The Board
The Current Board
This is the XXXIIIrd board of Albion consisting of Nova, Nina, Thijs, Amelia, Thom and Charlie.
Board XXXIII
Nova Beinema – Chair
Nickname: Noof
Birthday: 9th of December (09-12-2002)
Drink: Vodka Cranberry
Quote/Catchphrase: “Het is echt casual” translation “It really is casual”.
Morning person or Night owl: Morning person
Book: Call Me by Your Name, by Andre Aciman
Word: Loquacious
Fictional character: Fleabag, she is simply all I want in a fictional character.
Movie: Mamma Mia, since it never fails to make me feel ecstatic.
No one knows that… I’m pretty good at Swedish crossword puzzles.
Spirit animal: A Bee, because I keep busy 🙂
Literature or Linguistics: Linguistics
Best Albion memory so far: My best Albion memory so far has been the Masquerade ball, that I organised with my fellow Party Committee members at the end of the 2021-2022 academic year. Everybody was dressed up and we even had an open bar! It was so much fun and it truly was a great way to celebrate the end of the year. But I’m certain we will be making many more great memories this year!
Nina Carstens – Secretary
Nickname: Nien
Birthday: September 23rd
Drink: Apple Cider
Quote/Catchphrase: “How dare you detective Diaz I am your superior officer!”
Morning person or Night owl: Actually neither but if I had to choose, Night owl.
Book: Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Word: Scoundrel
Fictional character: Fang Runin from The Poppy War
Movie: Legally Blonde
No one knows that… the reason why I hate playing games (yes, ALL games) is because I am a incredibly sore loser.
Spirit animal: a Dik-dik
Literature or Linguistics: Literature
Best Albion memory so far: The entire big trip to Dublin
Thijs Legein – Treasurer
Nickname: Thiscus Fiscus
Birthday: 04-07-2023
Drink: Old Fashioned
Quote/Catchphrase: No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothes.
Morning person or night owl: Morning Person
Book: Gideon’s Travels
Word: Malarkey
Fictional character: Leroy Jethro Gibbs
Movie: Christopher Robin
No one knows that… I’m Rumpelstilsken.
Spirit animal: –
Literature or Linguistics: What is Literature?
Best Albion memory so far: Big Trip ‘23
Amelia van Esch – Commissioner of Internal Affairs
Nickname: Your Majesty/Queen (or simply Ames if you’re not a fan of monarchism)
Birthday: September 18th
Drink: Sparkling Ice Tea and Milkshakes
Quote/Catchphrase: “It’s not in the minutes, so it didn’t happen.”
Morning person or Night owl: Morning person, not by choice mind you, my internal clock simply does not allow me to sleep in :’)
Book: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley
Word: Immaculate
Fictional character: Professor Layton
Movie: Spider-Man: Into/Across the Spider-Verse
No one knows that… I used to make mediocre gaming videos on Youtube and stream on Twitch.
Spirit animal: Turtle.
Literature or Linguistics: Linguistics, always found analysing texts to be daunting.
Best Albion memory so far: The Dublin Big Trip!
Thom Bravenboer – Commissioner of Education
Nickname: The Tank Engine
Birthday: September 9th
Drink: Radler, preferably with a bunch of ice cubes.
Quote/Catchphrase: “I need structure otherwise I’m going to die.”
Morning person or night owl: Night owl
Book: The King of Elfland’s Daughter
Word: Prithee
Fictional character: Geralt of Rivia
Movie: The Princess Bride
No one knows that… I like to collect commemorative coins on vacation
Spirit animal: Crab
Literature or Linguistics: Literature
Best Albion memory so far: The beach day!
