Who we are
Following the successful YEM Congress held in Little Venice, London, on 6th June 2010, elected members of the YEM National Board are:
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President - Sean Schneider
e-mail: sean.schneider(at)jef.org.uk
Sean has a degree in International Relations from St Andrews University and a Masters in Law from Edinburgh University. Following university he worked in Brussels at both the European Commission and the European Parliament. He is currently a trainee solicitor, living and working in London.
Vice-President - Claire Michelotti
e-mail: claire.michelotti(at)jef.org.uk
Claire studied French at the University of Bristol. She then completed an internship at a think-tank in Geneva, before studying a Masters in 'European Politics, Policy and Society' at the University of Bath, Universidad de Carlos Tercero (Madrid) and Sciences-Po (Paris). She then went on to work on an EU Commission funded programme at UNESCO, before starting work at her current company Serco. She now lives in London and works as a Partnership Manager in one of Serco's Business Development teams.
International Officer - Julie Langevin
e-mail: julie.langevin(at)jef.org.uk
Julie has a Master's Degree in International and European Studies in Grenoble (France) and works for an environmental organisation in London. In the past, she worked in London at the European Movement central office as a campaign officer for 5 months and was involved in a local JEF section in France.
Treasurer - Allan Siao Ming Witherick
email: allan.witherick(at)jef.org.uk
Allan has been involved in JEF and European projects before, having spoken at the European Convention and previously edited JEF-Europes magazine The New Federalist. Currently he is a Councillor in the UK and also represented his party at national and international level.
Events Officer - Becky Luff
email: beckyluff(at)googlemail.com
Becky Luff is Director of Change is Coming (ChiC), working predominately on mapping and accountability tool, EnviroWiki.org.uk. Becky is also council member of the World Federalist Movement and a Trustee of London 21 Sustainability Network.
Policy and Campaigns Officer - Sarah Abdel-Aal
email: sarah.abdelaal(at)jef.org.uk
Sarah graduated with a European Studies degree from Maastricht University in 2009 and has since been working with the Leadership Centre for Local Government, supporting training for (aspiring) local politicians. In the past, she has actively represented students' interests in her Berlin constituency as chair of the district student council and through projects on national level.
External Communications - Edward Copperman
Edward Copperman lived and worked all over the EU, but has been based out of London since 2003. Attending university in New York for Marketing and Psychology degree, he worked in the fields of business psychology, marketing, and PR and communications for several years, and is currently Director of Operations (Marketing) at The Travel Movement, a youth group tour operator based in London.
