Our Team
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People make regeneration possible.
Regenerate Forum brings together people who work with the land, think across systems, and act with care. Our team includes farmers, facilitators, scientists, entrepreneurs, and community builders — all committed to supporting regenerative change, from the soil up.
We combine deep practical knowledge with wide networks — and above all, the belief that this is possible.
Meet Our People
Anna Viktoria Pröbstle
Roundtable Lead
Anna is a cultural scientist, organic farmer, and certified farm educator. With experience in regional politics and agricultural education, she leads our Roundtables — creating spaces where farmers, policymakers, and communities come together to shape the future of regenerative agriculture.
Anne-Sophie Christmann
Co-Soil & Refinancing Lead
Anne joined Regenerate early on to help set up the organisation’s general management. With a background in (wine) business and work experience on wineries across Europe, she now leads our Soil Training and Development programme as well as our Refinancing initiative — creating funding models rooted in practice.
Benjamin Fäth
Co-Soil & BODEN AG Lead
Benni is a farmer with a focus on social agriculture. He brings extensive experience in project management, agricultural education and workshop formats, and moderation expertise in common‑good‑oriented contexts. As head of the Boden AGs, he designs the program and moderates a group — from practice, for practice.
Bettina Dreiseitl
Project Lead Distribution
Bettina is a landscape ecologist, networker, and moderator, as well as the founder of Dreiseitlconsulting GmbH in Überlingen and PlanSinn GmbH in Vienna. At Regenerate, she works to bring the common good onto our plates by connecting the entire value chain.
Dr. Jan-Gisbert Schultze
Founder & Co-Managing Director
Jan is an entrepreneur and investor with decades of experience where business meets impact. After leading roles at McKinsey and Burda, and co-founding Acton Capital, he founded Regenerate to turn regenerative agriculture into a catalyst for local transformation
David Jacobsen
Distribution Strategy Lead
David is a biodynamic farmer, educator, and co-founder of Mulch 2.0. After co-directing Gut Rheinau, he now leads biodynamic training in Switzerland. At Regenerate, he develops new ways to connect regenerative farms with local markets — from field to table
Dr. Nicola Gindele
Co-Managing Director
Nicola is a regenerative farmer and agricultural economist. She co-leads Regenerate while managing one of the largest farms in the Lake Constance region. With a PhD in agricultural economics, she combines strategic thinking with deep, practical experience in soil health and farm systems.
Dr. Tim Nädele
Finance & Operations Lead
Tim is an economist with a background in FinTech and real estate. Drawn to agriculture by a desire to build something with lasting impact, he now ensures Regenerate’s projects are financially robust and operationally sound.
Franziska Gottwald
Project Associate, Co-Financing & Distribution
Franziska has a background in international politics and climate finance, with studies in History and Political Science. She brings insights from carbon markets and policy design, as well as growing hands-on experience through WWOOFing and CSA work with regenerative farms in Spain, Italy, and near Munich.
Ida Hemmingsson-Holl
Communications & Development Lead
Ida has worked in international marketing across three continents and founded a company for organic, vegan food. Raised on an old farm in northern Sweden, she has long been passionate about the connection between food, farming, and the environment — and about making that connection visible and understood.
Jean Klotz
Event & Office Manager
Jean keeps Regenerate Forum’s operations running smoothly. She manages events and workshops, supports teams with logistics and planning, and sets up systems that make daily work easier. With a background in event management, project coordination, and system implementation, she brings clarity and structure to every corner of the organisation — always with an eye for detail and a talent for making things happen
Leonie Funke
Project Refinancing
Rooted in the Lake Constance region, Leonie combines her degrees in business management and organic agricultural sciences with hands-on experience in project management, biodiversity, agroforestry, and traditional orchard systems. Together with her family, she manages a small part-time farm in the Deggenhausertal. At Regenerate, she works on projects related to refinancing and certification – with a focus on fruit production.
Markus Knösel
Bodenpraktiker Course Lead
Markus brings decades of hands-on experience in biodynamic farming and plays a central role in biodynamic education in the Lake Constance region. At Regenerate, he leads the annual Bodenpraktiker course. (Advisor)
Sepp Braun
Regenerative Farming Advisor
Sepp has practiced regenerative organic farming since 1986, with the health of his soils speaking for the success of his approach. A board member of Bioland and long-time advocate for ecological agriculture, he brings decades of practical wisdom to Regenerate. He co-leads our Certification project. (Advisor)
Stefan Schwarzer
Climate Landscaping & Certification Lead
Stefan is a geographer, permaculture designer, and author of several books on soil and climate. With over 20 years at the UN’s environmental programme, he co-leads our Certification project and brings a systems view to regenerative land use. (Advisor)
Thomas Fisel
Boden AG Moderator
Thomas is an agricultural engineer, systemic coach and facilitator with over 20 years of experience in peer-based learning. He supports the Boden AGs as a mentor and group moderator. With his team at ENTRA, he focuses on the human and organisational side of change — particularly in the agricultural sector. He also serves as a board member of the Bioland Foundation. (Advisor)
Josefine Schwingeler
Student Assistant, Forum Future Landscapes
Josefine completed a voluntary ecological year (FÖJ) at the University of Bonn in the Department of Agroecology and Organic Farming after finishing school. In the summer of 2025, she carried out an internship at the Pröbstle organic farm in Upper Swabia – her first encounter with the Regenerate Forum. Since starting her geography studies in Freiburg, she has been supporting the Forum Zukunftslandschaft in its practical work.
Robert Pakleppa
Senior Participation Expert
Robert advises and supports public administrations and political decision-makers in participation processes – at municipal and state level, and occasionally at federal level – across the entire DACHL region. He is a social entrepreneur and founder of a school. With a keen eye for effective processes, he ensures that a diversity of perspectives is translated into productive, collective action.
Interested in to working with us?
We’re always happy to hear from people who want to contribute to the regenerative movement — whether you’re a practitioner, researcher, communicator or organiser.
