About Us - Founders.Progress 4 Smile is a non-profit, private operating organization focusing on the positive social change issues facing the nation.
The Organization contracts with a wide range of outside individuals and organizations through its programs.
 
Ely Mihaylova ( Chairman )
Ely has graduated from English Language High School and she has a bachelor degree in European Studies (Sofia University). Ely owns her own web design and web Development Company called ElyDesign Studio and it has been successfully serving many USA and EU companies for the past 3 years. Don't think she is a web designer - she has the proper management skills to be working with people worldwide and she is a proven team leader. She is fluent in English, finance, auditing, business planning and project management. Ely has further interests in social studies, IT, politics and advertisement. If you want to get her on the good side, invite her for a game of tennis!
 

 
Krasimira Petkova
Krasi has graduated from The National School of Trade and Banking and she has a Bachelor degree in Informatics ( Sofia University ). After two very successful years as Project Manager at ElyDesign Studio, she started an independent project in the field of adverting and fashion. She is fluent at both English and German. Krasi is interested in IT technologies, art and advertisement. In her spare time she enjoys conversing with people with various interests, visiting theatre shows and art exhibitions.
 

 
Janet Devedjieva
Janet was born in 1978 in Petric. She has taken her first major in Statistics (2002) and her second major is in Accountancy and Financial control (2003), both Bachelor degree. She has a Master degree in Public Administration (2005), all in the University for National and World Economy, Sofia. She has started her career as an advertising agent and she has further worked in the USA. She has experience in the bank sector - she has worked at BNP Paribas Bulgaria and Central Cooperative Bank. She is now developing her career in the PR sector as she is working in a PR company and at the same time she continiues her project activities at P4S. She loves to travel, to read books, to go to the cinema or the theatre. Janet is a very extroverted person and she is surely a very good company!
 

 
Stanislava Yordanova
Stacey is the newest member of the Progress team. And the youngest one. She was born on 8th February 1987. During her high school education she has studied English, Russian, German, French and Dutch. At the moment she is fluent in English and French and is intensely studying German. She is a student of European Studies at Sofia's University and her ambitions are to work with and for people, to study more languages and to travel abroad. She is interested in fashion and music, loves nature, animals and her friends. She always offers her help to everyone.
 

 
Shteriyana Petrova
Shtery has been born in 1984 Varna. She graduated her secondary school in Veliko Turnovo with profiling teaching of English language and Literature. At the moment she is studying at the University of Plovdiv. She is employee of UniCredit Bulbank. Shtery is ambitious and sociable. In her spare time she enjoys doing yoga and dancing latino dance.
 

 
Darina Marinova
Darina is the newest member of the Progress team. And the youngest one. She was born on 30th August 1988. During her high school education she has studied English and German. Also together with her schoolmates she participated and won / as a teamleader / international awards for young businessmen in New York and Geneva .Now she is a student of Economics at University of National and World Economy. Her ambitions are to work with and for people, to raise more funds for good causes. She is interested in literature, loves nature, animals and her friends.
 

 
Emil Ognyanov
Emil Ognyanov is 26 years old and is on his way of achieving his second degree after graduating at University of National and World Economy, Bachelor degree in IT. He is now studying at the Academy of Music in Sofia at the Theoretical faculty with piano. Emil is interested in philosophy, computers and books. In his spare time he is playing football, watching movies and enjoying the company of his friends.
 

 
Victoria Encheva
Victoria was born in 1980 in Pleven. In the northern city of Bulgaria she graduated Financial and business secondary school (Intellect). After that she takes bachelor degree in Public relations (Sofia University). Victoria starts working ever since being student and now she could praise herself with enviable experience in the media. The young lady has worked as a presenter and reporter for the National TV and Eurocom. Since 2004 she starts her professional career as a PR specialist. Victoria says that her favorite job was in D&D PR agency where she got the best from PR but also does not hide that the television magic will obsess her always. In the mid of 2007 Mrs. Encheva creates her own PR agency - YPR/Your Public Relations.
In her spare time she likes reading books and goes dancing. During the winter she practices snowboard.
 

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