Meet the Team

  • While in Scotland, managing operations for Ukrainian refugee accommodation vessels her company was instrumental in securing, Joyce recognized an urgent need to support the wellbeing of over 800 displaced children living onboard.

    The trauma they had endured as refugees of war posed a deep threat to their mental and socioemotional wellbeing. Joyce sprang into action by establishing enrichment programs onboard, so the children could express themselves through art, music, dance, sports and play. Witnessing how these programs brought joy and hope back into the children’s lives, Joyce was inspired to form a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to continue her impact. Thus, Mission of Innocents was founded to help children displaced from war or climate devastation and political refugees heal through creative expression.

    Joyce is CEO and co-founder of Miami-based Landry & Kling Global Ship Solutions. As an environmentalist, Joyce advocates for sustainable practices and the greening of the cruise industry. She is also a certified member of the Miami Waterkeepers “1,000 Eyes on the Water”, dedicated to protecting Biscayne Bay and Miami waterways. She is on the master women’s rowing team at the Miami Rowing Club, serves on the board of trustees for Barry University in Miami, and is a member of the International Women’s Forum (IWF), a global network of high-achieving women leaders.

  • Propelled by purpose and guided by intention, Laura has been leading and supporting people and processes in non-profit organizations, K-12 education, and luxury hospitality for 14+ years. She is also an active member of the Junior League of Miami, a women’s volunteer organization, and currently serves as their Committee Chair of Program Development & Scholarship.

  • Olga is the founding Director of the Children’s Program aboard the Ukrainian accommodation vessel in Glasgow, Scotland. She also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for Mission of Innocents. In her role as Director, Olga leads a team of six staff members and oversees all programmatic components of the children’s program. From the very beginning, “Emojis”, as the children's program was affectionately nicknamed by the children, has attracted over 400 talented, and resilient kids of all ages.With a varied background, Olga brings experience in business, marketing, and education to her work with Mission of Innocents. Most recently and for the past 10 years, Olga held a position as a business and marketing professional with an international company in Ukraine, where she was responsible for business development with partnership companies from the UK, Germany, and Czech Republic. Olga also formerly served as an interpreter for English, German and Czech languages, and has experience as a primary and secondary school English language teacher in Ukraine.

    Olga earned a degree in Operational Management from Ternopil Technical University and a Masters Degree in English Philology from Ternopil National Pedagogical University. Since relocating to the UK, she has achieved a Level 3 Community Interpreter Certificate and Interpreting for Refugees Certificate from the University of Glasgow.

  • Natalia is the founding Director of the Children’s Program aboard the Ukrainian accommodation vessel in Edinburg, Scotland. Born in the Ukraine, Natalia has experience as a teacher and most recently, an art director at a children’s studio. In 2022, because of the war against Ukraine, Natalia and her family left their home to seek refuge in Scotland. There, she found a renewed sense of purpose when she began coordinating programs for children aboard the accommodation vessel where she lived. Her extraordinary love of children and sense of responsibility led to Natalia eventually becoming the program director of the children’s program in Edinburgh, affectionately given the name “Funny Moments” by the children, and has built a team of six staff to support daily activities. Natalia is a graduate of the Institute of Management and Economics in Ukraine and currently resides aboard the vessel in Edinburgh with her husband and two children.