Board of EEE-YFU

 

Chair
		Oliver Wagner, Germany Oliver has been an exchange student in 1992/93 in Roscommon, Michigan (USA). After the end of his exchange year he started his voluntary activities for YFU Germany. He has volunteered in many different areas and functions for YFU, participating and leading many different activities for students and volunteers. From 2003 to 2006 he was a representative in the European Youth Forum and its “Council of Europe Affairs’ Commission”. Since 2003 he represents EEE-YFU in the Advisory Council on Youth at the Council of Europe’s Youth Directorate. In April 2007 he was elected Chair of the Board of EEE-YFU. He is a secondary school teacher by profession and since August 2006 he teaches history and informatics in a small school in Hamburg, Germany.
Treasurer
		Karlis Grinbergs, Latvia Karlis has been a YFU exchange student to the United States in 1992/93. After returning, he became a member of a volunteer group that started Latvian national YFU organization. As a volunteer he has been involved in various aspects of the organization – governance, finances, student selection and support, orientations. He was YFU-Latvia Board member from 1994 to 2007 and he has been YFU IAC member. In 2006 he was elected to the EEE-YFU Board. He holds a MBA from the University of Rochester and Master in Finance from the London Business School. Currently he works in the money management industry in London.
Members
		Didier Rault, France Didier joined YFU as a host father in 1999. He has hosted 9 YFU students and he has volunteered in many activities and levels. He was elected member of the YFU France Board in 2000 and he is the current Chair of his National Organisation. In November 2008 he was elected to the EEE-YFU Board. Didier lives in Nimes and he teaches Spanish Golden Age Civilization at Montpellier University.
		Markus Inderbitzin, Switzerland Markus joined YFU in 1993 as exchange student to the United States. He volunteered in YFU Switzerland as an area representative, interview coordinator, trainer and organising member of the YES 1999. In April 2007 he was elected Member of the Board of EEE-YFU. He is a holder of Master of Science in business information systems engineering from HEC University of Lausanne, Switzerland and is currently working as IT team and project manager at a large Swiss bank. His key interests in life are supporting intercultural exchange and understanding, as well as protection of the environment.
		Dora Raphael, Hungary "Since my application and selection for an exchange year in Sweden", says Dora, "YFU has been part of my life one way or the other". Her family hosted inbound students a few times and she was the one to find a room for the statutory meeting of YFU Hungary. Since then she's been on the board of her National Organisation and furthermore worked as its national Director from 1997 and 2002. Dora was also engaged in the preparation of the pre-departure orientation for Hungarian students and lately she's been involved in the organisation of YFU Hungary's 15th Anniversary. She was elected to the EEE-YFU Board in November 2008. Dora studied History and Sociology at the Pazmany Peter University in Piliscsaba and currently works as an event and wedding planner in Budapest.
		Peter Torp Madsen, Denmark Peter was an exchange student in 1996/97 in the United States. Upon his return he became an active volunteer in YFU Denmark. His first meeting with EEE and the European dimension of YFU was as participant at the IRS in Budapest in 1999. Since then he has been a long term volunteer in European youth policy, where he has on many occasions represented the YFU community, most notably as Bureau Member of the European Youth Forum from 2004 to 2006. In April 2007 he was elected Member of the Board of EEE-YFU.
		Jenny Hennecke, Sweden Jenny went on exchange in 1997/98 to Uruguay. After the end of the exchange year she became active in YFU Germany, engaging herself in different activities such as interviewing and orientations. In 2002 she moved to Sweden in order to study at Gothenburg University and became active in YFU Sweden. She was elected to the Board of YFU Sweden in 2006, especially focusing on volunteer motivation and education. In April 2007 she was elected Member of the Board of EEE-YFU. Since 2002 he has been studying at Gothenburg University, Sweden and at the end of 2007 she’s expected to graduate with a Master in Sociology.