Katharina Debring

Chairperson of the Board

 

Profession

Advisor at the children's rights organization terre des hommes in the area of supply chains and raw materials with a focus on mica

 

Areas of interest for voluntary and political engagement

Human rights and children's rights in global supply chains, sustainable transport transition, Buen Vivir, fair trade and gender mainstreaming

 

 

Dr. Hildegard Scheu

Board member

 

Profession

Political scientist and graduate psychologist, active pensioner since 2022, horse-assisted support and therapy for children and young people (since 2018), lecturer, 40 years in development cooperation, including 20 years as a development policy consultant, trainer and expert as co-owner of a consulting firm.

Areas of interest for voluntary and political engagement

Climate and resource justice; fair trade and labor relations in the global world; human rights and sustainability - due diligence in global supply chains, focus on clothing and textiles; gender; psychosocial support and social integration in crisis and war contexts, civil conflict transformation, animal-assisted therapy.

Jens Chorus

Treasurer

 

Profession

Jens Chorus is a product manager at RaiseNow, responsible for the fundraising automation product line, which integrates RaiseNow with various ERP and CRM systems. Jens has +10 years of professional experience in the non-profit space within a software development context.

Prior to joining RaiseNow, Jens started his career working as a developer before transitioning to project management and later to team lead and branch management positions at RaiseNow.

Other areas of interest

Privately, Jens has been engaged in several grassroots organisations since his early university days.

Michael Müller-Puhlmann

Board member

 

Profession

Economist, since 1983 in an international auditing company, since 1985 as a consultant for training and employment projects in an action research project of the LAG Soziale Brennpunkte Hessen e.V., since 1992 until retirement in 2021 in the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs (as a consultant and then head of department for labor market policy and vocational training).

 

Areas of interest for voluntary and political engagement

Student and youth center movement in Rüsselsheim, member of the Young Socialists since 1971, member of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 1973, active against nuclear power plants and reprocessing plants, committee against xenophobia, peace movement, active in t

Dr. Claus Neuberger

Fellow Tax Justice

claus.neuberger@weed-online.org

Profession

As an economist, he has worked as a consultant since 1989. After ten years in a large management consultancy, he worked freelance in the areas of strategy, leadership and responsibility for European and American institutions. Active as a lecturer at universities and with various institutes and projects in business and social ethics.

Areas of interest for voluntary and political engagement

Limiting power of wealth, corporate power and lobbying

Markus Henn

Honorary representative in the German Tax Justice Network

steuergerechtigkeit@weed-online.org