Palumba EU

About Us

We are a nonprofit association with 15 core team members and 120+ volunteers present in all EU Member States focused in leveraging digital tech for tangible impact.

Born in Alpbach, Strasbourg and Torino, our team is diverse but we share an obsession: bursting the bubble and really reaching unusual suspects.

Board of Directors

Pol Villaverde

President

Political Scientist and Economist (UPF-UAB-UAM-UC3M-SciencesPo). Social entrepreneur with 12 apps published and 1,3 million users.
Miriam Egger

Vice-President · R&D Co-Coordinator

Master’s in Business Education (Leopold-Franzens Uni. Innsbruck), former Austrian Youth Delegate to the United Nations.
Thomas Garnier

Secretary · R&D Co-Coordinator

Media Ethics for Sustainability Solutions Consultant @367ppm. Trained in data protection and copyright law. Co-founder and curator at TEDxUnivTours.

Lavinia Corduneanu

Treasurer · Partnerships Manager

Working as a process engineer in life sciences, advocates for sustainable societal models in Europe, and is enthusiastic about developing the EU VAA project.

Advisory Board

Alberto Alemanno

Founder @TheGoodLobby

University professor (HEC Paris, College of Europe, University of Tokio), civic advocate (founder of The Good Lobby) and media commentator (Le Monde, The Guardian, Politico).

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Association Members

Florentina Penescu

Member

Graduate in International Relations and European Studies from the University of Bucharest, passionate about communications.

Tymoteusz Syrytczyck

Member

Student of Politics, Philosophy and Economics (University of Oxford) and president of a student political engagement society.
Florian Reinders

Member

Working as a process engineer in life sciences, advocates for sustainable societal models in Europe, and is enthusiastic about developing the EU VAA project.

Michael Kudler

Member

Bachelor’s in Computer Science (Technische Universität Wien) and IT consultant experienced in cybersecurity. Queer activist.
Pol Turu

Member

Studies Law and Business Administration, passionate about public law, politics, involved in student parliamentary engagement.
Roberta Congiu

Member

Philosophy and Economics graduate at the University of Vienna.

Daniela Negruti

Member

Master’s in Multilingual Comm, Business and Management (Antwerp Uni.) and graduate in Foreign Languages and Literatures (Bucharest Uni.)
Csenge Pap

Member

Political Scientist, Master’s in International Relations (Corvinus Uni.) and member of the College for Advanced Studies of Diplomacy in Practice.
Francesc Almendros

Member

Specializes in Economics, Human Rights, and European Integration; leads youth and European education initiatives, experienced in international student representation.

Pierre-Louis Giscard d'Estaing

Member

Graduate in Economic and Political Sciences, master’s in International Affairs (Paris Nanterre Uni.). Board member in youth think tanks.
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Join the association

If you’re as passionate as we are about effective youth engagement, we’ll be glad to have you as a member of the association.

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