People of the platform

“When I was invited to join the Aspen network, it was one of the turning points of my life. I learned to know a lot of different kinds of people with very similar struggles, and I imagined better what I want to achieve in my life. ”

Yemi A.D.

Uriel Abulof

Anežka Adamíková

Markéta Pekarová Adamová

“I am honoured and proud of Aspen’s tremendous success by training new leaders, developing new ideas and forming new connections. Aspen CE is a true region-wide platform promoting civil discourse and informed discussion, something we so desperately need in this day and age. ”

Madeleine Albright

Honorary Co/Chair of the US Aspen Board

Ladislav Angelovič

Marek Antoš

Endre Ascsillán

Board Member

Daniel P. Bagge

Zuzana Bahulová

Michaela Bakala

Supervisory Board Member

Michaela Bakala

Radek Banga

Petr Bareš

Karolína (Dvořáková) Barič

Miroslav Bárta

Peter Bartaloš

Vladimír Bärtl

Dana Baschová

Andrea Basilová

Anya Margaret Baum

Marek Belka

Jaromír Beran

Ondřej Besperát

Photographer

Aneta Biernat

Bohdan Bláhovec

Igor Blaževič

Charlota Blunárová

Lukasz Bluszcz

“Aspen is for me the possibility to meet people, who think in a similar, or absolute different way, than me. ”

Tamara Bobáková

Juraj Bóna

““The European Future really depends on the new ideas and views. Especially in the Central Europe we need to generate the new understanding of the challenges and objectives. Aspen Institute Central Europe can help us, can be a great platform for exchanging views and establishing the creative inspirations.” ”

Michal Boni

Eva Bordos

Jan Brábek

Lenka Bradáčová

Vivien Brassói

Daniel Braun

Alexander Braun

Martina Břeňová

Peter Bročka

Michal Broža

Tatiana Gregor Brzobohatá

“More than 60 years ago, American businessman and philanthropist, Walter Paepcke, founded what would become one of the most respected platforms in the world for truly non-partisan dialogue addressing critical issues facing civil society. ”

Pepper de Callier

Miřenka Čechová

Monika Černíková

Albert Černý

Kim Chang-beom

Dita Charanzová

Board Member

Karolína Chloubová

Aleš Chmelař

Edward Hunter Christie

Jan Jakub Chromiec

Barbora Chvátalová

Leon Ciechanowski

Liz Corbin

Teddy Cruz

Tomáš Čupr

Martina Čurdová

Hubert Czyżewski

Ly Dang

Eszter Dávida

Jan Delong

Balázs Dénes

Martina Dlabajová

Vladimír Dlouhý

Radka Dohnalová

Barbora Doričková

Jakub Drbohlav

Filip Drnec

Petr Ducháček

Marek Dvořák

Krzysztof Dzieciolowski

Vladimír Dzurilla

Mikuláš Dzurinda

Maksim Dzyuba

Karoline Edtstadler

Dorian Elek

Naděžda Eretová

Tomáš Etzler

Rafal Fabianowicz

Csaba Faix

Jiří Fajt

Jan Farský

Board Member

Michal Fašina

Miroslav Feix

Pavel Fischer

Petr Flégl

Lukáš Folbrecht

Fonna Forman

Dita (Přikrylová) Formánková

Martin Frko

Alberto Fronticelli

Ladislav Frühauf

Štefan Füle

Jacquelline Fuller

Ivan Gabal

Andrea Garaiová

Anthony L. Gardner

Mateusz Gawalkiewicz

Jan Gebert

Judit Geller

Mircea Geoană

Ruth Girardet

Michal Gloger

Tereza Gondková

Márton Gulyás

Igor Gut

Oľga Gyárfášová

Pavel Hadrbolec

Smilen Hadzhikostov

Leigh Hafrey

Márton Hajdu

Martin Haluš

Jan Hamáček

Jan Hartl

Karel Havlíček

Jan Havránek

Katarína Hazuchová

Pavel Heczko

Máté Hegedűs

Peter Heil

Martina Herdová

Michala Hergetová

Petr Herzmann

Jakub Hlávka

“Aspen was always able to assemble differently minded people from various fields of activity: politicians, artists, athletes, scientists, innovators, volunteers and businessmen. I believe that this capability will also significantly contribute to the development of a liberal and democratic society not only in Europe. ”

