Plant-for-the-Planet Team

On this page, you will get to know us better. We'd like to introduce you to the people behind Plant-for-the-Planet. We put our heart and soul into planting trees and bringing people together.

Foundation Board

The Foundation Board exercises overall responsibility for the policies, programs, and direction of Plant-for-the-Planet.

Dr. Thilo Pfletschinger

Member of the Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Fatou Jeng

Member of the Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Felix Finkbeiner

Chairman of the Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Michael Durach

Member of the Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Foundation Council

The Foundation Council oversees and reviews the Foundation in strategic and operational matters.

Felix Finkbeiner

Chairman of the Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Franziska Finkbeiner

Supervisory Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Gregor Hintler

Member of the Foundation Council of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Sagar Aryal

Member of the Foundation Council of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation

Foundation Secretariat

As the secretariat of the Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation, we support young people in achieving their ambitious goals. Our main activities are: partnerships and donor support, events, academies, our app, the sale of the Change Chocolate, communication and administration.

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Global Board of the Plant-for-the-Planet Initiative

Plant-for-the-Planet thrives on the most outstanding children and young people. To spread the word, we have a Global Board with young leaders around the world. They are committed to climate justice and tree planting on a voluntary basis. The Global Board is elected every year.

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Patrons

We would like to thank our patrons who have accompanied Plant-for-the-Planet from the very beginning.

Prince Albert II of Monaco

Patron

Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer

Patron

Plant-for-the-Planet Worldwide

The Plant-for-the-Planet Foundation partners with organizations in Czech Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Mexico, Italy, and Brazil. There are project activities in many other countries.

Michal Horáček

Chairman of the Plant-for-the-Planet Czech Republic Nadace

Non-salaried

Dr. Josep Santacreu

President of the Fundación Plant-for-the-Planet España

Non-salaried

Pirmin Jung

President of the Plant-for-the-Planet Stiftung Schweiz

Non-salaried

Dr. Raúl Negrete

President of the Plant-for-the-Planet Mexico A.C.

Non-salaried

Mario Trevisan

President of the Associazione Plant-for-the-Planet Italia

Non-salaried

Juliana Russar

President of the Associação Plant-for-the-Planet Brazil

Non-salaried

Restoration Team in Yucatán

Dr. Leland Werden leads our restoration project in Yucatán. He is supervised and advised by a four-member "Restoration Supervision Expert Board". Over 100 local employees work as part of the project.

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Dr. Leland Werden

Director of Science

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