Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool and Kindergarten Staff
Founder / School Director
Yvonne Wende
Founder and School Director
2004 gründete Yvonne Wende die erste internationale bilinguale englisch-deutsche Vorschule und Grundschule in Berlin-Mitte. 2007 folgte die Gründung der Ganztagsgrundschule (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) und 2009 die Eröffnung des Gymnasiums der Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Heute ist Yvonne Wende geschäftsführende Mehrheitsgesellschafterin der ebs Europäischen Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, geschäftsführende Direktorin, Geschäftsführerin der hauseigenen Küche, der Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery und der Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. Inmitten der Natur eröffnete Yvonne Wende im September 2022 unter anderem einen außerschulischen Lernort für die Berlin Cosmopolitan School. In den Bildungseinrichtungen werden knapp 1.000 Schüler und Schülerinnen gefördert. Sie hat etwa 180 Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen und ist Mutter von drei Kindern. Die ältesten haben das IB Diploma bzw. das bilinguale Abitur an der Berlin Cosmopolitan School erfolgreich abgelegt.
In 2004, Yvonne Wende founded the first international bilingual English-German preschool and primary school in Berlin-Mitte. This was followed in 2007 by the founding of the all-day primary school (Berlin Cosmopolitan Primary School) and in 2009 by the opening of the secondary school of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Today, Yvonne Wende is the managing majority shareholder of the ebs Europäische Bildungsstiftung gemeinnützigen GmbH, executive director, managing director of the in-house kitchen, the Berlin Cosmopolitan Cookery and the Berlin Cosmopolitan School Campus gemeinnützigen Gesellschaft mbH. In the midst of nature, Yvonne Wende opened, among other things, an extracurricular learning space for the Berlin Cosmopolitan School in September 2022. The educational facilities support almost 1,000 students. She has about 180 employees and is the mother of three children. The oldest have successfully completed the IB Diploma or the bilingual Abitur at the Berlin Cosmopolitan School.
Management
Dr. Caroline A. Lodemann
Managing Director
Dr. phil. Caroline A. Lodemann liebt als gebürtige Schleswig-Holsteinerin das Meer. Mit ihrer Familie lebt sie in Berlin. Hat nach dem Studium der Neueren Deutschen Literaturwissenschaft, Englischen Philologie und des Öffentlichen Rechts als Dramaturgin für Musiktheater, Ballett und Konzert gearbeitet und hat regelmäßig selbst auf der Bühne gestanden. Promotion an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen über Fragen der Autorschaft performativer Werke. Fellow an einer Berliner Brennpunktschule im Einsatz für mehr Bildungsgerechtigkeit.
Tätigkeiten in Wissenschaft und Forschung seit 2010: Referentin des Vorstands der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Programmleiterin einer Stiftung im Aufbau und wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin einer Universität. Als Leiterin des Präsidialstabs und der Kommunikation der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft mehr als acht Jahre verantwortlich für deren Gesamtstrategie und -kommunikation im nationalen und internationalen Raum.
Laufen und Schwimmen in Langstrecke, Freiwasser und allen Temperaturen, Mediatorin, Trainerin für Kampfsport und Dan-Trägerin im Kickboxen. Engagiert in der Kinder- und Jugendhilfe und ausgebildete ehrenamtliche Hospizbegleiterin.
Dr. phil. Caroline A. Lodemann was born in Schleswig-Holstein and loves the sea. She lives in Berlin with her family. After studying Modern German Literature, English Philology and Public Law, she worked as a dramaturge for musical theatre, ballet and concerts and has regularly appeared on stage herself. Doctorate at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen on questions of authorship of performative works. Fellow at a Berlin focal point school working for more educational justice.
Since 2010, she has worked in science and research: as an advisor to the Executive Board of the German Research Foundation (DFG), as programme manager of a foundation in the process of being established, and as a research assistant at a university. As Head of the Presidential Staff and Communications of the Leibniz Association for more than eight years, responsible for its overall strategy and communication in the national and international arena.
Running and swimming in long distance, open water and all temperatures, mediator, trainer for martial arts and Dan holder in kickboxing. Committed to child and youth welfare and trained volunteer hospice companion.
