Team
Meet the Bernard van Leer Foundation team. Many are located at our head office in The Hague, the Netherlands, while others are based around the world in the countries where we focus our work.
Nimish Aage
Programme Coordinator India
Alia Al-Rawashdeh
Programme Coordinator Jordan
Ellen Avraham
Programme Administrator Israel
Daniella Ben-Attar
Representative Israel
Regine Bikker
Finance and Accounting Officer
Agnes Buis
Senior People & Culture Officer
Alexis Camejo
Digital Design Officer
Victoria Chavez Barriga
Urban95 Expert
Charlotte Davidi
Communications and Knowledge Uptake Officer
Mialy Dermish
Representative Global Displacement
Darja Dobermann
MEL Expert
Michael Feigelson
Chief Executive Officer
Alicia Fernández
Programme Administrator Lead
Claudia de Freitas Vidigal
Representative Brazil
Beatriz Fumagalli
Programme Administrator Brazil
Jolanda de Haan
Senior Programme Administrator
Lynda Hoek
Travel and Events Officer
Steffan Hoeke
Manager ICT and Facilities
Irina Ivan
Representative Mission Related Investing
Farah Jadallah
Representative Jordan
Maria Lavrado
Administrative Assistant
Javier Lopez
Finance and Investment Analyst
Rushda Majeed
Chief Programme Officer
Neil van der Meer
Chief Financial Officer
Evline Mehsreky
Programme Coordinator Global Displacement
Irene Menheere
Senior Finance and Accounting Officer
Sana Mulla
Programme Administrator
Laura Ochoa Foschini
Early Years Expert
Tim Otto
Director Finance and Investment
Leontien Peeters
Representative the Netherlands
Rebecca Plumbley
Executive Assistant to CEO
Blanca Rey Ariza
Senior Executive Assistant to CEO
Hannah Rothschild
Lead, Knowledge Uptake and Communications
Thais Sanches Cardoso
Senior Programme Coordinator
Sohail Sayyed
Programme Administrator India
Josien Schrijnemakers
Programme Coordinator the Netherlands
Ipshita Sinha
Representative India
Sam Sternin
Behaviour Change Consultant
Elvira Thissen
Representative Global Displacement
Andrea Torres
Director Programme Support and Learning
Agnita Twigt
Director People and Culture
Perry Verwer
Control and Optimization Officer
Michal Warnick
Programme Coordinator Israel
