Our executive committee
President EUforIA
Raphael Jerónimo Calderón (25 years) – jeronimo@euforiaction.org
After studying Political Science at the Universities of Boston and Geneva (summa cum laude), the founder of EUforIA is presently enrolled in studies at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva. He is doing an exchange year in 2008/2009 at Sciences Po in Paris in order to receive his Masters Degree in International Relations by 2009.
Jeronimo is a member of the Swiss Academic Foundation, has been selected as a Leading Changemaker by Ashoka YouthVenture Germany, won the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneur Competition and is scholarship holder of Boninchi, UniverSuisse and IHEID.
As a Bolivian-Swiss dual citizen, he has already had the possibility to gain professional experience in both nations’ administrations. His commitment to different youth organizations, as well as to the Think Tank Brainstore, has enabled him to take new responsibilities and enrich his social, organizational and creative abilities.
Treasurer EUforIA
Madeleine Imbeck (22 years) - madeleine@euforiaction.org
Madeleine is member of the Swiss Academic Foundation and studies classical music and recorder at the Hochschule der Künste Bern. Multiple laureate of the Schweizerische Jugendmusikwettbewerb she is working together with composers and plays first releases of their compositions.
She wrote her high school thesis in the area of organic agriculture Biochemistry on the “Organic Sprout Suppressants in Potato Tuber Storage - The Effect of Different Sprout Suppressants on Hydrolytic Enzyme Activities of Potato Eyes”, winning several prices at the 40th national competition of Schweizer Jugend forscht and obtaining useful scientific insights for organic farmers.
Executive manager EUforIA - consultative member
Yoko Malbos (26 years old) - yoko@euforiaction.org
Yoko Malbos is a French and American citizen living in Geneva since 2001. Having obtained a degree at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID) in Geneva, she managed projects for sustainable development and protection of human rights at Friends of Humanity for 2 years (www.friendsofhumanity.ch).
In October 2009, she started working for EUforIA as executive manager and is currently working on setting up a permanent Secretariat for EUforIA in Geneva.
Driven by a strong sense of responsibility, she has over the years commited to Amnesty International, Greenpeace, the Geneva International Model United Nations (GIMUN), and, since its creation, EUforIA. She is a founding member and tresasurer of the association Libertŕ, dedicated to the protection of victims of human trafficking.
Head of Media EUforIA
Matthias Kuhlmeier (25 years) - kuli@euforiaction.org
Kuli is German and finishing up his double major in Communications and American Studies at the Technical University in Dresden. Besides that he taught a tutorial at his University and, among other things, worked as a private teacher of English. During his Graduate program, Kuli spent over a year at the East Coast of the United States, where he studied Journalism and Television and interned with a small company. After his graduation in the spring of 2009 he aspires to start his Journalism career and to work all over the globe. Apart from his interest in current affairs and the media, Kuli enjoys playing and watching sports and reading good literature.