KISI in Austria

Hannes Minichmayr

Founder and leader of KISI. He‘s also leading the KEY group, does concert acquisition and is inspiring all of KISI. In the middle of a stressful work day he regains his energy by playing a round of backgammon.

Birgit Minichmayr

is Hannes‘ wife. With him she founded KISI and she‘s the one who writes all the encouraging songs and musicals. She also invented the little black sheep Pauli and is a caring „KISI mom“ for a lot of kids. Since shortly she has her own blogBlog with tipps for joyfully living faith with kids.

Johanna Binder

has been working for KISI for a long time now and is among other responsible for the staff. She has a Master's degree in "Training, Coaching and Development" and is known for her encouragement and her honest feedback and for finding a meaning behind everything.

Andreas Schaberger

has been with KISI for ages! He is responsible for organisation, accounting and databases and also does a lot of technical and internet-related stuff. His newest passion: fundraising! If you don‘t find him at a computer, he‘s probably with his bees – that is to say that he‘s a hobby beekeeper!

Katharina Tursch

Kathi is working in the KISI office. Usually she is the one to answer your phone calls and emails. She is also the leader of the NOW group and organizes a whole lot else around KISI. She is known for seeing potential in children that others might overlook - and when she feels stressed, it all starts looking better after a cup of tea. 

Johannes Minichmayr

Johannes, the son of Hannes and Birgit, is usually found behind the mixer console or working with cables and cases. He is the technical leader of KISI and is passionate about our singing really reaching our audience – concerning sound and message. He also organizes everything around the "Ruth" performances – from advertisement to ticket sales.

Trixi Grossauer

Trixi is working part-time to beautify things in KISI - for example she did the graphical design of this website. Plus – she takes many of the fabulous KISI photos. She is passionate about good coffee and is thus often found in the KISI café.

Christian Grossauer

Chris is working for KISI among other as house manager. He is married to Trixi and came to KISI through her as late as 2015. He is super structured and curious: From talkiing about what is for lunch tomorrow it is easy to get to the question whether or not it is possible to graft apricots to plum trees.

Claudia Gries

Claudia is working part-time in accounting, she checks the statements of account and makes sure all payments go to the right place. She is living in the KISI flat in Vienna and studies Event Engineering. Her (almost) gapless memory is nearly as fabulous as her birthday cakes.

Jenifer Kefer

Jenny brings a lot of drive into the team. She is proactive, creative, funny and outgoing. That is why her jobs - puppet shows, workshops, radio shows and the KISI CLUB Traunsee - are perfect for her. She is also helping with caring for the volunteers and is regularly organizing 24-hour prayer before and during KISI weekends and other important events. Her ready wit and her spontaneousness make working with her fun.

Simon Schneider

Simon decided to just stay in the KISI house after his volunteer years. He is helping with all kinds of practical stuff (cars, house, stage set-up). He is known for having a lot of fun with the kids, for loving board games, eating tons of ice cream and going for a swim in the icy Traunsee lake (or the small pond in front of the KISI house) in autumn.

Angela Mark

Angela is living in the KISI house and working closeby as a speech therapist. It's her "vocational disease" to correct grammatical mistakes of others while they speak and to have words like "noxa" in her active vocabulary. She also is very musical and funny.

Sophia Oester

Sophia also lives at the KISI house and she works at an after school care center in Gmunden. She is known for her talent in languages and she for example often helps in translating KISI songs. She also staffs at KISI NOW and helps caring for the volunteers.

Lisa Pohlke

Lisa is from Germany and is currently doing a volunteer year with KISI. She supports Kathi in the KISI office and is also responsible for the storing place. Apart from that she loves to do sports and be outside.

Roland Münsted

Roland is currently working for KISI as a civil servant. He is responsible for the crew team organisation and for the technique. He is a night owl, talks ultra rapidly and loves lasagne. He also is known for buying and driving cars that might not anymore be in perfect shape.

Simon Platzl

Simon is a civil servant at KISI. He is responsible for photos being sorted and saved in our database. Also the video administration is his job. Apart from that he helpS with technique. He is an early bird and usually very cheerful and talkative.

Stella Danner

Stella is doing a volunteer year. She is responsible for liturgy and for the opportunity to buy our CDs and DVDs - on tour as well as in the KISI house. And she very diligently feeds our KISI house rabbits.