Charlie Edelbroek – Commissioner of External Affairs
Nickname: Tall Charlie
Birthday: 27 June
Drink: Tea! Dirty chai, (iced) earl grey or Yorkshire tea with milk more specifically
Quote/Catchphrase: I swear, in that moment, we were infinite
Morning person or night owl: I’m absolutely a night owl but after enough opening shifts at work I’m starting to vibe with the morning more as well
Book: Loveless by Alice Oseman or The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Word: Scrumptious
Fictional character: Remus Lupin
Movie: Little Women by Greta Gerwig (<3) or Dead Poets Society
No one knows that… I am actually 1.56m, I just float tall-y
Spirit animal: Otter 🙂
Literature or Linguistics: Lit(tle wom-)erature
Best Albion memory so far: Difficult choice but I’d say running into the North Sea with a small group while we were at the Albion Beach Day <3
Board History
The 32nd Board
Academic Year 2022-2023
Chair: Soraya van den Steen
Secretary: Marlies Riemens
Treasurer: Lisanne Nieuwendijk
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Anna Alborghetti
Commissioner of Education: Mar Luijkx
Commissioner of External Affairs: Lisanne Nieuwendijk
The 31st Board
Academic Year 2021-2022
Chair: Bram van Beerendonk
Secretary: Tessa van Westerop
Treasurer: Dagmar Nan
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Wobke Ballast
Commissioner of Education: Victoria Bluriot
Commissioner of External Affairs: Daan Reins
The 30th board
Academic year 2020-2021
Chair: Bauke Dudink
Secretary: Veerle Kosters
Treasurer: Charlotte van Houdt
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Rixt Tuinstra
Commissioner of Education: Nienke Hutten
Commissioner of External Affairs: Bram van Beerendonk
The 29th board
Academic year 2019-2020
Chair: Imke van Dam
Secretary: Effie Ophelders
Treasurer: Ward Faessen
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Leanne van Kampen
Commissioner of Education: Zoë op ten Berg
The 28th board
Academic year 2018-2019
Chair: Sandra de Kruijf
Secretary: Ymke Verploegen
Treasurer: Caitlin Kroot
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Hanka Damsma
Commissioner of Education: Lotte Murrath
Commissioner of External Affairs (resigned 24-04-2019): Baukje Harmsma
The 27th board
Academic year 2017-2018
Chair (resigned 30-04-2018): Job Petersen
Secretary: Tanisha Wetsteen
Treasurer: Justine Hoogstraten
Commissionair of Internal Affairs: Minthe Woudstra
Commissionair of External Affairs: Alessandra Polimeno
The 26th Board
Academic Year 2016-2017
Chair: Anna de Roest
Secretary: Vincent Brouwer
Treasurer: Chrystel Philipsen
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Jitske Brinksma
Commissioner of External Affairs: Iris Pijning
The 25th Board
Academic Year 2015-2016
Chair: Nick Breedveld
Secretary: Georgia-Rae Dijk
Treasurer: Laurien Schonewille
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Niki Liebregts
Commissioner of External Affairs: Maarten Gooskens
The 24th Board
Academic Year 2014-2015
Chair: Jos de Groot
Secretary: Nadine van kerkhoven
Treasurer: Floris Bouwman
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Carlijn Burggraaf
Commissioner of External Affairs: Pleuni van Laarhoven
The 23rd Board
Academic Year 2013-2014
Chair: Fleur Kronenberg
Secretary: Aster Dieleman
Treasurer: Syme van der Lelij
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Maroucha Veerman
Commissioner of External Affairs: Astrid Nieuwets
The 22nd Board
Academic Year 2012-2013
Chair: Michel Op Den Camp
Secretary: Valerie Vastbinder