Ivan Hodáč

Honorary Board Chairman & Founder

Jonathan Hoffmann

David Hofman

Jana Holčapková

Tomáš Holub

Judith Barbara Horváth

Denisa Horváthová

Zdeněk Hřib

Tomáš Hülle

Michal Hvorecký

““My sincerest gratitude goes as well to the Aspen Institute. You provide open debates and rich analysis while advancing regional cooperation in Central Eastern Europe.” ”

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Valentin Inzko

“From the stimulation of the Ideas Festival, to the projects conceived at the Resnick Aspen Action Forum, to deep policy studies done at our roundtables, the Aspen Institute brings together people with different outlooks to search for common ground and make the world a better place. ”

Walter Isaacson

Magdalena Jagieło

Radan Janoš

Natalie A. Jaresco

Joanna Zofia Jasińska

Zora Jaurová

Leszek Jazdzewski

Maggie Johnson

Petr Jonák

Soňa Jonášová

Levente Juhász

Ivo Jupa

Patrik Juránek

Tereza Jurečková

Ondřej Juřík

Rastislav Káčer

Michal Kadera

Anna Kagström

Katarína Kakalíková

Pavel Kalouš

Tereza Kalousková

Malgorzata Kaluzynska

Gergely Karácsony

Tomáš Karakolev

Bob Kartous

Ľubica Karvašová

Michael Kašpar

David Kašpar

Miroslav Kaufman

Pavel Kavánek

Paul Kaye

Honza Keprta

Katarína Kertýsová

Marie Kieslowski

Šárka Kinclová

Andrej Kiska

Branislav Kleskeň

Lucia Klincová

Veronika Pavlíková Klindová

Michał Kobosko

Natalia Kobza

Michal Koczalski

Marta Kokoszka

Jakub Kokoszka

Peter Kolossa

Petr Konvalinka

Václav Kopecký

Tomáš Kopečný

Joanna Koper

Michal Kořan

Kornel Koronowski

Barbora Košnarová

Bartlomiej Kot

Lukáš Kovanda

Christine Kovaříková

Kateřina Kozlová

Michal Kozub

Martin Král

Uršula Králová

Board Member

Jaroslav Kramer

Ivan Krastev

Alžběta Krausová

Ruth Krčmářová

Michal Krčméry

Péter Krekó

Miloš Kriššák

Kateřina Křivánková

Katarzyna Kubiak

Ladislav Kučera

Edita Kudláčová

Jakub Kulhánek

Filip Kulštrunk

Martyna Weronika Kuna

Ondřej Kundra

Norbert Kurilla

Matt Kurleto

Sebastian Kurz

Jiří Kůs

Norbert Kustánczi

Maciej Kuziemski

Pavel Kysilka

Radek Laci

Valentina Lacovich

Jakub Landovský

Jan Laštůvka

Silvie Lauder

Petra Lauerová

Michael Leigh

Zuzana Lenhartová

Rüdiger Lentz

Ivan Lesay

Zuzanna Lewandowska

Tivadar Limbacher

Jan Lipavský

Igor Liski

Klára Lorencová

José Perdomo Lorenzo

Pavla Losová

Program Manager

Pavlína Louženská

Jan Lukačevič

Lukáš Lukačovič

Nicklas Lundblad

Viktor Mach

Lukáš Mach

Jiří Mádl

Kornélia Magyar

Martyna Majchrzak

Adam Malczak

Sergiu Manea

Veronika Marčeková

Lena Marcinoska

Kristina Margetinová

Piotr Markiewicz

Michal Martinko

Hana Martínková

János Martonyi

Lukáš Marvan

Vít Masare

Monika Mašková

Dominika Matarazzo

Nela Maťašeje

