Team
Kaspar Schuler
Co-director
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Working for the Alps: when and where necessary
Background: Change Manager, Journalist, Cheese maker & pastoralist, businessman
Languages: German (mother tongue), English, French
My favourite place in the Alps: those small meadows at those last mountain streams that still roar unused and unspoilt over rocks
What excites me: Encounters
Barbara Wülser
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday-Friday
Background: Journalism, MAS in Communication Management and Leadership
Languages: German, English, French, Italian (advanced), Spanish (basic)
My favourite place in the Alps: a sun-warmed rock in San Romerio – high above the “Valposchiavo” in southern Switzerland
What excites me: Stories of people, for people, with people
Wolfgang Pfefferkorn
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Working for the Alps: almost always and everywhere
Background: Regional Development, Organizational Development, Moderation- Conflict Management
Languages: French, German, English, Italian
My favourite place in the Alps: the whole terrain in the Silvretta in the Vorarlberg region of Austria
What excites me: language itself, backcountry ski-touring, music, the sea
Jakob Dietachmair
Project Manager / Economic transition
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Working for the Alps: Monday-Friday
Background: Communication Sciences, Sustainaible Tourism Management
Languages: German, English, French (advanced)
My favourite place in the Alps: Anywhere the sun awakes me from a cosy bivouac
What excites me: rugged landscapes and mountains, high valleys with meandering rivers, cooking with high-quality products, every single minute on my bike(s)
Michaela Hogenboom Kindle
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
Background: Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, Youth Participation, process- and workshop facilitation, project management, social innovation
Languages: Dutch (Native speaker) German, English
My favourite places in the Alps: our vegetable garden in Bofel, hiking the Liechtensteiner mountains, climbing the Alpstein, bouldering in the Magic Wood (CH), sledging with my daughter in Malbun...
What excites me: to foster a connected and sustainable society in the Alps
Magdalena Holzer
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Working for the Alps: Monday - Friday
Background: master degree in conference interpreting, Higher vocational college for tourism
Languages: German (mother tongue), Italian, English, French, basic skills in Spanish and Portuguese
My favourite place in the Alps: unspoiled coniferous forests & mountain pastures (such as in the High Tauern National Park)
What excites me: nature in kitchen, cellar and garden, travelling and international dialogues
Marion Ebster
Project Manager / Economic transition & Nature and People
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Working for the Alps: Monday-Thursday
Background: Social- and Cultural Anthropology, Regional- and Location Management, Regional Development
Languages: German (Native Speaker), English (advanced), French (basic)
My favourite place in the Alps: in winter, on my skitouring skies in the backcountry, above the treeline – anywhere but gladly in the Montafon
What excites me: outdoors, immersed in nature, alone or in the company of equally enthusastic people, natural cuisine, typical regional food, good coffee
Sandra Fausch
Project Manager / Social Innovation
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday - Thursday
Background: foreign exchange trading, environmental engineering (Bachelor)
Languages: German, English
My favourite place in the Alps: in Prättigau with a view of the Rätikon chain (CH)
What excites me: to feel when everything is "in flow", mountain and high tours, immersing oneself in other cultures, different concepts of life and the people behind them
Caroline Begle
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday-Thursday
Background: German Philology, Media Studies
Languages: German, English
My favourite place in the Alps: campfire on the banks of river Dornbirner Ach
What excites me: singing, dancing, and the lust for life (in the Alps)
Maya Mathias
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Working for the Alps: Monday - Friday
Background: Master in Psychology and Political Science
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (advanced), French, Italian and Spanish (basic)
My favourite places in the Alps: Dolomites
What excites me: nature, mountain sports, environmental psychology, books and movies
Michael Gams
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Working for the Alps: Monday – Friday
Background: Journalism, PR in Tourism, Master in Communication Science/Journalism
Languages: German (mother tongue), English (advanced), Italian (basic)
My favourite places in the Alps: Villach, where I grew up. Innsbruck, where I used to live several years. And Montafon valley
What excites me: climbing mountains, exploring new places and sharing my passion for the Alps with others
Christina Bachner
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday (all day), Wednesday - Friday (mornings)
Background: French and English Studies
Languages: German, English, French,
My favourite place in the Alps: my garden with a beautiful view onto the Alps
What excites me: pleasureable dining and drinking, untouched snowy slopes glistering in the sun, Yoga
Anna Mehrmann
Administration
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Working for the Alps: Monday-Thursday
Background: Master in Business Administration – Major Public and Nonprofit Management
Languages: German, French, English
My favourite place in the Alps: Maggia valley in Switzerland
What excites me: Forests, travelling, cinema, reading
Elisa Agosti
Administration and Projects
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Working for the Alps: Monday-Friday
Background: Foreign Applied Languages in Business and Tourism, HR and European Regional Development
Languages: Italian (mothertongue) German, English, French, Norwegian and Spanish (good knowledge)
My favourite place in the Alps: that indefined place where the sun meets the mountains
What excites me: music, laughing people, dialects, proverbs, historical books and the smell of coffee…
Manon Wallenberger
Project assistant
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Working for the Alps: Tuesday-Friday
Background: Plant and Soil Sciences, Biodiversity Conservation and Management
Languages: French, German, English, Italian
My favourite place in the Alps: The mountain pastures (Alps) where I worked : Monte San Lucio, Ticino, with 100 goats and 8 cows, Staffel alp Zermatt, with 27 cows, above the Geneva lake, and with 600 sheep and a baby in Starlera, Grisons.
What excites me: Earth architecture, Tango, choir singing and travelling without the need of airplanes
Ana Plavčak
Intern (EVS)
Working for the Alps: Monday-Friday
Background: Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning
Languages: Slovene (mother tongue), English
My favourite place in the Alps: small lakes and different river relief shapes (e.g. Krn Lakes, Tolmin Gorges)
What excites me: the beauty of nature, children's curiosity, authentic people
Corinna Schmidt
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Working for the Alps: Monday-Friday
Background: Spatial Planning
Languages: German, English, French
My favourite place in the Alps: Pelussin a spart of the Pilat Regional Nature Park and on the top of Upper Austria’s Grillenparz with a view on the pre-Als, the valley of Krems and Mühlviertel-district
What excites me: Landscapes and forms of settlements, Spatial policy and cultural landscapes development, inspiring people and their stories, sitting coffee from a Bialetti in the meadow, to ensure a good and beautiful life for all in the Alps