Bastian Hermisson has been directing the Domestic Department of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung since January 2023. From August until December 2022, he headed the EU/North America division. Previously, he was executive director of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's North America office from 2015 onwards. Prior to that, he directed the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's European Union office in Brussels, and different departments of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung's headquarters in Berlin. Before joining the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Bastian served for three years as advisor on foreign, security and environmental policy for the Greens in the German Bundestag. He holds a M. A. summa cum laudae in cultural anthropology and geography, having studied at the Humboldt-University as well as the Free University, Berlin, the Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, and Connecticut College, New London, CT.