Team

Tomáš Sacher is responsible for the foundation's strategic and operational business and leads our diverse team. His aim is to further strengthen the foundation's European outlook and networks.  

Nadia Zitouni takes care of all financial matters and all questions relating to personnel.

Lasse looks after the foundation’s technical systems. Between paper jam and server closet, from Excel issues to Microsoft’s licensing model, Lasse supports our team in getting things done.

Friedrich Landenberger is responsible for communicating our projects & topics to the outside world. It is particularly important to him to strenghten young, diverse voices and perspectives.

Batoul Abu-Yahya has been active in many young networks. Alongside her studies, she supports the foundation's public relations work.

Andrea Buchan takes care of our team. She coordinates personnel processes and clarifies labor law issues.

Jürgen Hübner cares about technical infrastructure and IT.

Naledi Emmel supports our external communication as a volunteer. Close to the target group, she helps us to stay up-to-date.

Yumin works on the diversity-oriented development of the Foundation. She coordinates the change process within the Foundation and develops measures to promote equitable and discrimination-sensitive work.

As a trained journalist, Waltraud Luschny digs deep into the sometimes dusty files from the foundation's founding days. By creating a digital archive, she is making our 50-year history accessible.

Rita takes care of the bookkeeping and the daily income and expenses, keeping track of the numbers and many small steps in between.

Alina appreciates the international environment of the foundation. Next to her studies, she supports the office management and the department human resources.

In addition to the education and travel program, Nadine Golly is responsible for the “Competence Network Living Together in Immigrant Societies”. As an expert on anti-discrimination and education, she strengthens diversity-oriented offers.

Fikri Anıl Altıntaş coordinates our travel grants and implements racism-critical educational offers for children and youth welfare as part of the competence network. He also communicates those offers on our Instagram channel "Beyond A Single Story".

Ariam Hibtay supports the team in planning and implementing events as well as managing the Instagram account "Beyond A Single Story". She is a Master's student in Sociocultural Studies, with a focus on intersectionality and critical racism research, at the European University Viadrina.

Annik Schepp coordinates the Young Ambassadors Against Antisemitism programme. She supports young people in advancing post-migrant remembrance culture.

Dr. Geraldine Blomberg leads the events and awards team. She is an enthusiast for formats and tools that allow young people exchange and encounters. In her interdisciplinary professional background, she combines educational studies with applied theatre pedagogy.

Paula Winkler actively supports the team as a volunteer in organising events and awards.

Esther Spicker is responsible for the Foundation's three awards and is an expert on anti-Semitism and post-migrant remembrance culture. With her work, she wants to make visible the varied commitment of young people to a pluralistic society in Europe and give them recognition.

Darius Elahi oversees events at the foundation. His goal is to create exciting and informative formats on various political topics.

Khaldun Al Saadi is an expert on topics of peace and conflict research in migration societies. He heads the Young Islam Conference and coordinates the “Competence Network Living Together in the Immigration Society” with Nadine Golly.

Dr. Asmaa Soliman is an expert on topics dealing with intercultural diversity and Muslim communities in Europe. She leads the Young Islam Conference and coordinates the “Competence Network Living Together in the Migration Society”together with her colleague Nadine Golly.

Zubair Ahmad is an expert in postcolonial discourses. He is responsible for the outreach work of the Young Islam Conference. He supports it scientifically and brings the issues that affect our network members to the public.

Iman supports the communication of the Young Islam Conference. Her focus is on social media and blog editing. She benefits from her expertise in intersectional feminism.

Seren Başoğul is an expert in the field of empowerment. She coordinates the networking activities of the Young Islam Conference and supports our diverse JIK members in getting involved. She is also responsible for the Summer Academy and, together with Caroline Haufe, for the Media Academy.

Veronika Gunne is an executive assistant. She supports Asmaa with everything that comes up and keeps track of numbers and finances.

Caroline Haufe is responsible for public relations at the Young Islam Conference and implements the Media Academy together with Seren Başoğul.

Next to her masterstudies in ‘Gender, Intersectionality and Politics’ at the FU Berlin, Josefine Rindt supports the team of the Young Islam Conference in coordinating network activities.

Jasemin is responsible for the Europeanization of the Young Islam Conference with a focus on strategic communication. She is an expert in educational and socio-political discourses in the areas of migration society in Europe and social participation.

Thimo Nieselt leads the team of Understanding Europe. As an expert on inclusive, diversity-oriented Peer Education, he is also in charge of the didactic approaches and quality management of educational formats as well as our network’s publications.

Marlene Gärtner organises the European Summer School and is responsible for qualification, transnational networking and evaluation. She is enthusiastic about scientific findings and committed to the exchange between research and practice.

Friedrich Landenberger is responsible for communicating our projects & topics to the outside world. It is particularly important to him to strenghten young, diverse voices and perspectives.

Frieda Metzkow supports the team of Understanding Europe with adminis¬trative and organizational tasks. Next to her work, she studies sociolin¬guistics and political science at the Free University of Berlin.

Rebekka Pfennig supports our team in coordinating workshops and events like the European Summer School. As a former trainer, she has known the network since 2018 and is always inspired by the political spirit and commitment of young people.

Lena Strehmann is a born networker and supervises the Coordinators of Understanding Europe. She also enjoys communicating creatively on social media and coordinates the project’s Diversity-Oriented Organizational Development (DOOD) process.

Pauline leads the EYP International Office and supports the strategic development of EYP. She ensures smooth collaboration between the EYP member organisations, the EYP governing instances and the Schwarzkopf Foundation.

Sarah strategises the network’s approach to communications and oversees the project “Ensemble: Franco-German Youth Exchange”. With her work she strives to convey the opinions of young Europeans as well as the EYP-spirit to external stakeholders.

Isabel is in charge of health-themed activities of the EYP, supports the network in diversity-oriented processes and pushes for inclusion and accessibility in the network.

Marie works on developing the capacity-building strategy for the network. She organises and coordinates training events, works with volunteers and young trainers, taking care of everything related to young people developing knowledge, skills and reflective behaviours.

Anne oversees the Climate Youth Action Plan, a network-wide initiative focused on European climate and energy policy. Within her portfolio, she coordinates the EYP's activities related to climate change and sustainability.

Ilija connects young Europeans through the network’s flagship events and is in charge of EYP’s involvement with the Conference on the Future of Europe.

Jaša supports the EYP’s communications and media work, and assists with the “Youth Dialogue for Strong Civic Spaces” project. His work spreads from content creation to ensuring the important messages reach the wider community.

Kristine coordinates the “Youth Dialogue for Strong Civic Spaces” project, in which she works with EYP volunteers from National Committees in the Eastern Partnership countries. She’s passionate about long-term development, capacity-building and ecological sustainability.

Nikita is a creative content creator. He supports the European Youth Parliament’s media and communications work, manages and designs content for social media accounts and engages with EYP’s National Committees on communication topics.

João is responsible for all matters related to the EYP network’s Alumni. His work aims to support the sustainable growth of (and continued engagement with) the community of 200 000 former EYPers out there!

Jelena is in charge of managing all processes related to the EYP's international governance activities. She gives general support for ongoing projects including fundraising tasks and capacity building events.

Saskia assists volunteers of the flagship events by helping with participant management and funding.

Conor Comiskey actively supports the team on all activities of the Climate Youth Action Plan