Organisation
This is us
Here we introduce you to our dedicated and diverse team who are passionate about promoting sexual and reproductive health, gender equality and fighting poverty and inequality around the world. We combine policy, communications, research and project management expertise. Through strategic partnerships and close collaboration with governments, civil society organisations and other stakeholders, we work to achieve sustainable change and implement programmes and projects in East Africa.
Find out more about the people behind the DSW who are working together for a fairer and healthier world in which young people in particular can realise their full potential.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Foundation within the framework of the Rules of Procedure. It is bound by the Foundation’s Statutes and the Rules of Procedure for the Board. The Board of Directors, is accountable to the Board of Trustees and reports on current business, projects, activities and finances.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
Chief Program Officer (CPO)
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: hannover@dsw.org
Officer to the Board of Directors
Telephone: +49 511 94373-26
Email: shari.kupilas@dsw.org
The Team
Management of the country offices & partner organisation
Country Director DSW Ethiopia
Telephone: +251 116457803
Email: dsw-ethiopiaat@ethionet.et
Country Director DSW Tanzania
Telephone: +255 27 2555020
Email: dsw-tz@habari.co.tz
Executive Director Youth for a Sustainable World (YSW) (Partner organisation)
Telephone: +254 736 616 491
Email: info@yswkenya.org
Executive Director Action 4 Health Uganda (Partner organisation)
Telephone: +256 414 200801
Email: info@a4huganda.org
Fundraising
Head of Fundraising Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-15
Email: sina.rabe@dsw.org
Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-13
Email: carola.ahlborn@dsw.org
Senior Fundraising Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-32
Email: anke.witte@dsw.org
Digital Transformation and Business Development
Head of Digital Transformation & Business Development Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-17
Email: shane.ohalloran@dsw.org
Institutional Funding and Partnership
Head of Institutional Funding & Partnership Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-14
Email: ann-christin.buck@dsw.org
Institutional Funding & Partnership Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-11
Email: johanna.rosenwirth@dsw.org
Communication
Head of Communication | Spokeswomen
Telephone: +49 511 94373-20
Email: nicole.langenbach@dsw.org
Coordinator Brand und Design & PR Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-19
Email: elias.domsch@dsw.org
Senior Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-12
Email: nils.hartung@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-35
Email: marei.hueckelheim@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-42
Email: leigh-ann.mcsweeney@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-33
Email: celina.wild@dsw.org
Projects & Programmes
Head of Project Management Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-25
Email: miriam.riechers@dsw.org
Senior Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-16
Email: peter.kroll@dsw.org
Project Management Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-23
Email: nicole.kockmann@dsw.org
Advocacy Germany
Head of German Advocacy | Head of Berlin Office
Telefon: +49 30 2400069-28
E-Mail: ludmilla.schlageter@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer for Women’s Health R&D
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-20
Email: tine.hassemer@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer for Global Health & ODA
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-15
Email: tanja.siebenbrodt@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer for Global Health R&D
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-12
Email: mara.scherner@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-11
Email: marlene.weck@dsw.org
Project Officer Advocacy & APPG Coordination Germany
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-16
Email: ursel.zetsche@dsw.org
Advocacy EU
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–69
Email: rosa.castro@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 615 02 01
Email: nitya.george@dsw.org
Communciations Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–66
Email: sylvia.githugu@dsw.org
Head of EU Advocacy | Head of Brussels Office
Telephone: +32 2 50490–63
Email: lisa.goerlitz@dsw.org
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–64
Email: gianmarco.grindatto@dsw.org
Deputy Head of Advocacy Unit, EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–67
Email: agustin.martin@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490-65
Email: steffie.neyens@dsw.org
Projects & Human Resources Officer
Telephone: +32 2 50490–60
Email: sandrine.remy@dsw.org
Senior Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 50490–62
Email: ffion.storerjones@dsw.org
Communications Officer
Telephone: +32 2 50490 68
Email: Noemi.Ricci@dsw.org
Advocacy Officer EU
Telephone: +32 2 615 02 01
Email: Marco.dalessandro@dsw.org
Senior Officer Project Management & Advocacy Alliances
Telephone: +32 2 615 02 03
Email: Esther.Werling@dsw.org
Monitoring & Evaluation
Head of Monitoring & Evaluation Unit
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-13
Email: doerthe.mueller@dsw.org
Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069-25
Email: gabriel.torres@dsw.org
Senior Monitoring & Evaluation Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069–24
Email: lora.yousef@dsw.org
Human Resources & Administration
Head of Human Resources/Administration Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373–34
Email: jana.ottenberg@dsw.org
Human Resources & Administration Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373–36
Email: stephanie.althaus@dsw.org
Finance
Head of Finance Unit
Telephone: +49 511 94373-40
Email: axel.urbanik@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-24
Email: elisabeth.bormann@dsw.org
Head of Finance Unit East Africa
Telephone: +49 511 94373-0
Email: berna.lule@dsw.org
Senior Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 511 94373-29
Email: franziska.senf@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: + 49 30 2400069-21
Email: julia.ostermann@dsw.org
Finance Officer
Telephone: +49 30 2400069 – 18
Email: martha.marcinski@dsw.org
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is an honorary body that appoints, counsels, supports and monitors the Executive Board.
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW), publisher of the Kölnische Rundschau
Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, auditor and tax consultant, healthcare expert
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, former DSW Executive Director (2008-2020), expert on population dynamics, reproductive health and rights
Founder of DSW, company founder and author
Medical doctor and senior consultant, expert in reproductive health and population dynamics
Social entrepreneur
Direktor at Gates Foundation Germany
Honorary Member of the Board of Trustees, Former Member of the German Parliament, former President of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy