Oksana Grybovych Hafermann serves as a Chief of Staff in the Office of the President at the University of Northern Iowa. She is also a Professor in Recreation, Tourism and Nonprofit Leadership. Dr Grybovych Hafermann holds EdD from the University of Northern Iowa (USA), MSc in Leisure and Environments from Wageningen University and Research Centre (the Netherlands), and BA in Economics/ Management from the Institute of Economics and Law (Ukraine). Her research interests include practices of deliberative democracy, participatory community planning, economic impacts, and sustainability.