Administration
Head
Solveig Harloff
Head of Administration
Administration Team
Nataliya Karl
Assistant to the Founder
Sybille Böhmisch
Assistant to the Admissions Director
Claudia Richter
Projekt Development Manager
Rainer Degner
Facility Manager
Rifat Afrin
Administrator Kindergarten & Preschool
Xiaofang Hao
Administrator Kindergarten & Preschool
Katharina Johnson
Administrator
Melissa Weichert
Finance
Yvette Williams
Office Management
Manuel Mühlner
Facility Manager
Katrin Meier
Assistant Heads Team
Admissions
Randi Impson
Admissions Director
Kindergarten & Preschool
Heads Team
Katharina Ehrenfried
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Matthew Carlyle
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
English Teacher
Duygu Avci Altinkaya
English Teacher
Alexander Bloom
English Teacher, Coordinator
Matthew Stephen Conway
English Teacher
Kaya Copeland
English Teacher
Laura Cranstoun
English Teacher
Júlia da Silva Moreira
English Teacher
Shilpa Das
English Teacher
Elisa De Kievit
English Teacher
Monika Dengusiak
English Teacher
Tanya Diaz
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion Coach
Molly Ensminger
English Teacher
Hilda Gharahbeigi
English Teacher
Matilda Gobbe
English Teacher
Daniel Gordon
English Teacher
Johanna Gruschwitz
English Teacher
Abigail Harrington
English Teacher
Eva Fumika Hirayama
English Teacher
Vanessa Hulsey
English Teacher
Phiona Kituyi
English Teacher
Kenneth Steven Krowns
English Teacher
Myla Lister
English Teacher
Mariana Ximena Manzo Aguilar
Diversity Sensitive Coach
Julia Mariacher
English Teacher
Niamh McArdle
English Teacher
Gade Mete
English Teacher
Maria Christina Parri
English Teacher
Lauren Shelby Piper
English Teacher
Antonio Prenkolnikaj
English Teacher
Parul Rohal
English Teacher
Ashley Rothmann
English Teacher
Simge Sargin Kisacik
English Teacher
Maana Sasaki
English Teacher
Irene Scorcelletti
English Teacher
Giulia Scuderi
English Teacher
Greta Sobieski
English Teacher
Aleksandra Spasovski
English Teacher
James St. Claire
English Teacher
Natalie Talmi
English Teacher, Coordinator
Laura Tennant
English Teacher
Todd Tyler
English Teacher
Katherine Wade
English Teacher
Aiyana Wain Hirschberg
English Teacher
Kia Widlo
English Teacher
Gabriella Zeugin
English Teacher, Coordinator
Samantha De Oliveira Carmo Pontes
English Teacher
Siobhán Pryce
English Teacher
Placidius Chimauche Ukaegbu
English Teacher
Johanna Kruschwitz
English Teacher
Cathy Nabadda
English Teacher
German Teacher
Nuran Abi
German Teacher
Mozhgan Azarkashb
German Teacher
Berfin Cacan
German Teacher
Eloise Ciccarelli Perez
German Teacher
Maya Gutzeit
German Teacher
Trang Anh Ha
German Teacher
Michael Habekost
Coordinator
Marlies Haverkamp
German Teacher
Sarah Hochstein
German Teacher
Alexander Hübner
German Teacher
Katrin Kai Jungnickel
German Teacher
Dora Kiss
German Teacher
Marlen Knoppik
German Teacher, Coordinator
Carolyn Laas
German Teacher, Coordinator
Emily Lewis
German Teacher
Marco Silvio Lo Sardo
German Teacher
Dusica Lukic
German Teacher
Joana Macedo Nathansohn
German Teacher
Laylokhon Mamajonova
German Teacher
Neo Molemohi-Speck
German Teacher
Julien Noack
German Teacher
Judit Pasztor
German Teacher
Christina Plummer
German Teacher, Coordinator
Nicole Praima
German Teacher
Sascha Pröchel
German Teacher
Deborah Rattey
German Teacher
Seyed Taghi Sadatpour Kontaei
German Teacher
Sandra Segal
German Teacher
Julia Storrer
German Teacher
Anne Thieleke
German Teacher
Victoria Thumser
German Teacher
Lucia Tryster
German Teacher
Celine Utech
German Teacher
Ignacio Veillon
German Teacher
Jela Vrhovac
German Teacher
Jasmina Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa
German Teacher
Susanne Geisensetter
German Teacher
Xuanzi Lou
German Teacher
Daniela Testamarck
German Teacher
Henry Sebabi Sserugendo
German Teacher
Burak Kelemer
German Teacher
Melissa Gomez
German Teacher
Adriana Almazan Infante
German Teacher
Arts Programme Teacher
Péter Jánosházi
Music Teacher
Coordination Team
Alexander Bloom
English Teacher, Coordinator
Tanya Diaz
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion Coach
Michael Habekost
Coordinator
Marlen Knoppik
German Teacher, Coordinator
Mariana Ximena Manzo Aguilar
Diversity Sensitive Coach
Natalie Talmi
English Teacher, Coordinator
Gabriella Zeugin
English Teacher, Coordinator
Carolyn Laas
German Teacher, Coordinator
Christina Plummer
German Teacher, Coordinator
Primary School
Heads Team
Sylvia Johnston
Principal Primary School & PYP Coordinator
Classroom Teacher
