The Open Eyes Foundation Board ensures that all activities are within Dutch law and agreed charitable objects and is responsible for the strategy, policies, oversight of, and agreeing and approval of the financial plan for its activities/projects.
The Board Members are drawn from a wide field of relevant experience, including human rights, gender equality and women’s rights, minorities/vulnerable groups, development collaboration, strategy, international project management, media and communications, finance and contract management, fundraising, and quality management
Founder and chairperson of the The Open Eyes Foundation, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Fight against Racism and Discrimination.
Xueli is an International model and has modeled for several brands and campaigns including Adidas, Etnia Barcelona, Kurt Geiger, Instagram, Icebreaker, Vogue. Through her modeling work she raises awareness for the situation of persons with albinism in many countries.
Treasurer, with extensive experience in international programme/project management, contracts & finance, fundraising/business development. Joeke is director/owner of Intend Business Development (NL/UK).
Secretary, researcher at the University of Leiden (Netherlands). She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Media and Communication (2017 – 2020) at the Erasmus University. She did her master’s degree in Gender Studies (2020 – 2021) at Utrecht University (cum laude) and subsequently studied Sexology at the KU Leuven (Belgium).
Emergency medical technician (based in the USA). She is currently enrolled in Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions and is doing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
Research/M&E coordinator at Geneva Call, an international NGO that aims to enhance armed groups’ compliance with international humanitarian law. Previously, he was an Assessment Specialist where he was responsible for research conducted as part of the “MENA Atrocity Prevention” programme in Tunis. The aim of this programme is to better understand patterns of violence and discrimination against minority groups in Yemen, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, and design and implement relevant programmes to assist vulnerable populations.
Until recently, she worked as policy adviser at the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (Netherlands). She managed processes of change, and quality control. Previously, she supervised projects and programmes to optimise working processes at the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, in order to enable the professionals in the organisation to focus all their attention, knowledge and talents on the primary process.
Within the Board, the following fields of knowledge and experience are represented:
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