Žaklin Butinar
Interim Secretary General
Žaklin Butinar joined Eurisy in 2024 as a Project Officer, and since January 2026 is serving as Interim Secretary General.
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Gabriella Quattropanetti
Communication Officer
gabriella.quattropanetti@eurisy.eu
Gabriella has been Eurisy’s Communication Officer since 2024. She leads the association’s communication and community management activities, while also supporting initiatives aimed at strengthening member engagement. Her work extends to various activities within Eurisy’s thematic areas, mostly supporting the activities of the Geospatial Tools for Cities Focus Group. In addition, she contributes to administrative tasks and event planning activities.
Fanni Dominika Török
Project Officer
Fanni joined Eurisy in January 2025 as a Project Officer. She contributes to the development of Eurisy’s thematic areas, Space for Culture and Space for Cities, through her work on the THETIDA and UDENE projects. She leads communication and dissemination efforts, focusing on user engagement, outreach initiatives, and research activities to connect space-based solutions with cultural heritage preservation and sustainable urban development.
Albane Peltier
Project Officer
Albane joined Eurisy as a Project Officer in 2025, where she focuses on Disaster Risk Management and Resilience. She co-organises workshops with EUSPA on satellite-based services for disaster risk management and supports studies. In her role, Albane oversees user engagement, research projects, as well as communication, dissemination activities and actively supports the association's activities to bridge the gap between space and society.
Betty Blom
Project Officer
Betty joined Eurisy in August 2024 as a Project Officer. She supports studies and projects that connect stakeholders with space solution providers through research, communication, and the development of use cases - with a particular focus on applications for the marine sector and the Arctic.
Shana Sonntag
Project Officer
Shana joined in September 2025 as a Project Officer, where she currently focuses on project on Space Education, including the communication and dissemination activities of the ErasmusPlus GEO-Academy, SpaceSUITE and ESA EO training projects. She leads communication and dissemination efforts, focusing on user engagement, outreach initiatives, and research activities.
Management
Dominique Tilmans
Chair of Eurisy
After a career of 27 years in politics marked by an active involvement in the Space sector through chairing the ‘Senate Space Group’ and leading the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC), Dominique launched YouSpace and Switch to Space in 2014 in order to link STEM Students to Belgian Space experts. She is currently the Chair of Eurisy, Board Member of Telespazio Belgium, Member of the Advisory Board of ESPI, member of the Advisory Bord of Europlanet2021 RI and Vice-President of IAF. In 2017, she received the “BeSpace personality of the year” award. www.dominiquetilmans.be
Julien Béclard
Eurisy Vice-President
Julien is one of the most experienced members of this association. In 2014, he started working at space Belgian High Representation for Space policy (BHRS) as an expert on EU space policy. Julien is currently working part time at the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) and at the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the European Union.
Heriberto Saldivar
Eurisy Vice-President
Heriberto Saldivar is the Head of Strategy at the European Space Agency (ESA), since 2022.