Speakers 2024

Thibaut de Saint Pol is a sociologist and Director of Youth, non-formal Education and Voluntary organizations (DJEPVA).

Eunice Romero Rivera is currently the director general of Migrations, Refugee and Antiracism at the Generalitat de Catalunya. She obtained a degree in political science and a post-graduate degree in public policy

Dr. Rhodes is the Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She has devoted her career to understanding and advancing the role of intergenerational relationships in the intellectual, social

Prof. Dolan is joint founder and Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and an Academic Director of the M.A. in Family Support Studies.

Ilana Cicurel is a French Member of the European Parliament from the Renew Europe Group where she sits on the Committees for Culture and Education, Legal Affairs, Budgetary control as well as Employment

Stefan Olsson is a Swedish lawyer with degrees in international and tax law. Having joined the European Commission in 1996, he dealt with fundamental rights issues as well as social dialogue. He was

Ms. Rudisuhli worked in publishing houses for 20 years before becoming a psychotherapist. In 2021, she was elected

Biography

Patrick de Villepin has held different positions within the BNP Paribas Group. Currently, he is the Head of Volunteering at BNP Paribas, reporting to the Head of Engagement. His role is to support and promote employee engagement during working hours and support the Engagement community in France. The primary missions of the Volunteering Team are to encourage and enable employees to participate in volunteer activities and foster a culture of engagement within the organization.

Session

Friday April 26th 

• 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM : Panel Discussion Empowering Futures through Youth Mentoring: The Role Corporations Can Play

Cristina Amboldi, born on August 24, 1969, in Belgium, is the current Director-General of Actiris. With a solid educational background, she obtained her Master's degree in Business Management from ICHEC

After first experience as president of an NGO and within a Minister cabinet in France, Gilles Vermot Desroches joins Schneider Electric in 1998. His primary mission was to create and develop the

Jermaine Myrie joined MENTOR in April 2023 as the organization’s CEO. Jermaine is an innovative and mission-driven leader with 20+ years of leadership experience across the nonprofit,

Renée Spencer, EdD, LICSW, is a professor at the Boston University School of Social Work. Her research is rooted in relational perspectives of human development and specifically focuses

Levi van Dam is a professor at the University of Amsterdam. He combines his knowledge in child development, pedagogy and research with

Òscar Prieto-Flores is Associate Professor of Sociology at the School of Education and Psychology, University of Girona. He is the Academic director of the Master’s degree

Jennifer Petrela is a multilingual mentoring expert at Mentorat Québec’s Mentorship Accelerator. A seasoned project manager and avid learner, Jennifer studied and worked on four continents before settling in Montréal, Quebec where she trains organizations

Eberhard Raithelhuber is Professor for Social Intervention and Transformation at Bertha von Suttner Private University, Austria, where he teaches in the Social Work Study Program.

Tracy is the Executive Director at Mentor Canada, a national not for profit dedicated to convening, supporting, and advancing the field of mentoring in Canada. She holds an MA in Counselling

Thomas E. Keller, PhD, is the Duncan and Cindy Campbell Professor for Children, Youth, and Families in the School of Social Work at Portland State University. He directs the Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring and the Center for Internship, Mentoring & Research.

Szilvia Simon is director of Mentoring Europe, shaping the network of mentoring practitioners, researchers, policy makers, advocates, mentors

Christophe Paris is a specialist in youth and education issues, particularly in working-class neighbourhoods. He has been CEO of the association Afev for 25 years.

Ericka Cogne, 41, began her career as a strategy consultant at Accenture. As an agent of change, she wanted to give her career a more solidarity-based dimension, and then spent 2 years in Asia

After his studies in political science, Nicolas Viennot began his career in senior local government. He worked with several local authorities in the Paris region

After completing her academic studies in social and political geography, Camille Béquet entered the mentoring ecosystem in 2014, initially joining AFEV. In 2016, she transitioned to Proxité

Julie Bodson is the Co-General Director of DUO for a JOB. Through its mentoring program, DUO for a JOB encourages the exchange of experiences across generations and cultures, facilitating access to employment

Andrei is the Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP) since June 2022, where he is responsible for coordinating the joint actions and responses of the wide LLLP network of members

Eunice Mangado-Lunetta has a background in teaching and educational engineering for French as a foreign language. She then worked for Fasild

Tim Cavell, Ph.D., is a clinical child/family psychologist and professor of Psychological Science at the University of Arkansas (USA). His research focuses on mentoring children who are highly aggressive or chronically bullied and thus at risk for later delinquency, substance abuse, and psychopathology.

