OUR TEAM
Meet the team behind the happiness!BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ELA ESKİNAZİ
Chairperson
BÜLENT ENDER
President
GONCA SOYSAL
Vice President
PELİN MUHARREMOĞLU
Treasurer
DENİZ ERTAŞ
Secretary
OKAN MURAT DÖNMEZ
Director
HONORARY ADVISORS
Dr. AZİZ SANCAR
Honorary Advisor
Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
EMİN PAMUCAK
Honorary Advisor
Founding President of BTF
COMMITTEES
The following governance committees collaborate to manage the Bridge to Türkiye Fund, working together to advance our goal of supporting underserved children in Türkiye.
Executive Committee
- Bülent Ender
- Gonca Soysal
- Pelin Muharremoğlu
- Deniz Ertaş
Finance and Audit Committee
- Bülent Ender
- Okan Dönmez
- Mehmet Esen
- Pelin Muharremoğlu
Nomination and Governance Committee
- Ela Eskinazi
- Gonca Soysal
- Deniz Ertaş
- Bülent Ender
- Pelin Muharremoğlu
Community Engagement Committee
- Bülent Ender
- Gonca Soysal
- Serdar Dinçaslan
- Yasemin İpek Blanton
Outbound Program Committee
- Gonca Soysal
- Okan Dönmez
- Pelin Muharremoğlu
- Bilge Işıkdoğan
Professional Team
MERVE YILDIRIM
Operations Director
ŞULE KIVANÇ ANCIETA
Development Director
AYLİN YARDIMCI
Communications Director
EBRU TÜZEL ÇALIŞKAN
IT & Innovation Director
ÖZGÜN TÜRKÖZ
Program Development Manager
GÖZDE ARASIL
Program Services & Impact Manager
SEDANUR TAŞKIRAN
Data Management Coordinator
NAZRAWITH TIBEBU
Business Controls Coordinator