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Esther is the co-founder and director of RECLAIM.
She has a vast track record of engaging EU institutions in protecting human rights, civic freedoms and media pluralism.
She engages on a daily basis with an extensive network of human rights defenders across Europe and beyond.
Esther is a political scientist from Spain based in Brussels.
Esther Martinez
Founder and director
Ane is the co-founder and chair of RECLAIM.
In her daily work she is chief advisor with DanChurchAid doing stakeholder management and press.
Her vast experience from working in Europe and the Middle East on the promotion of human rights and international law and the protection of human rights defenders contributes to the work of RECLAIM.
Ane is a political scientist from Denmark, based in Copenhagen.
Ane Sommer
Founder and board chair
Alejandro is RECLAIM's EU Legal Advisor.
He is a qualified lawyer in Spain and has a background in EU constitutional law and in law and technology.
He provides legal counselling through RECLAIM's EU law Helpdesk to NGOs and civil society organisations.
Alejandro is Spanish and based in Brussels.
Alejandro Menéndez
Legal Advisor
Romeral is supporting the work of RECLAIM.
She is a committed peacebuilding practitioner working with the UN and specialized in the role youth plays in conflict transformation. She has been involved with youth-led organizations and international institutions across the world. She helps RECLAIM to build up their youth capacity and empowerment projects.
Romeral is a Spanish anthropologist and political scientist based in Barcelona.
Romeral Ortiz
Youth Outreach Advisor
George is part of the RECLAIM board.
He is an esteemed community mobilizer and the co-founder of Right to Movement Palestine. He is a Fulbright awardee, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and works as a program manager in an international humanitarian organization. He ensures that RECLAIM has strong, accountable institutional policies and financial systems in place.
George is Palestinian, based in Jerusalem.
George Zeidan
Institutional Policies
Marta is a fellow in RECLAIM's Young Activist Programme.
She has a background in (Italian) law and EU law.
Before joining RECLAIM, she worked as a trainee Lawyer-Linguist at the European Central Bank.
Marta is Italian and based in Brussels.
Marta Vojvodic
YAP Fellow
Roberto is part of the RECLAIM board.
He is a Senior Economist at Compass Lexecon where he advises clients on competition policy and antitrust. He is an adjunct professor of European Economic Integration at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
He supports RECLAIM's private sector partnerships in promoting human rights and media pluralism.
Roberto has a PhD in Economics. He is Italian, based in Brussels.
Roberto Venturini
Board Member
Elsa is a graphic designer with a multidisciplinary background. Coming from a Graphic Communication course, she has experience in crafting visual identities and designing for publishing.
Elsa is French and based in England. She helps Reclaim with design and visual communication.
Elsa Delmas
Graphic Designer
Patrícia is a fellow in RECLAIM's Young Activist Programme.
She has a background in International Social and Public Policy.
Before joining RECLAIM, she worked as research assistant on projects that focused on women's substantive representation in Hungary and studies that analysed the success of Hungarian and Polish protests.
Patrícia is Hungarian and based in Brussels.
Patrícia Szima
YAP Fellow
Omri is part of the RECLAIM board.
He is the Managing Director and Co-founder of Alliance4Europe.
His experience as an advisor at the European Parliament, with Front Line Defenders and democracy promotion in Europe contributes to the work of RECLAIM.
Omri is a Political Scientist. He is Israeli-Polish based in Brussels.
Omri Preiss
Board member
Asger is supporting the work of RECLAIM.
He is a psychologist specialized in behavioral and organizational psychology. He has vast theoretical and on-the-ground experience in leading and supervising volunteers and grass-roots movements.
He helps Reclaim with internal and external communication and process management.
Asger is Danish and based in Copenhagen.