The Board of IHS Alumni International
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IHS Alumni International (IHS AI)
Meet the board members
President: Jaime Hernandez from Colombia (living in UK), Alumnus ICHUD 80, 2001
Tasks: Main coordinator of all activities
“I felt that it was a good point of my life to take an active role in an international networking initiative, such as the IHS Alumni International. Now that I have the chance of being a board member, I intend to work hard in getting IHS alumni from the different countries and continents connected, to share not only professional information, but also social and cultural ideas, which enhance our lives and our environments we live in. In short, replicate the experience that we had with our studies and life in Rotterdam.”
Vice-President: Ivan Katongole from Uganda (living in Ethiopia), Alumnus UMD3, 2007
Tasks: budgeting & formal/structural organisation
“I am fully motivated to make a contribution in this exciting time when the foundation of IHS Alumni International is being put in place. It is very important to have a structure on which to sustain the flow of professional knowledge and interactions of the IHS Alumni. It is wonderful to work in a multi-cultural team which is coupled with support from IHS and all alumni around the world. This will take the IHS Alumni International Network to the top. It is time for all stakeholders to work their minds and bring in ideas. The time to get things started is now.”
Bio Ivan Katongole
Events and Communication: Mellyana Frederika from Indonesia, Alumna UMC7, 2000
Tasks: external & internal communication, events, online tools
“I believe that as alumni, we can do more. There are thousands of alumni around the world and it is exciting to get the opportunity to reconnect them. This is not a simple task but a very interesting one. I hope to contribute to the establishment of a long-lasting and fruitful networking. I can feel the excitement and I do hope that the other alumni all around the world, feel the same.’’
Advisor / Representative of the current participants: Luciana Ezequiel UMD82011-2012
Tasks: linking alumni & current participants & prospective students
Bio Luciana Ezequiel
Representative of the IHS Alumni Relations Office:
Sarah Steendam from the Netherlands, IHS Marketing & Communication
“Many of the professional and personal choices I have made have been influenced by my fascination with people and the international communication and cooperation between them. IHS Alumni International is also about building bridges between ideals of social improvement, connecting people from all over the world and building on professional knowledge. For this initial phase of IHS AI I wish to support these ideals and gently feed the initiative. I believe that as soon as we have shown the added value of IHS AI we can achieve great exchanges. The challenge lies in committing, connecting and servicing IHS Alumni so they will take the second step, and the third. I am glad to be part of this exciting start.”
Honorary Board Members
Christina Liesegang from Germany, IHS Alumni Relations, Alumna UMD4, 2008-2009
“During my studies in the IHS Master programme I found that the strongest link we establish with IHS is through our professional network with fellow participants. In our profession we need to create career support and to promote the task of working towards sustainable and liveable cities. In particular, I want to promote a network by women working in urban development professions globally. I am equally interested in the challenge of creating a unique alumni network which is genuinely global and mostly virtual in nature but at the same time based on professional content.”
Mr. A.K. Jain (Alumnus ICHUD, 1975) from India (President of IHS Alumni India)
“Connect your professional excellence with a spirit of giving and a quest for lifelong learning!”
Isabel León Candelario (Alumna ICHUD, 1989) from Cuba (President of IHS Alumni Cuba)
“I would like to give all my efforts to keep the enthusiastic atmosphere of the IHS Alumni beyond the time, distance, and different social & economic systems wherever we live.”
Claudio Acioly Jr. (Alumnus) from Brazil
(UN-Habitat, former IHS staff, IHS lecturer)
