Our board

Our current board for the 2025-2026 academic year consists of the following people:

President

Joyce Frericks

Joyce’s tasks include:

  • Organizing and attending national events;
  • Being the contact person for non-profit organizations for events;
  • Generating ideas for new events;
  • Making sure the board runs smoothly;
  • Chairing board meetings and general assemblies;
  • Preparing the agenda of board meetings.

Secretary

Rick Koenders

Rick’s tasks include:

  • Writing minutes of board meeting and general assemblies;
  • Preparing formal email correspondence;
  • Being the contact person for (inter)national businesses;
  • Maintaining the web-domains.

Treasurer

Cass Alexandru

Cass’s tasks include:

  • Handling association finances;
  • Looking for funding options for the VSA;
  • Preparing budgets and financial reports;
  • Answering financial questions from treasurers of individual VSAs;
  • Keeping an overview of how the individual VSAs are doing.

Media Manager

David Läwen

David’s tasks include:

  • Developing and executing marketing strategies to boost VSA’s visibility;
  • Managing social media platforms including LinkedIn & Instagram and content creation;
  • Coordinating with other board members to ensure consistent branding;
  • Supporting individual VSAs with marketing tips and guidance;
  • Engaging with the community to drive member participation.

Previous boards

Fifth Board (2024-2025)

  • Christina van Beek as President (2025) and Head of Events (2024-2025)
  • Nisha Smeets as Secretary
  • Cass Alexandru as Treasurer
  • Stephany Pozo Reid as Head of Marketing
  • Hessel Bierma as President (2024)

Fourth Board (2023-2024)

  • Anushka Massand as President
  • Yannick Hajee as Vice-President
  • Anouk Willems as Secretary
  • Gwen as Treasurer

Third Board (2022-2023)

  • Sanne Jäkel as President
  • Britt Dragstra as Secretary
  • Steven Bensdorp as Treasurer
  • Aiko Unterweger as Head of Marketing

Second Board (2021-2022)

  • Zeynep Kunduracılar as President
  • Paul van Gent as Secretary
  • Sieben as Treasurer
  • Luc Roefs as Vice-President

First Board (2020-2021)

  • Alicja Jelenska as President
  • Apolónia Drábová as Secretary
  • Paul van Gent as Treasurer
  • Luc Roefs as Vice-President