Our Team

We founded GGU in 2015 with a belief in the power of girls to change the world. Since then, we’ve focused on empowering girls from diverse communities to unlock their unique potential and make a difference - and we’ve witnessed their incredible impact firsthand.

After years of successful collaboration bringing girls from ABURY Foundation communities to our summer leadership academies in Berlin, we officially joined forces in 2024. With shared values of empowering women and girls globally, we are combining resources to scale the GGU leadership program, aiming to reach 50,000 women and girls by 2030.

Founders

Freelance and volunteer contributors

Sophie Lang

Community Outreach Coordinator

USA, Austria

Counseling Services Coordinator, Kids & Teen Coach at Linden Global Learning

Golda Kavinya

Site Director in Malawi

Malawi

Angela Aram

Academy Facilitator in India

India

Program and Corporate Engagement Coordinator, Deep Griha Academy

Vandana Srivastava

Academy Facilitator in India

India

Academic and Teacher's Coordinator, Deep Griha Academy

Tia Robinson

Mentoring Programm Volunteer

USA, Germany

Co-Founder & CEO, Expath

Ira Philipp

Volunteer Financial Consultant

USA, Germany

Financial Advisor, Fractional CFO, Weightlifter

Lena Sönnichsen

Operations Volunteer

Germany

Communications Consultant, Quick & Dirty Consulting

ABURY Foundation collaboration partners

Andrea Bury

Abury Foundation CEO

Germany

Founder and CEO of ABURY Collection

Petra Hoffmann

CPO/Cooperations

Germany

Heike Janssen

Finances/Donations

Germany

Britt Hess

Fundraising

Germany

Youth Advisory Board

Ghina

Chair

GGU Alumna 2023

Palestine

Speaks Arabic, Hebrew, English

Nour

Events Leader

GGU Alumna 2021 & 2022

Germany

Speaks Arabic, German, English, French

Esther

Event Coordinator

GGU Alumna 2024

Ghana

Speaks English

Garima

Social Media Manager

GGU Alumna 2023

India

Speaks Hindi, Spanish, English

Tamandani

Secretary

GGU Alumna 2022

Malawi

Speaks Chichewa and English

Anabelle

Vice Chair

GGU Alumna

Germany/France

Speaks German, English, French, Spanish

Maya

Honorary Chair

GGU Alumna 2022, YAB Chair 2024

Germany

German, Spanish, English

Akanksha

Media Coordinator

GGU Alumna 2024

India / England

Speaks Marathi, Hindi, Spanish, English

Sanika

Events Officer

GGU Alumna 2024

India

Speaks Marathi, Hindi, English

Liepa

Podcast Assistant

GGU Alumna 2024

Estonia

Speaks Lithuanian, English, French

Marica

Podcast Manager

GGU Alumna 2024

France

Speaks French, Japanese, English