About Us
Who Are We?
Our Team
The team of ‘Volt im Römer’ consists of your elected representatives and their staff. We work on policies that influence the daily life of the people of Frankfurt. Below you can find out who works on which topics. Feel free to contact us, if you have questions. If you have an idea you would like to see turned into policy, use our “Your Idea for Frankfurt” form.
Who is 'Volt im Römer'?
Members of Parliament
Martin Huber
Martin is a representative and chair-person of our parliamentary group. He was born in 1997 and grew up in Baden-Württemberg. In 2017, he moved to Frankfurt in order to study political science. Then, moved by the euro-crisis as well as the climate crisis, he joined Volt.
In Frankfurt’s parliament, Martin works towards a more sustainably planned city with more plants and public spaces available to all citizens. He also strives to achieve a more forward-looking way of financial policies.
Martin has a seat on the committee for climate and environmental policy, mobility and smart city and financial policy.
Britta Wollkopf
Britta is a representative and second chair-person of our parliamentary group. She was born in 1986, grew up in Mühlheim and moved to Frankfurt in 2009. She studied public administration and has a masters degree in public management. Over the last 10 years she collected experiences in different areas of human resources.
Britta became interested in politics because of the climate crisis: “I felt like we are moving in the wrong direction and are missing important chances”.
She especially cares about equal opportunity for people with different living-experiences. Therefore, she has a seat on the committees for education, culture and social issues.
Elisa Grote
Elisa Grote is a is a representative in our parliamentary group ‘Volt im Römer’. She was born near Munich in 1996 and grew up in the Palatinate.
After graduating from high school, she moved to Frankfurt and studied law at Goethe University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in labor law. Elisa joined Volt in 2020 and was active in the legal team of Volt Frankfurt. In May 2022, Elisa succeeded Lara Goertz, who resigned her mandate.
Elisa is particularly committed to the issues of social justice, affordable housing, and diversity. She represents ‘Volt im Römer’ in the committees for planning, housing and urban development as well as diversity, participation and Europe.
Johannes Hauenschild
Johannes also is a representative of our faction. He was born in 1997 in Kiel and grew up in the south of Germany.
Johannes is studying Bachelor Business Administration at the Frankfurt School and joined Volt at the beginning of 2019. From November 2019 until the 2021 municipal election, he was City Lead of Volt in Frankfurt. In September 2021, he succeeded Eileen O’Sullivan after she become a government official in the ‘Magistrat’ of Frankfurt.
Johannes is committee chair in the committee for economic affairs, law and women, a member of the committee for personnel, security and digitization, as well as member in the committee for controlling and auditing.
Staff
Melanie Nöhles
Head of office, Advisor for Finance, Culture, Science and Sports.
- claudia.koester@volt-fraktion.frankfurt.de
- 069 212-74941
Claudia Köster
Vice Head of Office, Advisor for the Climate Issues, Environmental Issues, Education, Schools and Planning.
- claudia.koester@volt-fraktion.frankfurt.de
- 069 212-74941
Bianca Schaardt
Currently Performing a Voluntary Political Year at ‘Volt im Römer’
Julius Schwering
Advisor for Digitisation, Personnel, Security, Transport and Smart City
Tiara Mengel
Advisor for Diversity, Solidarity, Europe, Social Issues, Healthcare, Women, Law, Controlling and Auditing
Tim Englert
Social Media Manager and Responsible for Online Presence of ‘Volt im Römer’.
Magistrate
Eileen O'Sullivan
Dezernat V – Digitalisation, Citizen Empowerment, Participation and EU-Affairs
Mikael Horstmann
Honorary Member of the City Government
About Volt Frankfurt
Volt Frankfurt: The Political Party
Volt Frankfurt is part of Volt Europe – the first pan-European party. In Frankfurt, at the heart of Europe, we fight for a progressive, sustainable and united EU. We work according to the motto: Think global, act local.
Nearly one million people live and work in Frankfurt. The challenges we face are shared with over 100 million people in metropolises all over Europe. Volt stands for the urban life of tomorrow, using progressive and pragmatic solutions.
We want to implement solutions that were already proven successful in other European cities. Be it lowering rents like in Vienna, cycling like in Copenhagen or digital government services like in Estonia: we want to solve Problems, instead of just pushing them to the next election cycle.
Geschichte
Volt in Europa und besonders in Frankfurt
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