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AlumNode is a collaboration between the Klaus Tschira Stiftung (KTS), the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) and the Guidance, Skills & Opportunities e.V. (GSO).

Operations Team & Community Management

Mara Hoelz (KTS) - First point of contact for KlarText Award winners and all other KTS programs, mum of two & football enthusiast

Martina Wagner-Opitz (HLFF) - First point of contact for HLF alumni, loving dog mum & eccentric tidying guru.

Kübra Kananathan (GSO) - First point of contact for LSA & KTB alumni & the handyman for friends and family.

Sofia Gutium (GSO) - Community management assistant, cognitive science graduate student & dancer.

Advisory Board

The advisory board is responsible for the strategic mission of AlumNode and part of the project funding selection comm

Anja Heinzelmann (KTS) - Head of Communication of the KTS

Ruth Wetzlar (HLFF) - Managing Director of the HLFF

Dr. Anne Schreiter (GSO) - Executive Director of the GSO

Find out More About our Institutions:

Klaus Tschira Stiftung (in German)

Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation

German Scholars Organization

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