Liza Baranyai

 

Senior Fundraising Consultant

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Liza has dedicated over 20 years to providing fundraising and organizational development consultancy support to global, international, and national organizations and movements in Europe and Asia. She works in fundraising and engagement strategy development, organizational development, and growth management.​

Soma Fuxreiter​

 

Intern

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Soma has recently finished his sociology studies in Budapest, focusing on social psychology and narrative making. He thinks we need to tell emotionally resonating stories to earn people’s trust and build a more equal and fair society.

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Vesna Jusup

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Director of Operations

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Vesna's background is in art history, but the last decades she spent in the field of activism, feminism and capacity building, both for non-profits and political organizations. Vesna's last professional commitments were at CDNEE and as Head of the Policy, Strategy and Capacity Development Unit in the European Green party.

Holly Dawson

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Communications Specialist

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Holly is from Boorloo on Nyoongar Country. She is a campaigner, movement and capacity builder with over a decade of experience working in both progressive political parties and advocacy NGOs in Australia and around the world at the intersection of digital organizing and capacity building. Holly previously worked at Getup!, Greenpeace, the Center for International Forestry Research, the Online Progressive Engagement Network and the Australian Greens.

Marc Rius

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Project Coordinator, Countering Disinformation

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A political scientist and jurist, he has extensive experience in electoral campaigns, institutional advertising and the construction of messages and narratives. He has combined advising different governments with university teaching on discourse analysis and media.

Oriol Corbella

 

Digital Organizer

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From Barcelona (Spain), Oriol has been involved in grassroots movements and worked on several political campaigns. He is passionate about how political communications can be boosted online, competing with modern narratives and formats.

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Paulina Gruda​

 

Digital Campaigns Advisor

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Paulina is a journalist by education and a digital marketer by profession. After gaining experience in the commercial market, she decided to use her knowledge and skills to work for non-governmental organizations. She specializes in paid advertising campaigns and fundraising activities.  

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Kinga Kalocsai

 

Engagement Advisor

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 Kinga has been working with green and left-wing organizations and movements in Central and Eastern Europe. She is an experienced campaigner and engagement advisor. She has experience working with grassroot movements, NGOs and parties as well.   

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Mar Estela Fernández

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Project Coordinator, Counting Disinformation

 

Mar lives in Barcelona. She is a political scientist and a communication expert. She has developed her professional career in public institutions and foundations. She is passionate about politics and believes in the transformative power of digital organization in our current world, as well as in the fight against disinformation as a key element to preserve democracies around the globe.

Dávid Csepregi

 

Campaign and Movement Advisor

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Dávid has a background in left-wing grassroots political activism and believes digital organizing is not only an option for civic movements and political organizations to reach success, but a must.

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Gergely Hajdu​

 

Movement Building Expert

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Based in Berlin and rooted in Hungary, Gergely merges grassroots community engagement with digital strategy, culminating in co-founding aHang, Hungary's leading pressure group. He provides expert guidance to progressive initiatives, leveraging his experience in digital organizing and on-the-ground activism.

Emily Pfiester

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Communications Manager

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Emily has worked in international communications in several sectors. She's enthusiastic about using the power of communication to promote and safeguard essential values such as the protection of human rights and climate change.

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Elena Petrovska

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Events Assistant

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With a background in Environmental Science and experience with the Young Greens, Elena is committed to advancing social and environmental causes in various capacities. Alongside volunteering with the local Young Greens branch in Serbia, she has contributed to CDNEE, assisting in the life cycles of transnational projects.