Grace Gowdy is a Senior Researcher for the Youth, Family and Community division of Education Northwest, a nonprofit that provides high-quality research that addresses the most pressing youth-service needs. 

Simon Larose is a professor in Educational Psychology at Laval University (Québec City, Canada). He earned his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the same university (1994) and undertook postdoctoral studies at the Relationship Center from the University of Denver, Colorado

Maider Maraña is the Director of the Baketik Foundation (Spain), a civil society organisation working on conflict resolution and human rights, and social mentoring projects

In 2008, Stefan founded ROCK YOUR LIFE! with the aim of providing disadvantaged youths with better educational and career opportunities through mentoring.

Gloria Amoruso is a social entrepreneur and social scientist and has been involved in the field of mentoring in various roles since 2010: as a mentor, a coordinator, a founder, a

A Vienna-born advocate for change. With a background in law and a current pursuit of a doctoral degree in the sociology of law with a focus on climate litigation

Nicki Patnaude serves as the Director of the National Quality Mentoring System for MENTOR. In this role, she brings extensive expertise in mentoring and non-profit

After studying Political Science and Economics, Stefanie began her career in the field of international cooperation and the fight against inequality, focusing initially on impact assessment issues.

Solenne Bonneterre, PhD in health psychology. Originally in social psychology, Solenne conducted research on multiple subjects (alcohol consumption, sexism, political attitudes) during her

With a degree in Sociology and a Master's degree in European Development Cooperation Policies (UAB), she has been involved in social action and research and international cooperation for more than 15 years. During her career she has worked with a wide range of actors, in the certainty that all of them must be incorporated into the processes of social transformation and al

Marina is a social worker, director of a social mentoring specialized NGO in Tarragona , Spain, vice-president of the Spanish Social Mentoring Network (Coordinadora de Mentoria Social) and

Constance has been working in the HR teams of AXA entities for 14 years, more specifically in talent and performance management, HRBP. The 3  last years she worked at AXA Atout Cœur, AXA’s NGO, in charge of engagement programs such as the Académie du

Tristan Mathon is the 27-year-old founder of Gravir pour Grandir, a mentoring programme through mountaineering. Running over several weekends, Gravir pour Grandir empowers disadvantaged young people to take responsibility for their own lives. This

Bàrbara Bort is a social educator currently running a foster family program with young migrants in Punt de Referència, an association pioneer in social

Morgane Varlet has a background as both a mentee and a mentor in different organizations. 

Mahmoud Assy is a passionate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) consultant and trainer who has made significant strides in fostering inclusive environments across various organizations,

From a working-class background, Florence Massenot holds a Master's in Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris (2009). Her career began with local authorities in the Paris region

Rémy Verlyck has been managing a think tank called Familles Durables on the theme of family policy reinforcement needs and family support

My name is Fleur van IJperen (Projectcoordinator Big Friends Utrecht), I joined the Big Brothers Big Sisters Movement

After 10 years working for a NGO as a digital manager et e-fundraiser, Sabrina joined JobIRL in order to help young people around her. JobIRL is a social network that

Inès Seddiki is an activist, social impact consultant and founder of GHETT’UP, an organization aiming at fostering social, economic and environmental justice in the banlieue of Pari

Tanguy Tollet trained at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Grenoble and then at the Institut d'Urbanisme in Paris.

Marion HEBERT is currently the dissemination manager of Kodiko. After obtaining a degree in political science and innovative project management

Peter De Cuyper is research manager at the Research Institute for Work and Society (HIVA) at the University of Leuven

Fiona is an international consultant, dedicated to crafting mentoring solutions that resonate with a variety of audiences. Firmly believing in the transformative power of human relationships and unique narratives, Fiona’s work focuses on dismantling

Gysbert Bergsma is a mentoring professional from the Netherlands with experience in initiating mentoring programmes for primary school children, NEETS and unaccompanied minors, among others. Having felt the power of mentoring

Alexanne BARDET, holds a master's degree in Development and International Cooperation from Sciences Po Strasbourg,

Elisabeth Verniers is the Advocacy Manager at the non-profit organisation DUO for a JOB, an intergenerational mentoring program that empowers young job seekers by pairing them with