Board of EEE-YFU

 

Chair
		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-YFU 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. In 2010 he was elected Chair of the board of EEE-YFU.
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 Balanescu, 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 is currently National Director of YFU Romania.
		Anke Müller, Germany
		Emilia Wiik, Sweden Emilia went on exchange to Argentina in 2006/2007 and has since that been active in YFU Sweden. She has above all been active as a camp leader and camp manager, and is lately also responsible for coordinating and training the other camp leaders. Apart from working as much as possible with YFU, Emilia is studying a bachelor in business and economics in Stockholm.
		Ieva Dirvonskaite, Lithuania Ever since her exchange year in the USA in 1998/99 Ieva has been an active volunteer of YFU Lithuania. Throughout the last 10 years she has been volunteering, acting as a National Director (on a volunteer basis) and sitting on the Board of YFU Lithuania during different times. During her involvement with YFU she has also taken an opportunity to participate in as well as organize various activities – both national and international, both small and large scale. Even though studies led her from Vilnius to Copenhagen, where she was living for nearly 4 years, her carrier brought her back to Vilnius, where she has been working for Ernst & Young for the last 2.5 years.