From 2017 to 2021 Roman Grod served on the Board of Directors at the Ukrainian Canadian Students’ Union (SUSK) as the Alumni Director & Treasurer (2017-2019) and then as President (2019-2021. SUSK is the umbrella organization uniting and advocating on behalf of all Ukrainian Student Organizations in Canada.
Professionally, Roman is the Manager of Energy Market Operations Canada for Rodan Energy, a leading North American provider of DER asset optimization, demand response, energy intelligence and metering solutions.
Roman actively contributes to the Ukrainian community and was recognized as one of the top 30 under 30 in the diaspora in 2021, was awarded the Ukrainian Canadian Congress Youth Leadership Award in 2022 and bestowed the Lieutenant Governor′s Community Volunteer Award in 2016.
Roman looks to continue engaging and uniting the Ukrainian community globally, through the revival of WCUS, an organization with 100 years of history in promoting a free and prosperous Ukraine.