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Our team is driven by a shared vision: empowering individuals to tackle the world's most pressing challenges. Meet the people behind the movement, who turn moral ambition into real-world change.

We organize in alignment with our founding principles. This means we value direct communication, a kind and compassionate working environment, and above all: measuring our impact at all levels. We use Holacracy as our organizational operating system.

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AJ Kroboth
Senior Program Manager
US Food System Reform
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Akila Ganapathi
Program Assistant
US Food System Reform
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Alexander Kok
Senior Program Manager
EU Food Transition
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Amanda Etemad
Head of Marketing
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Anne Strunk
Chief of Staff
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Barend Bos
Head of Program Development
Democratic Resilience
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Brendan Hadden
Communications Lead
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Brian Hegarty
Growth Strategy Intern
US
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Catarina Araujo
People & FInance Operations
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David Jaffin
Chief Marketing Officer
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Elena Fontana
Product & Process Coordinator
Fellowships
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Gil Nobre
Office Manager
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Harald Dunnink
Co-founder
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Jackie Snoeijers
Engagement Manager
Funders & Ambassadors
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Jan-Willem van Putten
Co-founder & Program Manager
AI in Europe
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Jessica Lee
Senior Program Manager
US University Fellowships
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Jitse Goutbeek
Program Assistant
AI in Europe
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Julia van Boven
Co-founder
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Justin Portela
Creator in Residence
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Kiara Boyce
Campus Recruiting Associate
Princeton
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Lara Bodger
Writer-Editor
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Laura Clancy
Executive Director
US
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Leonor Santos
Finance & Compliance Lead
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Lieve Poulis
Program Assistant
EU Food Transition
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Linne van der Meulen
Strategy & Impact Officer
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Malena López Bremme
Program Assistant
Global Tax Fairness
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Marijn Scheltens
Community Manager
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Marit van Lenthe
Senior Program Manager
Tobacco Free Future
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Mia Reyn
Campus Recruiting Associate
Brown
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Niki Angyal
Community Lead
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Omezzine Khelifa
Senior Program Manager
Global Tax Fairness
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Ophelia Senfter
Community Platform Strategist
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Oscar Schulze Casademunt
Comms & Community Intern
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Paola Scholte
Videographer
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Rachel Sarah Philip
Program Assistant
Tobacco Free Future
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Rafael Andres Duque
Program Development Intern
Democratic Resilience
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Renée Frissen
Interim Executive Director
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Ruben Timmerman
Operations Director & Co-founder
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Rutger Bregman
Co-founder & US Board Member
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Sabrina van der Sandt
Philanthropy Director
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Simon van Teutem
Writer in Residence
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Sonja Vogel
UX Designer & Web Developer
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Spencer Heijnen
Facilitation lead
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Teryn Gray
Head of Production
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Our Volunteers

Arsh Raina
Global Community Engager
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Auke Lamers
Tax Researcher
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Ben Gosman
Volunteer
Events
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Christella Fenisianti
Volunteer
Community
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Enid Hartman
Volunteer
US Operations
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Erika Lozano
Global Community Engager
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Fabian Ulmer
Volunteer
US
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Jeljer Haarsma
Volunteer
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Michael Taheri
Volunteer
Community & Democracy
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Nico Philips
Global Community Builder
Berlin, Germany
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Precious Brooks
Global Community Builder
New York City, US
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Radhe Telange
Volunteer
Community & Democracy
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Ram Glomseth
Global Community Engager
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Rastislav Betko
Volunteer
Community & Democracy
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Rose Abba
Global Community Engager
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Rukmini Iyer
Global Community Builder
Mumbai, India
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Shobhana Bhushan
Global Community Builder
Toronto, Canada
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Timo van der Veen
AI Innovator
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Vincent de Waele
Global Community Builder
Brussels, Belgium
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Vyshnavi Desiraju
Global Community Engager
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The board of our foundation

EU board

Edmond Hilhorst
Board Member
EU & US
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Mustapha Abdellati
Board Member
EU
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Heleen Dura van Oord
Board Member
EU
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Salmaan Sana
Board Member
EU
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Saskia Bruysten
Board Member
EU
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USA board

Amy Novogratz
Board Member
US
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Edmond Hilhorst
Board Member
EU & US
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Rutger Bregman
Co-founder & US Board Member
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Our 7 Principles

The School is founded on seven principles. They describe the way we want to improve the world, guide our decisions, and express our commitment to making the world a wildly better place.

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