Events

The Role Models events is a series of live conversations with inspiring women. These are conversations about life and career, lessons learned, and challenges tackled.

Hosted by Isa or David, we host an event in Berlin every month which also offer a great opportunity to network with peers.

Past Events

Edition 30 – Katarina Barley
October 23, 2018
Katarina Barley ist seit März 2018 Bundesministerin für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz.
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Edition 29 – Beate Wedekind
September 26, 2018
Beate Wedekind ist Journalistin, Autorin, und Produzentin. Role Models Gründer*in Isa und David werden in Edition #29 ein Gespräch (auf Deutsch) mit Beate Wedekind führen.
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Edition 28 – Sara Nuru (at Female Future Force Day)
August 25, 2018
Sara Nuru ist Unternehmerin und Model.
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Edition 27 – Anna Soellner (at European Communications Summit)
June 13, 2018
Anna Soellner is Director of Communications at Reddit.
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Edition 26 – Heidi Stopper
May 30, 2018
Role Models Mitgründer David Noël wird in Edition #26 ein Gespräch (auf Deutsch) mit Heidi Stopper führen. Heidi Stopper ist eine der gefragtesten Topmanagementcoaches, Unternehmensberaterin mit Schwerpunkt auf Organisationsentwicklung und Leadership und beigeisternde Keynotespeakerin.
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Edition 25 – Malin Elmlid
May 7, 2018
Malin Elmid ist eine schwedische Autorin und präsentiert ihr aktuelles Buch 'Mein Persönlicher Mutterpass'.
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Edition 24 – Anne Will
May 3, 2018
Im Rahmen der Media Convention Berlin, wird Role Models Mitgründerin Isa Sonnenfeld in Edition #24 ein Gespräch mit Anne Will über ihren Werdegang, ihre Arbeit als Journalistin, Vorbilder, und Förderung von Vielfalt in unserer Gesellschaft führen.
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Edition 23 – Amy Emmerich
March 22, 2018
Amy Emmerich is the Chief Content Officer at Refinery29.
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Edition 22 – Verena Pausder (in German)
March 14, 2018
Verena Pausder is the CEO and Founder of Fox & Sheep.
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Edition 21 – Brigitte Zypries (in German)
March 8, 2018
Brigitte Zypries is Germany's Federal Minister for the Economy and Energy.
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Edition 20 – Fränzi Kühne (in German)
December 6, 2017
Fränzi Kühne is the Co-Founder and COO of Torben, Lucie und die Gelbe Gefahr.
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Edition 19 – Annette Kroeber-Riel (in German)
November 22, 2017
In Edition Nineteen, Isa Sonnenfeld will host a conversation with our guest Annette Kroeber-Riel, Google's Senior Director, Public Policy and Government Relations, DACH & CEE.
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Edition 18 – Simone Menne (in German)
November 9, 2017
Simone Menne is the CFO of pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, and former CFO if Lufthansa.
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Edition 17 – Ida Tin
July 13, 2017
Ida Tin is the CEO and co-founder of female health tracking app, Clue.
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Edition 16 – Nora-Vanessa Wohlert & Susann Hoffmann
June 14, 2017
Susann Hoffmann and Nora-Vanessa Wohlert are the co-founders of EDITON F, the digital home for strong women.
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Edition 15 – Dunja Hayali
May 9, 2017
Dunja Hayali is a tv reporter, journalist, and book author.
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Edition 14 – Colette Ballou
April 19, 2017
Colette is the founder of Ballou PR, a European communications and strategy agency that works with high-growth technology and technology-enabled companies such as Facebook, Pinterest, Transferwise, Eventbrite and many more, as well as technology investors.
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Edition 13 – Obi Felten
March 29, 2017
Obi leads early stage projects at X, the team behind self-driving cars and Project Loon.
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Edition 12 – Miriam Meckel
June 17, 2016
Miriam is the Chief Editor of German business magazine WirtschaftsWoche and has a background in TV journalism (WDR, RTL, Vox) as well as in academia and in politics. Miriam is also a published non-fiction and business book author.
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Edition 11 – Sitar Teli
May 19, 2016
Sitar Teli is a founder and managing partner of Connect Ventures, a venture firm she started in 2012 with her two partners, Pietro Bezza and Bill Earner. Since its founding, Connect has invested in 26 companies across Europe, including Citymapper, Typeform, Space Ape Games, Boiler Room and Marvel Prototyping.
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Edition 10 – Katharina Borchert
April 25, 2016
Katharina Borchert is the Chief Innovation Officer at Mozilla.
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Edition 9 – Alison Moore
April 7, 2016
Alison recently joined SoundCloud as its first Chief Revenue Officer and is responsible for all revenue-generating and global marketing initiatives. Alison is an innovative and strategic leader with a proven track record of building consumer businesses that drive new revenue growth across multiple platforms.
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Edition 8 – Joana Breidenbach
February 29, 2016
Joana is the founder of betterplace.org, Germany’s largest crowdfunding platform for social projects, and the betterplace lab, a think- and do-tank focused on digital-social innovation. She holds a PhD in cultural anthropology and is author of numerous articles and books on cultural consequences of globalisation.
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Edition 7 – Anna Alex
February 1, 2016
Anna Alex ist Mitgründerin von Outfittery, einem Personal-Shopping Start-up für Männer.
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Edition 6 – Cynthia Barcomi
September 23, 2015
Cynthia is the founder of two beloved Berlin institutions – Barcomi's Café & Coffee Roastersand Barcomi's Deli. Born in Seattle, Washington, she received her diploma with distinction in philosophy and theater studies from Columbia University in New York City.
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Edition 5 – Leanne Pittsford
August 26, 2015
Leanne Pittsford is an entrepreneur, investor and diversity technology thought leader.
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Edition 4 – Kimberly Marteau Emerson
July 30, 2015
Kimberly is a lawyer, civic leader and activist who sits on the Board of Directors of Human Rights Watch.
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Edition 3 – Joanne Wilson
June 17, 2015
Our guest for Edition Three will be Joanne Wilson. Joanne is an angel investor, blogger, co-founder of the Women’s Entrepreneur Festival, and mom of 3. She lives in New York City. Interviewing Joanne will be David Noël, Head of Internal Communications at SoundCloud.
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Edition 2 – Nakeema Stefflbauer
May 20, 2015
Nakeema is a writer, software project manager and business co-owner who currently works at Project Zeta Germany as Customer Support Lead in Berlin.
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Edition 1 – Stacia Carr
April 29, 2015
The first event will be a fireside chat between Isa Sonnenfeld and Stacia Carr. Stacia is a musician, technology executive, startup co-founder and currently works SoundCloud as Director of Engineering in Berlin. Isa is Twitter Germany's first employee and Head of News, Government & Politics.
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October 23, 2018

Edition 30 – Katarina Barley

Katarina Barley ist seit März 2018 Bundesministerin für Justiz und Verbraucherschutz.