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
		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.
Members
		Laura Stoica, Romania Laura was elected to the board in October 2009 and has had a strong connection with YFU for years.  She went on exchange to Germany in 1994 and was part of the first generation of Romanian exchange students to do this.  Since then she has been involved with YFU Romania on several different levels as a volunteer and has helped to co-ordinate activities for further generations of exchange students.  Laura then began to get involved with YFU on an international level, through her participation in the European Conference as a member of the National Directorate of YFU Romania.  She was part of the European Training of Trainers' management team and organised and co-ordinated management teams of several European seminars and projects.  In 2008, Laura joined the working group of the YFU Training Academy to play her part in increasing the quality of YFU's work and to help strengthen the international YFU community. Laura is a professional sociologist and has worked in social research on issues such as social and educational policy and social development.  She is currently finishing her studies for her Ph.D in sociology of education and started working last year as Director of Development Programmes at YFU Romania.
		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. Jenny graduated with a Master in Sociology in 2008 and now works as a job coach for young people and refugees near Gothenburg.