Dagmara Dąbrowska, CC, ALB
GOW Summit 2020 Chair
Dagmara Dąbrowska works as a TV Engineer and agile delivery manager for a global telecommunication corporation.
She joined Toastmasters International with an objective to develop her people managing skills. Since then she held leadership roles like VPE, President and others in various clubs in Milan.
She is also a founder of a local chapter of Women In Agile in Milan – first local community of women agilists in Italy.
She takes the expression to throw in at the deep end seriously since she is a passionate scuba diver and skipper and loves tackling challenges.
Francesca Gammicchia, DTM
ACS, ALB
Finance Chair
- Former Division Director (2016-17);
- Chair for TM Summer School event 2017 focus on debate;
- TEDx Speaker & Speaker coach
She daily helps visionary artists and entrepreneurs to communicate their vision in a more understandable way in front of partners and clients.
In 2018 she started the School of debate in Italy for the dissemination of debate techniques in the workplace.
“Because of my methodical and playful approach at work, they call me “the German with Sicilian blood”.
Adriana Kurtoglu,
Venue Chair
- Club treasurer from 2016-2018
- President of the Radauti Toastmasters Club 2018-2019
- Currently Area Director D6 District 110
Adriana is very grateful to a family called Toastmasters and to each member guided by its values. As a Toastmasters member and officer, she has built strong relationships, learned the real meaning of leadership and practised it by offering and receiving trust and respect.
“One of my life principles is to build great relationships and I strongly believe that they consist on trust and respect”.
Frank Kaiser, CC, MS5, TC3
Education Chair
- German guy living in Switzerland since 2013, TM since August 2017
- D109 PRM in 2019-2020
- Current D109 Division E Director
Living his 2nd professional life as Senior Technical Product Manager in the Power Industry – Certified Scrum Master, voluntarily leading lunch&learn German language improvement sessions.
Frank loves his wife, loves to play Ukulele and sing, to travel and to enjoy the moment. Exactly in that order and ideally all at once. You might know him as a Santa Claus from last years’ D019 Winter Summit
“Toastmasters is like a positive box of Pandora for me. You open it and a huge stock of learning, growing and networking opportunities is made available for you. It’s up to you to use and choose it. Choose wisely!”
Michaela Davidova,
PR Chair
Passionate traveler and improviser. Never-ending learner of languages and new skills. Currently, trying to crack mysteries of frontend development. In the meantime, she is working as a marketing and business development manager. What she loves about toastmasters is the endless inspiration she gets from every meeting and which she was missing after moving back to her hometown after seven years of living in Belgium and China. If you want a colorful graphic, she is the right person to contact.
Jenny Haka, CC, LD5
Debate Chair
- PR Lead of Residential Weekend 2020
- Co-host of Online Storytellers Sundays
- President of Toastmasters Legends Academy 2020/2021 in District 110
- Dual member & VPE at Bulls and Bears corporate club
Since long ago, Jenny has been passionate about debating. Her high school debate team reached in the national finals. In university, her debate team was awarded the silver medals.
This year, she is excited to guide us through a fierce and unforgettable edition of Game of Words Debate Tournament.
Virginia Mercouri, Registration Chair
- Currently Area Director B3, D59
Both Bulgarian and Belgian = BElgarian, a lover of people and languages, Virginia is a natural
networker across Europe in her professional and personal life and above all, in
Toastmasters. As a VP Membership she was bringing a guest to almost every meeting and
led the club to double its members, and as a VP Education, she registered nearly 20 awards
for fellow members in a single Toastmaster year. Your registration for GOW then is in
(corona) safe hands.
Virginia likes new challenges and embracing her fears in a safe Toastmasters environment,
so she recommends GOW as the best opportunity to face Dracula in his dungeon and make
it fun in the tribe of debating beasts.
Percy Roland, ACG, CL
Fun Chair
He used to be a bloodsucker in his day job as an estate agent, and now, freed from his mortal shackles, Count Roland is flying in all the way from his Spanish dungeons to spread terror in Transylvania! No neck shall be safe! Brace yourself for an unforgettable conference of thrills and chills. Your blood will freeze with delightful terror and your bones will shake to the rhythm of La Macarena as you join the dead and undead on the dancefloor. And make sure you arrive in time for the grand opening on Friday – you will not want to miss it!