The team of the Berlin Cosmopolitan School, Preschool and Kindergarten
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.
Administration / Finance / Human Resources
Head
Solveig Harloff
Head of Administration, Finance & HR
Administration
Sybille Böhmisch
School Secretary
Nadin Hohmann
School Secretary
Dominik Courtois
Facility Manager
Manuel Mühlner
Facility Manager
Nataliya Karl
Assistant to the Founder / School Director
Claudia Richter
Project Development Manager
Cyril Compeyron
Librarian
Finance
Manan Sanghvi
Finance Officer
Melissa Weichert
Finance Officer
Human Resources
Poonam Sanghvi
Head of Human Resources
Ömer Allahverdi
Human Resources Officer
Communications
Esther Marie Merz
Head of Communications, Public Relations and Marketing
Admissions
Randi Impson
Admissions Director
Yvette Williams
Admissions Secretary
Kindergarten & Preschool
Heads Team
Christina Plummer
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Gade Mete
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Michael Habekost
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
Nicole Praima
Head of Kindergarten & Preschool
English speaking Educators
Aiyana Wain Hirschberg
Alexander Bloom
Year Group Coordinator
Aleksandra Spasovski
Amarilda Kuci
Ashley Rothmann
Cathy Nabadda
Daniel Errey
Duygu Avci Altinkaya
Eva Fumika Hirayama
Ginna Alejandra Valez Carrasco
Trainee
Giovanni Sanchez
Harriet Johnston
Trainee
Hilda Gharahbeigi
Isobel Hague
Jane Francis Nanyanzi
Trainee
Johanna Gruschwitz
Katherine Wade
Librarian
Kathleen Van Bonn
Kaya Copeland
Diversity Sensitve Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Kenneth Steven Krowns
Laura Cranstoun
Year Group Coordinator
Lauren Shelby Piper
Diversity Sensitive Inclusion & Curriculum Coach
Mahfoud Berbache
Meggie Rodman
Monica Afifi Martin
Monika Dengusiak
STEM Coordinator
Myla Lister
Neo Molemohi-Speck
Nicola Sartore
Parul Rohal
SDG-Coordinator
Phiona Kituyi
Year Group Coordinator
Placidius Chimauche Ukaegbu
Raela Anne Goodfriend
Samantha De Oliveira Carmo Pontes
Siobhán Pryce
Tanya Betancourt
Trainee
Tripti
Zahida Nasirova
German speaking Educators
Adriana Almazan Infante
Trainee
Alexander Hübner
STEM Coordinator
Berfin Cacan
Carolyn Laas
Daniela Testamarck
Deborah Rattey
Dora Kiss
Dušica Lukic
Elisa Marzaro
Eloise Ciccarelli Perez
Emily Lewis
Felicia Spevacek
Trainee
Ignacio Veillon
Jela Vrhovac
Joana Macedo Nathansohn
Julien Noack
Year Group Coordinator
Kiki Jungnickel
Laylokhon Mamajonova
Marco Silvio Lo Sardo
Marlén Knoppik Junges
Year Group Coordinator
Marlies Haverkamp
Melissa Gomez
Monja Sidortschuk
Nuran Abi
Sarah Hochstein
Sascha Pröchel
Trainee
Selina Kunze
Vanilla Tsarafidy Raniriantsoa
Trainee
Xuanzi Luo
Trainee
Performing Arts Team
Dorrie Silver
Dance Educator
Marlene Schomberg
Dance assistant
Péter Jánosházi
Music Educator
Tabea Sawatzky
Music Assistant
Administration Team
A’ja Dotson
Secretary of Kindergarten
Katrin Meier
Secretary of Kindergarten
Quynh Pham
Secretary of Kindergarten
Reiner Degner
Facility Manager
Primary School
Heads Team
Meagan DeKort
Head of Primary (2nd – 5th Grades)
Taurin Eimermacher
Head of Primary (1st – 2nd Grades)
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
Head of Primary (2nd – 5th Grades)
Adam Westfall
Classroom Teacher
Katey Svensson
Classroom Teacher
Kylie Hulver
Classroom Teacher
Stefanie Grüetzmacher
German Teacher
Dr. Micha Huff
German Teacher
Liz Collyer
Art Teacher
Alina Avguston
GLD Teacher
Specialist Teacher
April Graziano
SEN Teacher
Christine Freudenberg
German Teacher
Iskra Eterovic
German Teacher
Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher
Trisha Speaker
Spanish Teacher
Bridget Kinneary
Music Teacher
Joey Ryan
Music Teacher
Benjamin Salsbury
Music Teacher, Strings Director, Music Supervisor
Juliane Below
Sports Teacher
Naira Schwemmler
Sports & Dance Teacher
Anita Kreft
Dance Teacher & Head of Dance
Dominic Hislop
Art Teacher
Sven Wehrmeyer
Sports & Ethics Teacher, Basketball Coach, Head of Sports Department
Tom Fanore
Music Teacher
Psychologist
Dr. Martina Heinrich
Head of Well-Being
Secondary School
Heads Team
Kathrin Röschel
Principal of Secondary School
Fatima Camara
Vice Principal of 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
Bernadet-Maria Gollhofer
German, GLD, Ethics & Economics Teacher
Katharina Pietzner
German, Ethics, Philosophy & Class Teacher
Mario Sánchez
Spanish Teacher
Jeanne-Marie Corbel
French Teacher
Dr. Micha Huff
German 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
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
School Counselor / Psychologist
Dr. Martina Heinrich
Head of Well-Being
Extracurricular Programme
Head
Panagiotis Papadimitriou
Head of Extracurricular
Team
Metti Ararsa
Extracurricular Teacher
Ertuğrul Hamza Önal
Extracurricular Teacher
Trevor Wood
Extracurricular Teacher
Nesrin Basaran
Extracurricular Teacher
Brendan Dougherty
Extracurricular Teacher
Astrid Lefranc
Extracurricular Teacher
Brian James Mitchell
Extracurricular Teacher
Aya Murad
Extracurricular Teacher
Anny Paulin Peters
Extracurricular Teacher
Ruairi Whelan-Turnbull
Extracurricular Teacher