DysNet Board and Officers
Chair
Claudio Pirola
claudio.pirola@dysnet.org
Claudio, DysNet's Board Chair, joined RAGGIUNGERE in May 1999, where he focused on consolidating a synergic approach with Institutions, Associations, Hospitals, Research Centers, Athletes. Since he participated in DysNet's foundation meeting in 2012 he supports DysNet in reinforcing our precious European network helping to spread awareness, knowledge and assistance based on the "Leitmotiv" of inclusion.
Björn Håkansson
RIP
Björn Håkansson, our friend and Dysnet Board Member, passed away! He was a visionary, strong character, fighter and one of the founders of DysNet/EDRIC. He always had great ideas and was a successful negotiator. MORE
Monika is one of almost 3000 German thalidomide survivors. Formerly, she was the head teacher of a school for disabled children and now works as a family therapist. She specialises in the protection of disabled children and represents the interests of disabled employees in the town of Wesseling, Germany.
Treasurer
Sal Giambruno
sal.giambruno@dysnet.org
Salvatore is a long-time board member and past president of Raggiungere, , the Italian Association for children with limb deficiencies, and past president of LEDHA, a federation of 32 associations representing various disability groups in Italy. Now retired, he has mainly worked in sales management roles in large multinational electronics companies. He is the parent of a girl with dysmelia.
Member
Michi Moik
michi.moik@dysnet.org
Michaela is a thalidomide survivor and one of the founders of the Austrian Thalidomide self-help group, Selbsthilfegruppe der Contergan- und Thalidomidgeschädigten Österreichs. She worked as a social worker in the Youth Department of Vienna and has three children.
Chief Operating Officer
Tobias Arndt
tobias.arndt@dysnet.org
Tobias is an IT expert and researcher with a background in online portals. As a writer he published a range of articles in major magazines. He is the author of books on electronic commerce and "b2b Marketplaces". Tobias has supported thalidomide projects and campaigns in Britain, Germany and Belgium since 2007.