Zoia lives in an eternal state of intellectual curiosity, driven by her desire to create impact and put a zing in the universe. Focused on the combination of people, products, and brands to create impact-driving solutions for wicked problems, Zoia is used to working amongst senior executives from the start-up world to Fortune 500’s alike. Zoia is currently working at Citi as the VP in product management on Google Pay x Citi Plex.
Outside her "9-to-5," Zoia is truly a multi-hyphenate being an educator, podcaster, mentor, and founder of her own non-profit. Her passions for democratizing knowledge and intellectual endeavors have enabled her to extend her reach as an advisor and mentor to start-ups and non-profits. She is also part-time faculty at Columbia University, teaching at a graduate level. As the Global Marketing Lead at the nonprofit WIN: Women in Innovation. She launched, produced, and edited a podcast, "WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation" that has thousands of downloads and features senior women in the space.
Moreover, Zoia recently launched a non-profit foundation in her father's memory: “The Kozakov Foundation.” The foundation aims to change the state of creative industries, such as theatre, arts, photography, and design, to be made up of people who want to create culturally significant work that impacts us all. In practice, this means giving the next generation of artists and designers an opportunity to pursue the arts through funding their education and giving them the tools to succeed via the Kozakov Fellowship.
Tune in to hear about Zoia's "6-to-8" journey and the stories in-between a "Multi-Hyphenate"!

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