CEO, POLA

Neringa Čiakienė is a patient advocate and the CEO of the Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition (POLA), the largest patient organization in Lithuania.

Her areas of expertise include patient advocacy, communication, fundraising, and project management. Neringa, as the face and voice of the patient organization, speaks about patients’ needs and expectations, which often transcend the boundaries of one system and require targeted and focused action from different institutions and social partners. Neringa believes that a respectful relationship, timely involvement, shared responsibility, competence, caring about what you do, and recognition of results help achieve successful outcomes.