our team

regional boards:

Ellen Sprenger
Chair: NL & US
Executive Director of Spring Strategies

Carina Hamaker
Treasurer: NL
Investor Relations and Communications Advisor

Eline Harderwijk
Secretary: NL
Attorney at Law at DLA Piper Nederland N.V.

Dr. Auma Obama
Trustee: NL
Sports for Social Change Initiative Program Technical Advisor, CARE USA

Vera Pauw
Trustee: NL
Former Coach of the Dutch Women's Soccer Team

Astrid Aafjes
NL & UK
Executive Director, Women Win

Martha Brass
Trustee: UK
Managing Director, International Operations, Endemol Group

Mandy Ayres
Trustee: UK
Director of Sustainable Business and Innovation at Nike

Tuti Scott
Trustee: US
Executive Director at Imagine Philanthropy

Ziba Cranmer
Trustee: US
Vice President, Cone Inc

Dale Needles
Treasurer: US
Chief Financial Officer at Global Fund for Women

Sara K. Andrews
Secretary: US
Programme Manager & International Pro Bono Counsel at DLA Piper

Julia McCabe
Trustee: UK
Associate at DLA Piper UK

Kate Heljula
Secretary: UK
Associate at DLA Piper UK

advisory council:

Martha Brady
Senior Associate, Poverty, Gender, and Youth (PFY) Program, Population Council, United States

Dr. Heather Cameron
Professor at the Centre for Technology and Society, Technical University of Berlin and founder of Boxgirls International

Sarah Forde
Founder and Director of Moving the Goalpost, Kenya

Dr. Annelies Knoppers
Professor of Sports and Physical Education, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands

Lydia la Rivera-Zijdel
Consultant, DCDD and Respo International

Claudia Makumbe
Coordinator International Affairs at the Amsterdam School of Sports, Management and Business, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Marianne Meier
Sport for Development, Swiss Academy for Development, Switzerland

Geetanjali Misra
Co-Founder and Executive Director of CREA, India/USA

staff:

Astrid Aafjes
Founder and President

Maria Bobenrieth
Executive Director

Cindy Coltman
Programme Director

Sarah Murray
Learn Director

Julieta Hernandez
Office Manager

Clementine Klijberg
Catalyze Director

Michael Brewe
Finance and Operations Director

Lotte Snoek
Financial Administrator

Shea Morrissey
Communications Manager

Manu Wildschut
Programme Officer

Yvonne Henry
Reporting and Research Associate

Field Team:

Nicole Matuska
Curriculum Consultant

Megan Chawansky