█   President of GEYC Board of Directors, President of PRISMA European Network | ||
Gabriel is a Romanian trainer and project manager specialised in the non profit field at national and European levels. He has over 10 years of experience in youth projects focusing on social media, project management and communication. He is a Founding member of GEYC and the initiator of GEYC Resources Center and PRISMA European Network. He has been trained in over 10 European countries on various topics. Back in 2010, he founded GEYC Community - an innovative platform dedicated for young people in Romania, one of the first European initiatives of digital youth work. In 2018, Gabriel was included in Forbes 30 under 30, most successful young people in Romania. | ||
Gabriel BREZOIU |
█   VicePresident of GEYC Board of Directors, Supervising Entrepreneurship & Employability, OMG Community | ||
Alexandru is an adept at learning by doing and one of his core values is entrepreneurship. His experiences as a team leader in various positions within non-profit organizations have developed his entrepreneurial spirit, what the true meaning of the word ”team” is, and how to help other people achieve their goals and become better. He is a doer and wishes to bring the communities where he finds himself in forward. | ||
Alexandru LACHE |
█   VicePresident of GEYC Board of Directors, Supervising Democracy & Human Rights, EDU Community | ||
Alexandru (22) is a Romanian activist for educational justice. Founding member and former president (2015-2018) of the first school students' association in Romania, Alexandru has 8 years of experience as an activist for free access to quality education. During the pandemic, he coordinated a national advocacy campaign for the respect of the school students' fundamental right to scholarships by all the 3182 local authorities in Romania. Also, the campaigns coordinated by him brought results such as free textbooks for the senior years' pupils (2016) or an increase of 30 million EUR on the budget for investment in education in 5 counties (2020). In 2021, Alexandru Manda received the award Young European of the Year, for his entire activity until now. Also, he was included in GEYC10 Changemakers (2020) and in Forbes Romania 30 under 30 (2021). | ||
Alexandru MANDA |
█   VicePresident of GEYC Board of Directors, Supervising Sustainability, GEYC Community | ||
Life-long learner, mind-wanderer, travel enthusiast and passionate about youth and social issues are a few of her characteristics. The German language brought many opportunities throughout the years, including the current job in the travel industry. Being an economist and soon-to-be psychologist, she devoted her free time to the Hope 4 Humanity Association, where trying to create impactful community projects with over 60 young volunteers. | ||
Ioana TATARCIUC |
█   VicePresident of GEYC Board of Directors, Supervising Digital, GEYC Changemakers | ||
Claudiu is unapologetically passionate about creating social change that sticks to values that he believes in. A true member of the creative class, he experimented with the music industry, event planning, creative agencies, marketing start-ups, NGO’s and sustainability management. He's also got an almost unhealthy obsession with everything digital, social and innovation, which explains his current position as a marketing manager for Cluj Business Campus. At the moment he’s also working on his first social enterprise Re:Joice Transylvania, which focuses on sustainable tourism and community building. In 2020 he was chosen as the Romanian youth delegate for UNITE 2030 and was named the most inspirational young professional by the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Romania. | ||
Claudiu ȘULEA |
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