Our board

Our current board for the 2024-2025 academic year consists of the following five people:

President

Hessel Bierma

As president, Hessel’s tasks include:

  • Making sure the board runs smoothly;
  • Chairing board meetings;
  • Chairing general assemblies;
  • Preparing the agenda of board meetings.

Secretary

Nisha Smeets

As secretary, Nisha’s tasks include:

  • Writing minutes of board meeting;
  • Writing minutes of general assemblies;
  • Preparing formal email correspondence;

Treasurer

Cass Alexandru

Cass’s tasks include:

  • Handling association finances;
  • Looking for funding options for the VSA;
  • Preparing budgets;
  • Preparing financial reports;
  • Answering financial questions from treasurers of individual VSAs;
  • Heading the partnership committee;
  • Being the contact person for (inter)national businesses;
  • Maintaining the web-domains.

Head of Events

Christina van Beek

Christina’s tasks include:

  • Organizing and attending national events along with Events Committee
  • Being the contact person for non-profit organizations for events
  • Creating event timelines;
  • Attending events (most of the time);
  • Generating ideas for new events;
  • Figuring out the logistics of excursions;
  • Marketing events to our WhatsApp groups and social media
  • Keeping track of events from VSA and our non-profit partner organizations

Head of Marketing

Stephany (Steph) Pozo Reid

Steph’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;
  • Keeping the website up-to-date along with the Treasurer;
  • Writing a newsletter once a quarter to all VSAs;
  • Supporting individual VSAs with marketing tips and guidance;
  • Engaging with the community to drive member participation.

Previous boards

Fourth Board (2023-2024)

The third board for the academic year of 2023-2024 consisted of the following people:

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

Third Board (2022-2023)

The third board for the academic year of 2022-2023 consisted of the following people:

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

Second Board (2021-2022)

The second board for the academic year of 2021-2022 consisted of the following people:

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

First Board (2020-2021)

The founding board for the academic year 2020-2021 consisted of the following people:

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