Katya Ternopolska

Katya Ternopolska serves as the Head of Growth at Wormhole Foundation since January 2024, after holding the position of Strategic Growth Lead. Prior to this role, Katya worked at Polygon Labs as a DeFi Specialist focused on Growth Business Development from September 2023 to January 2024, and at Aave Companies as the DeFi Integrations Business Development Manager from August 2022 to August 2023. Additional experience includes the Marketing Lead role at Rift Finance (January 2022 - June 2022) and Marketing Analyst at Maple Finance (October 2020 - December 2021), an institutional capital marketplace supported by notable investors. Katya also contributed as a Board of Directors Treasurer for Campus Cooperative Residence Inc. from March 2020 to November 2020. Educational qualifications include an Advanced MBA Entrepreneurship Course with a Blockchain Stream from Creative Destruction Lab and a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and Finance from the University of Toronto's Rotman Commerce.