As of 1st June, the former deputy executive director of the Hungarian Reformed Church Aid, Rev. Viktória Katona took over the duties of Chief Executive Officer. Rev. Katona has been working for the charity since 2022, but she was already involved in the activities of HRCA during the years when she served as a minister in Transcarpathia, Ukraine.
Viktóra Katona, CEO of HRCA
Based on the decision of the Board of Trustees, Viktória Katona took over the duties of the CEO as of 1st June. She joined the HRCA in January 2022 as a pastor tasked to coordinate the so called ‘social ministries’ that operate under the umbrella of HRCA, and the cross-border activities and cooperation with the Hungarian speaking reformed communities in the Carpathian Basin. Since June 2022 she has been supporting the operation of the organisation as Deputy Executive Director. She has also played a crucial role in strengthening the organisation’s relations with local church communities and congregations since 2024, following the creation of the so called Philemon Service.
Viktória Katona graduated from the Secondary School Debrecen Reformed College, and earned Master of Theology and Divinity degree in the Reformed Theological University in Debrecen. After her ordination, she served for thirteen years in the Reformed Church in Transcarpathia, a Hungarian community of over 100 congregations in the most Western region of Ukraine, working as a local minister in congregations of Nagydobrony (Velika Dobrony) and Csap (Chop), and as a co-worker of the Good Samaritan Reformed Children's Home in Nagydobrony. In addition to her theological and pastoral studies, she holds a degree as mental health professional from the Károli Gáspár Reformed University of RCH and she is a certified trainer (focusing professional) of the Hungarian Association for Body Psychotherapy.
The new CEO's professional goals include increasing the integration and connectedness of HRCA with congregations and societies throughout the Carpathian Basin, strengthening and developing social and donation coordination programmes, providing high quality services to existing professional projects, building international relations, and strengthening relations with church related educational and social institutions through cooperation with social ministries.