Co- directors
Mar Garcia
Mar has a background in local and European Green politics and she served as the European Green Party Secretary General from November 2014 till June 2022.
Viktor Mák
Viktor has his roots in student and grassroots activism in Hungary. He works with organizations to overcome these challenges and uses technology to empower citizens to contribute to social change.
Meet the ECDA Team
Our staff
Liza Baranyai
Senior Fundraising Consultant
Liza has dedicated over 20 years to providing fundraising and organizational development consultancy support to global, international, and national organizations and movements in Europe and Asia. She works in fundraising and engagement strategy development, organizational development, and growth management.
Soma Fuxreiter
Intern
Soma has recently finished his sociology studies in Budapest, focusing on social psychology and narrative making. He thinks we need to tell emotionally resonating stories to earn people’s trust and build a more equal and fair society.
Vesna Jusup
Director of Operations
Vesna's background is in art history, but the last decades she spent in the field of activism, feminism and capacity building, both for non-profits and political organizations. Vesna's last professional commitments were at CDNEE and as Head of the Policy, Strategy and Capacity Development Unit in the European Green party.
Emily Pfiester
Communications Manager
Emily has worked in international communications in several sectors. She's enthusiastic about using the power of communication to promote and safeguard essential values such as the protection of human rights and climate change.
Oriol Corbella
Digital Organizer
From Barcelona (Spain), Oriol has been involved in grassroots movements and worked on several political campaigns. He is passionate about how political communications can be boosted online, competing with modern narratives and formats.
Paulina Gruda
Digital Campaigns Advisor
Paulina is a journalist by education and a digital marketer by profession. After gaining experience in the commercial market, she decided to use her knowledge and skills to work for non-governmental organizations. She specializes in paid advertising campaigns and fundraising activities.
Kinga Kalocsai
Engagement Advisor
Kinga has been working with green and left-wing organizations and movements in Central and Eastern Europe. She is an experienced campaigner and engagement advisor. She has experience working with grassroot movements, NGOs and parties as well.
Nilesh Pinto
Digital Media Consultant
Nilesh has a background in journalism and digital organizing. He helps organizations across Europe build two-way communication channels with their supporters and tell powerful stories that generate meaningful impact.
Dávid Csepregi
Campaign and Movement Advisor
Dávid has a background in left-wing grassroots political activism and believes digital organizing is not only an option for civic movements and political organizations to reach success, but a must.
Gergely Hajdu
Movement Building Expert
Based in Berlin and rooted in Hungary, Gergely merges grassroots community engagement with digital strategy, culminating in co-founding aHang, Hungary's leading pressure group. He provides expert guidance to progressive initiatives, leveraging his experience in digital organizing and on-the-ground activism.
Dominik Kubik
Digital Organizer
Domi has a background in Hungarian progressive civil organizations, backed by a solid foundation in applied economics. He is deeply passionate about the potential of digital organizing and aims to share its transformative power widely.
Ayda Uzel
Intern
Ayda has recently graduated with her master's degree in Vienna, where she learned a lot about social and political theories. Now, she is eager to bring theory and practice together to contribute to building a more just and better society, together with progressive movements.