Organogram

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD

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Rousanne de Weever
Chairman

Email: weever.de.r@gmail.com

Sandy van Thol van der Paal
Treasurer

Email: sandy.vanthol@gmail.com

Jouel Milio Croes
Vice president

Jouel@castnv.com

Josef Croes
Vice Treasurer

Email: josef@admancoaruba.com

Carlos A. Profet
Secretary

Email: inarch.1@setarnet.aw

THE TEAM

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Anne Witsenburg
Director

Email: a.witsenburg@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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I am the director of Monuments Fund Aruba. I work together with my colleagues on the preservation of our cultural heritage. As a director my task is not very specific, more general. My colleagues are the experts in their fields of maintenance, projects, education & marketing and office management & bookkeeping. We all work in the same office so we communicate via very short lines on a daily basis. Each week we sit as a group to discuss the progress and overlap of our work. Every month we report to our Board and prepare information for them to base their decisions on. Another part of my job is to keep in touch with main stakeholders, supporters and organizations that we cooperate with. This part is often described as ‘drinking coffee’, but in fact I did not drink one drop of coffee since I was 20… ;-). The networking is however really useful and helps us reach our goals. We experience a lot of support from a wide range of organizations and companies.

What do you love about your work at SMFA?
I love the fact that the results of our foundations work is very visible, that my job is different every day and that I get to meet so many inspiring people. In the few years I have been on Aruba I have developed a great appreciation, even love, for our cultural heritage. Not only are most of our monuments very beautiful, but also their (hi) stories are amazing. Due to our enthusiastic team, lots of energy and patience, we enjoy seeing our monuments getting in shape and being appreciated by people from Aruba as well as tourists.

Daphne Fernandes Pedra
Project Manager

d.every@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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As Project manager responsibilities include preparing feasibility studies for the restoration of a monumental building or object. Once feasibility has been approved a program of requirements for the identified tenant and designing a concept layout of the building according to the new tenant’s wishes is prepared. After agreement with the new tenant is signed, an architect and engineers are hired to transform the concept design into architectural and working drawings for the restoration of the building. These consultants are guided by the project manager throughout the preparation of the drawings, details, specification manual, bidding, and monument permit process. Throughout the restoration the project manager guides and controls the work executed by the contractor during the construction phase. After the restoration is completed the transfer of the restored monument is coordinated so the new tenant can move in.

What do you love about your work at SMFA?
What I like about working in heritage preservation is the discovery and research process while saving and preserving another building or object from the past so new generations can learn from our forefathers. I have the utmost respect and bewonderment for the architects and contractors of the past for what they were able to accomplish without the facility of modern technology, materials, and tools.

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Ernest (Ronnie) Arends
Maintenance Manager

e.arends@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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My work at Monumentsfund Aruba is to manage all the maintenance work that has to be done to keep our monuments in top condition, so the future generation can enjoy of our monuments. (Preserving the past for the future)

What do you love about your work at SMFA?
My job is very interesting. I enjoy seeing our people using our monuments as their office building and help contribute to bring awareness about our history. Every day I learn and understand more about the construction-system used in the past. I am proud to be a part of an organization that is involved with restoration, maintenance and awareness of our monuments.

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Petra Davis
Financial and Administrative officer

Email: secretary@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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My job’s description is Financial administrative officer, I keep the books and keep an eye on the day to day business at the office.

Office management
What I Love about my job is that I’m part of something Great we help to preserve the past for the future.

Our team exists of people that all have a passion for Monuments each in their own way.
We have an open relationship with each other, you can be yourself and feel at home.

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Mircla Nava
Education, PR and Marketing Officer

Email: m.nava@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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I am a Marketing, PR en Education officer at SMFA. Through my work I try to bring awareness about the importance of out built heritage and the stories these monuments have to tell us about the past and also keep the Aruban Community informed about the work our team of SMFA do all year long to reach our goal of preserving the past for the future.

What do you love about your work at SMFA?
What I love about my work at SMFA is the opportunity it gives me to bring awareness about our Aruban Monuments and most of all to teach the younger generation about the importance of our built heritage, hoping that one day they will be the ones working at SMFA preserving the past for the future.

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Maria Ridderstap
Runner / Secretary Assistent
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Sefanja Amidjojo
Projects and Maintenace Assistent

Email: s.amidjojo@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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Kea'lah Krozendijk
Administrative Assistent

E-mail: k.krozendijk@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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Milagros Chacon