{"id":696,"date":"2014-07-21T02:09:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-21T02:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?page_id=696"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:53:35","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:53:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex_column av-31datk-73e17c248047522a63fc99316a2d6a16 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div '   ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2y5fiw-be1e5632fc42bb64cdaa5bdcca0717de\">\n.avia-image-container.av-2y5fiw-be1e5632fc42bb64cdaa5bdcca0717de .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-2y5fiw-be1e5632fc42bb64cdaa5bdcca0717de av-styling- avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img class='wp-image-3998 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-3998 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner.jpg\" alt='' title='HistoryLongBanner'  height=\"259\" width=\"1210\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner.jpg 1210w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner-1030x220.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner-705x150.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/HistoryLongBanner-450x96.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1210px) 100vw, 1210px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='hr av-2pmtps-bea8424fd84b339269a55518e642b990 hr-default  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_image  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-2jbco8-e2bb9352a5316364c945cda392e5b6fc'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"dropcap1\">E<\/span>uroCircle started in 1999 as a free online informal community for European professionals and Europhiles (anyone interested in Europe) and has now grown to more than 100,000 members. With no political, religious or ethnic affiliations, EuroCircle is a place where you can exchange ideas, tips, professional contacts and make friends. You can meet people offline at our local events or online through our membership features. EuroCircle was a social network before Facebook or the term social network had even been invented. Still free after more than 10 years and thousands of events in hundreds of cities, EuroCircle welcomes and attracts professionals from London to Los Angeles or New York to Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>You also find EuroCircle on Facebook under groups (EuroCircle New York, EuroCircle Los Angeles, EuroCircle Chicago, EuroCircle Atlanta, San Francisco, London etc) as well as on Youtube, Pinterest, Linkedin and Twitter. Facebook fan page is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eurocircle\/\">www.facebook.com\/eurocircle<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2esgh4-dda0e7b572b348b96f357eadfc07f927\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-2esgh4-dda0e7b572b348b96f357eadfc07f927{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-2esgh4-dda0e7b572b348b96f357eadfc07f927 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-2esgh4-dda0e7b572b348b96f357eadfc07f927 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-2esgh4-dda0e7b572b348b96f357eadfc07f927 av-special-heading-h3  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Our Team<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-27fmiw-c7a028422fea02efe3521a06051bcafb av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_four_fifth  first flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-20k8ns-723e23acfbc022ad643395ab900c0d0c'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='avia-team-member av-1x116o-51be1cf8fa099f9c2253fe2d9e75ca57  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class=\"team-img-container\"><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-730 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-730 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/kaisa180.jpg\" alt='Kaisa Kokkonen'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/kaisa180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/kaisa180-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/kaisa180-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/kaisa180-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class=\"team-social\"><div class=\"team-social-inner\"><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"email\" >mailto:kaisa@eurocircle.com<\/span><a href='mailto:kaisa@eurocircle.com' class='avia-team-icon av-1ru4sg-bf2c231e4dc056621062ee095217d2bf' rel=\"v:url noopener\" data-avia-tooltip=\"Message Kaisa (Members only)\" target='_blank' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83b' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name '  itemprop=\"name\" >Kaisa Kokkonen<\/h3><div class='team-member-job-title '  itemprop=\"jobTitle\" ><img src=\"\/images\/flags\/Finland.gif\"\/> Founder & President<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >EuroCircle<\/span><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-1lciao-016b54b27e92695ab92b2df90e3ea2b7 av_four_fifth  avia-builder-el-8  el_after_av_one_fifth  el_before_av_hr  flex_column_div column-top-margin'   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1gel7c-876654d86cbae47f157ecbdc25b695d6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>EuroCircle originated as one woman\u2019s dream. Finnish lawyer Kaisa Kokkonen came to New York in 1992 feeling burnt-out and somewhat bored after a ten-year legal career. But it took a while before she decided to stay for good. \u201cI began assimilating to New York life a year and a half after my arrival, only after I finally decided to stay in the US\u201d Kaisa recalls. The internet was still in its infancy.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997 Kaisa began contemplating the idea of some kind of informal online group for European professionals and expats and at the same time started playing with different names for the group until the final name was chosen. It took her another couple of years to build the structure for EuroCircle (Jan 11 1999 was the first event in New York City) and the rest is history. Since then many companies and individual groups have copied EuroCircle in one form or another but never managed to get the concept right.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-16j44w-3553431865baf2c23138e72a0c19bb24 hr-default  avia-builder-el-10  el_after_av_four_fifth  el_before_av_one_fifth '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-10per4-6143e02182af5149181a7cb5d99bba02 av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_hr  el_before_av_four_fifth  first flex_column_div '   ><p><section  class='av_textblock_section av-zdc1k-9e4ce9825148f1bf3c0eaab99ecf8290'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='avia-team-member av-2pauo-a206d55d6fa131f6d9c6e51d11748656  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" ><div class=\"team-img-container\"><img width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class='wp-image-727 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-727 avia_image avia_image_team' src=\"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe-180x180.jpg\" alt='Christophe Rouchon'  itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/christophe.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><div class=\"team-social\"><div class=\"team-social-inner\"><span class='hidden av_member_url_markup '  itemprop=\"email\" >mailto:christophe@eurocircle.com<\/span><a href='mailto:christophe@eurocircle.com' class='avia-team-icon av-n0i5k-292eda4ac04823c11380853a6dedf3b5' rel=\"v:url noopener\" data-avia-tooltip=\"Message Christophe\" target='_blank' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue83b' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><h3 class='team-member-name '  itemprop=\"name\" >Christophe Rouchon<\/h3><div class='team-member-job-title '  itemprop=\"jobTitle\" ><img src=\"\/images\/flags\/France.gif\"\/> Marketing, Communications & Web magic<\/div><span class='hidden team-member-affiliation'  itemprop=\"affiliation\" >EuroCircle<\/span><\/section><\/p><\/div><div class='flex_column av-g88y0-bbbc68a7dab38a3a1fe7ea6a8a7cd142 av_four_fifth  avia-builder-el-14  el_after_av_one_fifth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-plu0-bd214ef2c3e1cf646ac42156f886d2f4'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Christophe is from Versailles in France. He came to Chicago from London in 1999 where he was working as a derivatives broker for a french Bank. He moved to a creative position in the bank\u2019s Marketing department in Chicago where he designed the company\u2019s brand, intranets and clients portals. After 15 years in the Financial Industry, Christophe joined our team and is now responsible for the EuroCircle brand. He is also enrolled in pre-med as an Honors College student at the University of Illinois at Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Christophe volunteers every week at Northwestern Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department and at UIC\u2019s Finn-Perkins Laboratory with the team researching the interplay and contribution of genetics, miRs and microbiome in obesity, kidney, lung and cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30240,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/696\/revisions\/30240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}