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. Since 1994 he has been YFU-Latvia Board member and since 2002 he has been a YFU IAC member. In 2006 he became a YFU EEE Board member. 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
		Bettina Kiséry-Nagy, Hungary Bettina was a YFU exchange student in 1995/96 in Norway. From 2002-2004 she was working in the office of YFU Hungary, responsible for inbound student and volunteer event coordination. 2004-2006 she was on the board of YFU Hungary and in 2005 she was elected to the EEE-YFU board, as member of the ETCC (European Training and Content Committee). Since 2005 she has been a trainer for the Pool of trainers of the European Youth Forum. Currently she lives in Budapest and works for ExxonMobil Ltd.as a supervisor/team leader.
		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.
		Trine Tandberg, Norway Trine has been a member of the Board of EEE-YFU since 2006. She currently works as a special advisor for Oslo Public Transport Inc.
		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.