About · People

Volunteers who carry a mission each.

Most of the board live with dysmelia or are parents of children with limb differences, as the statutes require. Under the 2026-2029 strategy, every seat owns a mission: no seat without a mission. Hover or tap a card to read the bio and write to the person directly.

CP

Claudio Pirola

Chair · Italy

Mission 3 · Voice

Claudio Pirola

Joined Raggiungere in 1999; at DysNet since its 2012 foundation. Carries representation, external voice and member relations.

claudio.pirola@dysnet.org

MM

Michaela Moik

Vice-president · Austria

Member relations

Michaela Moik

Thalidomide survivor, co-founder of the Austrian thalidomide self-help group, former youth social worker in Vienna.

michi.moik@dysnet.org

ME

Monika Eisenberg-Geginat

Secretary · Germany

Statutes · AGM

Monika Eisenberg-Geginat

Thalidomide survivor, former head teacher, family therapist specialised in the protection of disabled children.

moni.eisenberg@dysnet.org

SG

Salvatore Giambruno

Treasurer · Italy

Accounts

Salvatore Giambruno

Past president of Raggiungere and of LEDHA; a career in sales management; parent of a daughter with dysmelia.

sal.giambruno@dysnet.org

TA

Tobias Arndt

Chief Operating Officer · Belgium

Operations

Tobias Arndt

IT expert and researcher, author on electronic commerce; supporting thalidomide projects across Europe since 2007.

tobias.arndt@dysnet.org

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Documentation lead · Registry lead

The AGM of 26 August 2026 elects the bureau on the basis of missions accepted, not seats filled.

DysNet board members and guests at the INAIL prosthetics centre, August 2024
The board and member-association guests at INAIL Centro Protesi, Vigorso di Budrio, August 2024. Photo: DysNet.