Our Team

Liz Smith

Ambassador

15 years experience in the voluntary sector, most of which were with a worldwide organization. Holds a Diploma in psychology & a MSc.  in Life Course Development, areas of interest & expertise in relation to Leadership Development include mentoring & coaching, diversity , facilitation skills & the development of young people.

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Anne Rise

Vice-President

45 years of experience as a leader in volunteer NGOs; 30 years of experience with training volunteer leaders; 15 years of training corporate teams and leaders; working on teams, creativity, networking, coaching, communication, competence building and personal development issues in many aspects. Bachelor in Librarianship, supplied with a study in Psychology and a Master in

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Maria Luisa Pagano

Full Member

Over 30 years of working experience in the non-formal education field as trainer and youth worker, supporting the personal and professional development of young people and youth workers at national, European and international level. In the past 10 years, I have focused my interest in supporting the development of key competences in youth workers and

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Irene Rojnik

Treasurer

Communication is my strength – listening actively and delivering the right questions at the right time is part of this package. 20 years of professional experience at an international level in several non-profit organizations – from Africa to Eastern Europe – as well as several years abroad, have sharpened my intercultural senses. During this time,

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Paola Bortini

Full member

For the past 20 years I have been fascinated with strengthening people and organisations throughout Europe in liminal phases to learn from and for the future with creativity and in harmony with their inner call. At the centre of my methodological approach is above all mindfulness, Otto Scharmer’s “Theory U”, embodiment practices and the healing

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Angelica Paci

Secretary

10 years experience as a company adviser for designing and implementing quality systems (ISO 9001 standards) 12 years working in the field of non formal education; holds a Master degree in Italian Literature; at the moment attending a Master in Life coaching; expertise and interest around Leadership and Intercultural Learning with special focus on Experiential

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Julia Braunegg

Julia Braunegg

President

Julia is a systemic coach, facilitator, and trainer. She uses experiential, embodied and reflective methods as well as different methods of visualization in her work to open as many pathways and possibilities to participants as possible. She has always had a keen interest and drive for connecting cultures and holding space for people to grow.

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