Delegates’ Circle
The Delegates’ Circle of the Section is the central organ of the international network of anthroposophical organizations working in the fields of supportive education, special education, social pedagogy, social work and social services. It represents the network at the School of Spiritual Science at the Goetheanum. The Circle consists of delegates appointed by the country and regional networks, representatives of partner organizations, the spokespersons of the working groups and other bodies of the Section.
Delegates’ Circle
Argentina | Marcela Almeyda, Dennis Löffler |
Armenia | Zaruhi Manoukyan |
Azerbaijan | Vafa Khalilova |
Australia | Deborah Neale, Anna Wetzel |
Belgium | Mattias Goderis |
Brazil | Paula Cardoso Mourao, Anna Maria Hultmark Varejão |
Bulgaria | Irina Paparo |
Chile | Begoña Melendez |
Denmark | Elke Bliese, Bernhard Schmitz |
Germany | Silvan Bittner (Department of Social Psychiatry), Eckhart Hallen (North Rhine-Westphalia Region), Reinhard Kaul-Seeger (Board of Directors, Hesse Region), Ilka Kloss (Anthropoi Self-Help), Eckehard Kolder (Department of Working Life), Nils Lubenau (Region of Bavaria), Nicola Noack (Camphill Circle of Friends of Germany), Martijn Ouderdorp (Baden-Württemberg Region), Anne Peters (Berlin-Brandenburg Region), Annette Pichler (Board of Directors, Department of Education), Karen Riemann (Department of Education) Places of Life), Sebastian Schöning (Northern Region), Katharina Urbild (Department of Childhood, Youth and Family) |
England & Wales | Paulamaria Blaxland-de Lange, Constantin Court |
Estonia | Cor Lakeman |
Finland | Nina Riipinen, Jennifer Kuusisto |
France | Clément Birckel, Nelly Mourier |
Georgia | Marina Shostak |
India | Micky Joseph |
Ireland (Rep.) | nn |
Israel | Sagiv Levi |
Italy | Magdolna Abdel-Rahman |
Kyrgyzstan | Aida Moldokmatova |
Columbia | Juan Fernando Arboleda, Kislima Rivas Buriticá, Lina María Reina Gartner |
Latvia | nn |
Lebanon | Abeer Hammoud, Sandra Rouhana |
Lithuania | Jolita Čilvinaitė |
Mexico | Nissyen Campuzano, Nora Sanchez |
Moldova | Olga Cebotarenco |
New Zealand | Trisha Glover |
Netherlands | Bas Holvast |
Northern Ireland | Nn |
Norway | Steffi Hagedorn |
Austria | Patrik Berger |
Pakistan | Alexander Kühne |
Peru | Victor Córdova, Daniel Lage |
Poland | Nn |
Portugal | Raquel Páscoa |
Puerto Rico | Yozibel Martinez Santos |
Romania | Adrian Pintea |
Russia | Pavel Hhalileenko, Svetlana Sbitneva |
Scotland | Bernhard Menzinger |
Sweden | Sara Siegers, Christian Texier |
Switzerland | Katrin Fichtmüller, Veronika Freisler, Brigitte Kaldenberg, Bianca Kowarsch, Frieder Recht, Erika Schär, Matthias Spalinger |
Slovakia | Veronika Turčanová |
Spain | María Gabriela Bottinelli Cardoso |
South Africa Botswana | Richard Blake |
Taiwan | Hsiao-Ni Chen, June Yu Pontius |
Thailand | Anchana Soontornpitag |
Czech Republic | Daniela Dzvonikova |
Ukraine | Valeriya Medvedeva |
Hungary | Nikoletta Kovács |
Vietnam | Phan To Trinh |
USA & Canada | Jacquelyn Bieringer, Anya Hobley |
Spokespersons for working groups and bodies of the Section
Social Therapy Working Group | Zsuzsa Filipov-Soó, Sebastian Schöning, Sara Siegers |
Medicine in Curative Education and Social Therapy | Gabriele Förster |
International Training Circle | Annette Pichler |
Eurythmy in Curative Education and Social Therapy | Moritz Jehle |
Future Shapers | Nicholas Kellner |
Leadership Team and Business Office | Jan Göschel, Bart Vanmechelen, Sonja Zausch, Karin Gaiser |
Fonds für Heilpädagogik und Sozialtherapie | Remco Bakker, Elke Bliese, Jolita Čilvinaitė, Rainer Menzel, Karin Michael, Ulrike Panhorst, Tobias Rädler, Manfred Trautwein, Veronika Turčanová |
Representatives of the Section’s partner organizations
Friends of Waldorf Education | Claudio Jax, Tatjana Schwedes |
Camphill Movement Group | Ulrike Panhorst |
Social Initiative Forum | Joan Sleigh |
As of June 2025