Andrea Keerbs
Andrea worked for the International Republican Institute IRI for over nineteen years and has a strong background in political analysis, programme management, and elections across Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. Most recently based in Budapest, Hungary, Andrea oversaw programmes aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability and Transatlantic relations. With previous roles at IRI […]
Tim Herrmann
Tim is a political communications coach who has a professional background in both business and politics. As the German Social-Democrats federal head of campaigns, his work had a decisive impact on the partys successful 2021 federal election campaign, from which Olaf Scholz emerged as Germanys ninth chancellor. His previous work experience includes stations at the […]
Trudy Veninga
Trudy is a political trainer, coach and guide who helps local leaders, members of local Parliament and organizations succeed in the world of politics without getting lost in the political game. Drawing upon her years of experience in the Christian Democratic party CDA as an elected Municipal Councilor, deputy Mayor, and local party faction leader […]
Simon Bucknall
Simon helps leaders to connect, influence and inspire through the spoken word. Clients include leaders and opinion formers at the highest level, across a wide range of sectors, from all over the world. Simon has been on the Adjunct Faculty of Oxford Universitys Blavatnik School of Government since 2015 and a Visiting Fellow in Professional […]
Christine Quirk
As principal of Quirk Global Strategies, Christine brings a unique combination of strategic campaign skills and experience conducting groundbreaking opinion research projects in some of the worlds most challenging places. She specializes in using qualitative, quantitative and emerging methodologies to provide strategic support for political and advocacy campaigns. A former US-based political pollster and country […]
Tomas Halasz
Tomas is the co-founder of the award-winning online platform TrollWall AI which uses AI to combat against online hate. Tomas was inspired to start TrollWall AI from his experiences as a photojournalist, activist, and digital and engagement manager for elected officials and political parties.
Patrick Frank
Patrick is a small donor fundraising and grassroots campaigning expert based in Austria. He worked on Barack Obamas 2008 and 2012 campaigns before serving as Outreach Director at ActBlue for 7.5 years. Since 2021, he has supported political parties and NGOs across Europe and beyond with digital strategy and fundraising. He is currently the Director […]
Kiki Thiessen-Bakker
Kiki is a political coach and advisor with over a decade of experience in Dutch local and national politics. Her political journey spans a wide range of roles from grassroots volunteer to National Field Organizer culminating in her leadership in ground campaigns that helped re-elect Prime Minister Mark Rutte for his second and third terms. […]
Wim Borremans
As Democracy Development expert, Wim has trained candidates, elected officials, political party staff, and leaders of civil society in challenging, fast-paced environments. Wim also has extensive experience at the local, regional, and federal level through his work with the Belgian Green Party Groen as Chief of Staff of the Ghent Deputy Mayors, running electoral campaigns, […]
Ian Marquardt
Ian Marquardt is the co-founder of the Alliance Of Her Academy. Ian developed the comprehensive training programme drawing upon 28 years of experience using data-driven strategies and voter engagement techniques to help candidates win in places as diverse as South Dakota, Ukraine, the EU and Africa.