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Staff Members

Secretariat

The work of Eurodiaconia is carried out in cooperation with members through topical networks and coordinated by the Eurodiaconia’s secretariat in Brussels, it is staffed by:

Heather Roy

Secretary General

  • General Coordination
  • Internal and External Relationships
  • Economic and Social Policies
  • Faith in Social Care

Clotilde Clark-Foulquier

Deputy Secretary General

  • Coordination of policy work
  • Social impact of the green transition
  • Employment and social affairs
  • European Semester / Recovery and Resilience
  • European Pillar of Social Rights

Andrea Witt

Head of Operations

  • Finance
  • Administration
  • Human Resources
  • Organisational Development
  • Annual General Meeting

Kewan Mildred

Senior Policy and Membership Development Officer

  • Social Services
  • Social Economy
  • Social Innovation
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Long-Term Care

Lana Pope

Communications Assistant

  • Website management
  • Newsletters
  • Social media
  • Brand design
  • Events
  • Office management

João Verdelho

Policy Assistant

  • Social Services
  • Social Economy
  • Social Innovation
  • Healthy Ageing
  • Long-Term Care

Andrea Sánchez Caballero

Policy and Membership Development Officer

  • Migration and Social Inclusion
  • Roma Inclusion
  • Anti-discrimination

Glenis Balangue-Dalkiran

Membership and Capacity Building Officer

  • Membership management and administration
  • Membership engagement and capacity-building
  • Social Europe Academy
  • EU Funding

Annika Sparrer

Policy and Membership Development Officer

  • Access to Employment
  • Extreme Poverty
  • Social Inclusion

Karina Smreková

Policy Assistant

  • Migration and Social Inclusion
  • Roma Inclusion
  • Extreme Poverty
  • Social Inclusion

Donal Brady

Communications & Membership Engagement Officer

  • Website management
  • Newsletters
  • Social media
  • Brand design

Konstantina (Nantia) Kinikli

Administrative and Events Officer

  • On-site logistics support
  • IT issues
  • Office supplies
  • Bookings

Supervisory Board and Staff members

The highest decision-making body of Eurodiaconia is the Annual General Meeting (AGM). 

The AGM is hosted by alternate member organisations across Europe. The AGM decides on the strategy and work plan for the coming year which is monitored by the Supervisory Board. Members are elected for 4 years. The Board currently consists of:

Olli Holmstrom

Chairperson

Diakonissalaitos, Finland

Cristian Pavel

Vice-Chairperson

Filantropia Federation

Rollaug Waaler

Stiftelsen Diakonova Haraldsplass

Agnieszka Jelinek

Diaconia Poland, Poland

Alessandro Esposito

Diaconia Valdese, Italy

Malte Lindenthal

Diakonie Deutschland, Germany

Alfredo Abad

Iglesia Evangélica Española,Spain