Katrin Riegger

Katrin is the Head of Communications for the ECF in Germany. In this role, she gives strategic and hands-on communications advice to the ECF Germany Initiative as well as to ECF grantees and projects in Germany to ensure their work is effectively communicated.

Prior to joining the ECF, Katrin worked as a communications officer for the Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) in Berlin, where she was in charge of press relations and strategic media work. She also worked as an intern in the office of Reinhard Bütikofer, chairman of the Green Party, and as a journalist. Katrin studied at the University of Cologne and at the Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris, and she holds a master’s degree in political science.