings and streamlining communication between volunteers, both able bodied and disabled, and the center's administrative director.
• My biggest achievements as part of "The Spot" Youth Center: organizing events to raise funds for the construction and development of the first disabled-inclusive garden in the city, amassing approximately 1000 volunteering hours in 8 months, organizing workshops for students aged 6-21 from the rural area as part of the county initiative "Cleaning Month", that involved over 600 participants, 100 volunteers and 12 educational institutions.