a goood team

Caro (1970) is an architect, social designer, and sustainability specialist with 18 years of practical work experience in the Netherlands and Argentina. Since May 2015 she is director of A Goood Foundation.
In 2004 she established her practice in Amsterdam working as a consultant and leading innovative organizations that realize projects in the field of sustainable development, working with and for different social organizations, companies, and municipalities.

Caro her speciality is the development of future visions, design strategies and participatory urban interventions at local (neighborhood), city or (inter)national level that aims to tackle current challenges on a creative way, together with partners and stakeholders.

One of the strengths of Caro is her holistic vision on the different aspects of sustainability and the ability to translate it into an innovative and result oriented implementation approach.

In the period 2005-2012, Caro was director of LSDP (Latin Sisters Design Productions) and the Desycle foundation, gaining a unique experience on the set-up of local intervention projects guiding different stakeholders to work together on finding solutions for social and environmental challenges.

See also www.caroisern.com and Caro’s LinkedIn profile

Lorin background and passion lie in the creative industries. She studied Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam and at the New School in New York and graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a master’s degree of Business Studies. She put her knowledge in practice at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and at Science Museum NEMO where she was responsible for developing and managing relations with business partners and funds in close collaboration with the management team. After she pursued her long cherished dream to travel through Latin America, she continued working as a fundraiser and business developer for several cultural and social organisations.

Jet is founder of Yellow Research and a legal expert specialized in scientific research. She advices a variety of European research institutes and universities regarding legal conditions for scientific research, gives training on how to structure large scale scientific research proposals and how to apply for European subsidies.

Jet is board member and supports Goood as well with legal advices and European funding.

Johannes Verwoerd (1985, Amsterdam) is a designer and art director, and the main graphic designer of Goood since the establishment in 2015.

From his practice Johannes Verwoerd Studio he develops visual identities, publications and exhibitions for clients, predominantly from the creative and cultural world. This results in exhibitions books, magazines, animations, identities, collages, typefaces, interventions, doodles, film and virtual museums. His work is an airy encounter between language, typography, animation and design.

See also Johannes’ Linkedin profile and his studio website

Elise (1975) is supporting Goood with setting up a goood structure for virtual collaborative work.

She has been working for international non-profit organisations for 12 years. During the last 7 years, she has set up a database and web based platforms for the members of Friends of the Earth International, a federation of grasssroots organisations aiming for social and environmental justice. She likes to connect the dots and to promote knowledge sharing within organisations by setting up appropriate structures and digital tools. She has experience in being the link between users and developers. She has supported environmental and feminist grassroots groups worldwide and can connect local struggles and issues to international ones. She is a system thinker with a creative and solution orientated mindset. She uses visualisation technics to make complex problems or structures more comprehensible.

See also Elise’s Linkedin profile