Rohan McCooty
Classroom Teacher
Alicia Stolsmark
Classroom Teacher
Marc Baxter
Classroom Teacher
Brian Duke
Classroom Teacher
Will White
Classroom Teacher
Justine DeFrancesco
Classroom Teacher
Kieran Lilwall
Classroom Teacher
Meagan DeKort
Classroom Teacher
Adam Westfall
Classroom Teacher
Katey Svensson
Classroom Teacher
Kylie Hulver
Classroom Teacher
Stefanie Grüetzmacher
German Teacher
Misha Huff
German Teacher
Liz Collyer
Art Teacher
Alina Avguston
GLD Teacher
Specialist Teacher
April Graziano
SEN Teacher
Christine Freudenberg
German Teacher
Trisha Speaker
Spanish Teacher
Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher
Joey Ryan
Music Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor
Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher
Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance
Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department
Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher
Christin Meinecke-Mareka
GLD Teacher & Coordinator, Career Counsellor
Psychologist
Dr. Martina Heinrich
School Psychologist, Career Counselor
Secondary School
Heads Team
Mark Johnson
Principal of Primary & Secondary School
Fatima Camara
Vice-Principal Secondary School
Art Department
Eunsun Ko
Art Teacher
Lee Clough
Art Teacher, Head of Art
Economics & IT Department
Bernadet-Maria Gollhofer
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher
Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher
Andrew Igras
IT/ICT & LSS Teacher
Languages Department
Katherine Mustard
English Teacher
Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Chris Carter
English, Outdoor & Class Teacher
Dede Donelan
English & Spanish Teacher
Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Kristin Adler
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher
Bernadet-Maria Gollhofer
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher
Iskra Eterovic
German Teacher
Ulrike Niemann
German Teacher
Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher
Trisha Speaker
Spanish Teacher
Mario Sánchez
Spanish Teacher
Jeanne-Marie Corbel
French Teacher
Maths Department
Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher
Beti Azuz
Math & Class Teacher
Chris Purdham
Math & Class Teacher
Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher
Tom Wilkinson
Math & Class Teacher, Head of Maths Department
Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher
Music Department
Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher
Jonathan Lindhorst
Music Teacher
Joey Ryan
Music Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor
Berthold Tuercke
Music Teacher
Douglas Weber
Math & Music Teacher
Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher
Science Department
Steve Solano
Physics, Chemistry & Maths Teacher, Class Teacher
Katherine Lawrence
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher
Dr. Thomas Oates
Math & Physics Teacher
Dr. Erika Nehnevajova
Biology, Chemistry & Class Teacher,
Head of Science Department
Dr. Maria Šamalikova
Chemistry Teacher
Social Studies Department
Iordanis Foutsitzoglu
Economics Teacher
Yukitake Miwa
English, History, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Marcel Thach
English, History, Philosophy, Politics, Social Studies & Class Teacher
Robin Williams
Social Studies, English & Class Teacher, Head of Social Studies Department
Sports & Dance Department
Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance
Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department
Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher
Psychologist & Career Counselor
Dr. Martina Heinrich
School Psychologist, Career Counselor
Extracurricular Programme
Heads Team
Paul Epp
Head of Extracurricular Programme
Heather Newkirk
Head of Extracurricular Pedagogy
Primary School Team
Elena Sachse
Extracurricular Teacher
Rachael Wass
Extracurricular Teacher
Samir Abou Lebdé
Extracurricular Teacher
Elissavet Arvaniti
Extracurricular Teacher
Rebekka Johannes
Extracurricular Teacher
Glaucimary Nascimento
Extracurricular Teacher
Angelina Richter
Extracurricular Teacher
Ashtyn Senuta
Extracurricular Teacher
Metti Ararsa
Extracurricular Teacher
Esmee Leijten
Special Needs Teacher (Fachkraft für Integration)
Hamza Önal
Intern
David Gasirabo
Extracurricular Teacher
Aylin Egribey
Extracurricular Teacher Trainee
Secondary School Team
Tom Fanore
Extracurricular & Music Teacher
Terese Tillander
Extracurricular Teacher
Trevor Wood
Extracurricular Teacher
Panagiotis Papadimitriou
Extracurricular Teacher