Treasurer: Anneke Pons
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Annabelle Roovers
Commissioner of External Affairs: Aisha Mansaray
The 21st Board
Academic Year 2011-2010
Chair: Arne Rydell
Secretary: Laila El-Sayed
Treasurer: Christian Hendriks
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Koen van den Wijngaart
Commissioner of External Affairs: Litania de Graaf
The 20th Board
Academic Year 2010-2011
Chair: Joyce Calis
Secretary: Sabina Kasum (First Marianne Kraai)
Treasurer: Christian Hendriks
Commissioner of Internal Affairs: Anton van der Sluis
Commissioner of External Affairs: Bas Teunissen
The 19th Board
Academic Year 2009-2010
Chair: Ingrid Verhees
Secretary: Bert Verwoerd
Treasurer: Jamili Wetzels *Honorary Albion Member*
Commissioner of Education: Lieke Oosterkamp
The 18th Board
Academic Year 2008-2009
Chair: Ruby Engelen
Secretary: Marjolein Toet
Treasurer: Judith de Graaf
Deputy-chair: Lisa Geijtenbeek
Commissioner of Public Relations: Esmé Deppe
The 17th Board
Academic Year 2007-2008
Chair: Erik van Dijk
Secretary: Wolf Hijlkema
Treasurer: Christine Kelly
The 16th Board
Academic Year 2006-2007
Chair: Michiel Bilderbeek
Secretary: Roos van de Wardt
Treasurer: Sander Gerrits
The 15th Board
Academic Year 2005-2006
Chair: Eva Overman
Secretary: Rosanne Dirksmeijer
Treasurer: Erik van Eimeren
The 14th Board
Academic Year 2004-2005
Chair: Laragh Meijer (now Willekes Macdonald)
Secretary: Laura van Hamersveld
Treasurer: Marieke Pieterman (not Ten Holter)
The 13th Board
Academic Year 2003-2004
Chair: Daniel Valkenhoff
Secretary: Linda van de Brink
Treasurer: Tamara Ramsey
The 12th Board
Academic Year 2002-2003
Chair: Frances van Oost
Secretary: Heiltje Winterink
Treasurer: Luuk Keijser
The 11th Board
January 2001 – September 2002
Chair: Peter Kroes
Secretary: Victoire Nijland
Treasurer: Jorinde de Boer
The 10th Board
Calendar Year 2000
Chair: Michiel de Hoog
Secretary: Roos Jansen
Treasurer: Dennis de Jong, Suzanne Martens?
Committee coordinator: Sanne Bergenhenegouwen
The 9th Board
Calendar Year 1999
Chair: Michiel de Hoog
Secretary: Roos Jansen
Treasurer: Dennis de Jong
Committee coordinator: Sanne Bergenhenegouwen
The 8th Board
Calendar Year 1998
Chair: Kathelijne van de Velde
Secretary: Chantal Weghorst
Treasurer: Lianne van der Meer
The 7th Board
Calendar Year 1997
Chair: Anneke Gortemulder
Secretary: Chantal Weghorst
Treasurer: Niels Rengelink
The 6th Board
Calendar Year 1996
Chair: Henriëtta Spa
Secretary: Gabriëlla van Karsbergen
Treasurer: Bas Jonkers
The 5th Board
Calendar Year 1995
Chair: Jetta Spaanenburg
Secretary:
Treasurer: Jean Michael Thijssen
The 4th Board
Calendar Year 1994
Chair: A. Post
Secretary:
Treasurer:
The 3rd Board
Calendar Year 1993
Chair: J. van Harmelen
Secretary:
Treasurer:
The 2nd Board
Calendar Year 1992
Chair: Maayke Botman
Secretary: Iris Casteren van Cattenburgh
Treasurer: Maarten Coelingh
The 1st Board
Calendar Year 1991
Chair: Jan de Nooij
Secretary: Renée Kerkhoven
Treasurer: Maarten Coelingh
This is as far as our knowledge of previous board members goes. If you have any information on previous Albion board members, please contact us at albionutrecht@gmail.com
Before Albion Utrecht was restarted in 1991 with the Statutes, it did exist and it had board members. However, we know of only someformer board members:
- Erik Cooper (Treasurer in 1962-63, and President in 1963-64)
- Jan Paul Kuijper
- Peter Schelleman (1968-69)
- Bert Schouten
- Monic Martens (1982-1987?)
- Gert Jan Lantinga (Chair during 1979-85)
