Grischa Stanjek is a founding member and board member of democ. He was previously the director of communications at the International Institute for Education and Research on Anti-Semitism (IIBSA) and director of the media department at the Jüdisches Forum für Demokratie und gegen Antisemitismus (JFDA). He studied communication design (BA) and worked as an educational consultant, programmer and photographer in Berlin, New York and Tel Aviv.