Zsuzsanna Mátrai

Libor Matura

Jan Mazal

Jan Mencwel

Máté Mester

Antónia Mészáros

Aleš Michl

Barbora Mičková

Melinda Miklós

Tomáš Mikolov

Klaudyna Milewska

Paulina Milewska

Michal Mižigár

Tania le Moigne

Board Member

Marek Mora

Miro Mráz

Dániel Mráz

Karlheinz Muhr

Ex Officio Board Member

Josef Müller

Deputy Executive Director

Jolana Mungengová

Daniel Münich

Veronika Munk

Jiří Nádoba

Martina Nádvorníková

Jiří Nantl

Joanna Nawrocka

Martin Nedvěd

Václav Nekvapil

Zsolt Németh

Danuše Nerudová

Lucie Neumanová

Patricia Neupauerová

Tamar Newberger

Sue Nguyen

“Participation in the Aspen Young Leaders Program surprisingly helped me to calm down. I gained perspective and learned to prioritize better. Thanks to that, I am more focused at my work and I feel stronger than before. ”

Mimi Hoang Lan Nguyen

Anna Nguyenova

Milan Nič

Konrad Niklewicz

Andrej Nosko

Lucie Noswitz

Boris Novorka

Pavel P. Novotný

Marie Odehnalová

Günther Oettinger

Jan Olbrycht

Kristýna Omelková

Program Manager

Adam Ondra

Petr Ondráček

Patricie Ondriašová

Martin Orgoník

Lucie Ottingerová

Andrej Pančík

Petr Pavel

Dana Pavlychko

Łukasz Pawłowski

Václav Pecha

Michal Pěchouček

Martin Pekáček

Eva Peterková

Matěj Petrásek

Grzegorz Piątek

Vladimír Pícha

Sylwia Piekarska

Jan Pirk

Robert Plaga

Václav Pláteník

Vlastimil Plch

Michaela Pobudová

Adam Podhola

Piotr Podsiadło

Eliška Podzimková

Tomáš Pojar

Sara (Boutall) Polak

Kateřina Polanská

Program Manager

Nikita Poljakov

Levente Polyák

Dan Porterfield

Marta Poślad

Tomáš Pospíšil

Martin Povejšil

Anna Povejšilová

Michal Prager

Karolína Presová

Tomáš Princ

James Pritts

Marek Procházka

Board Member

Andrea Procházková

Daniel Prokop

Wojciech Przybylski

Jitka Pšejová

Monika Ptáčníková

Barbora Půlpánová

Vít Rakušan

Zuzana Ramajzlová

Jitka Rašková

PR & Communication Manager

Tomáš Řehák

Pavel Řehák

President & Founder

Martin Rehák

Tomáš Rektor

Zsófia Révay

Michal Řezníček

Zuzana Řezníčková

Johana Ridzoňová

Zuzana Roithová

Eva Romancovová

Jacek Rostowski

Filip Rožánek

Hynek Růžička

Kamila Rychecká

Daniel Ryšávka

Tomáš Ryšavý

Tomáš Šabatka

Marek Sacha

Petr Sadílek

David Šafář

Petr Salaba

Pavel Šalanda

Tomáš Salomon

Board Member

Marie Salomonová

Eva Samková

Klára Šandová

Rafał Sarniuk

Weronika Sarnowska

Andreas Schleicher

Vladimír Schmalz

Jitka Schmiedová

“I strongly believe that ideas matter. I am glad that since 2012 the Aspen Institute – as a proven platform where ideas and people meet – has been active also in Central Europe. Aspen Institute Central Europe has created a visible footprint in formation of value-based leadership and promotion of innovative approach to policy making. ”