The Club of Venice Governance is composed of:

  • Stefano Rolando, Honorary President of the Club of Venice, Professor of Theories of Public Communication, IULM University, Milan, Former Director of Communications at the Italian Government
  • Erik den Hoedt, Vice President of the Club of Venice, Manager and communication expert of the Government of the Netherlands, Former Director of Communications at the Ministry of General Affairs and at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Climate
  • Vincenzo Le Voci, Secretary-General of the Club of Venice, senior communication expert and former EU Official at DG Communication and Information at the Council of the European Union

Members of the Steering Committee are volunteers, and are responsible for overseeing the general direction and activities of the Club.

Current Members of the Steering Committee are:

  • Arlin Bagdat, President of the Management Board, Chancellery of the Prime Minister (Belgium)
  • Laura Cavallo, Director-General, Department for European Affairs, Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Italy)
  • Kristel Dirkx, Director, Public Information and Communication Office, Ministry of General Affairs (Netherlands)
  • Zvonimir Frka-Petešić, Ambassador, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Croatia, former Ambassador of Croatia to Marocco and former Head of the Public Diplomacy Service at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, former Director of the Communication Strategy for the national referendum on Croatia’s accession to the EU
  • Natasha Garloff-Jonkers, Head of Unit, Press and Public Relations Europe, Press and Information Office of the Federal Government (Germany)
  • Christophe Lemoine, Director of Communication and Press and Spokesperson, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
  • Vincenzo Le Voci, Secretary General of the Club of Venice
  • Maira Myrogianni, Secretary-General for Greeks abroad and Public Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)
  • Michael Nathan, Director of the Government Information Service (Service d’information du gouvernement – SIG) (France)
  • Vilijus Samuila, Acting Director, Communication and Cultural Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania)
  • Viktorija Urbonavičiūtė, Acting Director, Communication and Cultural Diplomacy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania)
  • Susanne Weber, Head of Unit, International Media Relations, Federal Chancellery (Austria)

The Club of Venice’s Advisory Group provides advice and expertise to the Steering Committee and wider Club, upon request. Members of the Advisory Group are:

  • Mieke van den Berghe, Honorary Vice-President (Belgium)
  • Judit Gyarfas Fekete, Honorary Vice-President (Hungary)
  • Hans Brunmayr, Honorary Vice-President (Austria)
  • Niels Thøgersen, Honorary Vice-President (Denmark)
  • Mike Granatt, former Club of Venice Co-ordinator and former Head of the Central Office of Information (United Kingdom)
  • Aurelio Sahagún Pool, Former Communications Director for the Spanish Prime Minister (Spain)

Last updated: 18 August 2025