Team

The project team
Dorothea Böhmer / Entrepreneurship

Dorothea Böhmer is a sociologist and systemic consultant who worked as a student advisor at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences for 10 years. In the "Startup Sustainable" module, she designs the programme for the Startup Sustainable and Train the Trainer workshops and also works as a trainer herself, specializing in Green Entrepreneurship.

Stefanie Giordano / Project management

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Dr.-Ing. Marlene Helfert / Project Management & Entrepreneurship

Marlene Helfert is an engineer and systemic organizational consultant with over 10 years of experience as a change consultant and workshop leader. As a coordinator at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences, she ensures that everyone involved works well together. In her workshops, you can further develop your business models and learn how to make them fit for the future."

Julia Jochim / Project management & career entry

Julia Jochim works as a project and event manager at TU Darmstadt for ICS RM. She organizes workshops in the field of career entry, taking into account new trends in job applications and students' wishes. Julia Jochim has many years of experience as an advisor for refugees interested in studying and is familiar with the particular challenges international students face when entering the German job market.

Maria Camilla Muñoz Arias / Podcast

Camila Muñoz is a journalist and grew up in Colombia. She has been living in Germany since 2018, where she completed the master's program "International Media Cultural Work". In the ICS RM project, she is developing a podcast and contributing her experience in audio and video production. There she shows success stories of immigrant founders and gives you tips for your own business in Germany.

Julia Pirzer / Overall project management & marketing

Julia Pirzer is the overall coordinator of the ICS RM. In this role, she acts as a link between the individual stakeholders and departments and carries out interface management with a view to all target dimensions of the project. To this end, she draws on her experience in cultural management, which is based on the conception, development and implementation of educational projects in an international context as well as the responsibility for digitization processes in various institutions.

Dennis Schmehl / Research Associate Round Table

Dennis Schmehl is a research assistant at the Institute for Economics, Labor and Culture (IWAK) at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. At the ICS RM, he is the contact person for the operational Round Table. This is made up of over 85 people from the public universities in the Rhein-Main region, the commercial sector, the social economy, the start-up ecosystem, public employers and supporting organizations.

Delia Schütte / counselling & Coaching

Delia Schütte is a career consultant at Frankfurt UAS and specializes in coaching for the ICS RM. She provides support in identifying skills, making individual decisions and defining career goals that meet the requirements of the German job market. With her experience in student counseling and in management positions, Delia Schütte brings both professional expertise and a solution-oriented approach to her consultations.

Sibel Ulucan / counselling & Coaching / Lighthouse careers
María José Vargas Ramírez / Student Communication & Career Entry

María José is a media producer and former international student in the Rhein-Main region. She creates digital content on career entry, the application process and regional job market. Her background is in Audiovisual and Multimedia Communication with specializations in Expanded Media and Media, Technology & Society. She has almost 10 years of professional experience in corporate communications and in communicating technical topics to a broader audience.

Manuel Vogler / Project Management & Corporate Culture

Manuel Vogler is project coordinator at International Career Service Rhein-Main at RheinMain University of Applied Sciences. He is responsible for the Corporate Culture and Social Entrepreneurship modules for the professional orientation of international students. With a background in business education and finance as well as experience in higher education, he promotes equal opportunities and diversity to support students in successfully entering the German job market .

Dr. Lydia Zühlke / Consultant CarMen

The steering group
Inken Bergenthun / Darmstadt University of Technology

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Jens Blank / Goethe University

Jens Blank has taken over the overall management of the ICSRM and has also headed the Careers, Scholarships and Prizes department at Goethe University Frankfurt since June 2021. Previously, he headed the Careers and Scholarships group and was deputy head of the Orientation department, counselling. He established the Career Service there and successfully acquired and implemented various third-party funded projects. Other positions include the establishment and management of the Career Center and Alumni Service at Justus Liebig University Giessen and a position at the Institute for Development Research and Development Policy at Ruhr University Bochum.

Stefanie Brunn / Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

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Anna Herbst / Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

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Dr. Christa Larsen / Institute for Economy, Work and Culture

Dr. Christa Larsen heads the Institute for Economy, Work and Culture (IWAK) at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. At ICS RM, she is the contact person for the external advisory board with high-ranking representatives from business and politics. Together with the operational round table, this forms the interface between public universities in the Rhein-Main area, Hessian state politics and the commercial and social economy and public employers.

Lisa Rodenbusch / RheinMain University of Applied Sciences
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