MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
Robert M. Maduro
Email: robertm.maduro@aruba.gov.aw
Stella Harms-Frantzeskakis
Email: stellaharms@hotmail.com
Jouel Milio Croes
Jouel@castnv.com
Josef Croes
Email: josef@admancoaruba.com
Carlos A. Profet
Email: inarch.1@setarnet.aw
THE TEAM
Anne Witsenburg
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
d.every@monumentenfondsaruba.com
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As Project Manager responsibilities include preparing feasibility studies for the restoration of a new monumental building or object. Once feasibility has been approved defining a program of requirements for the identified user/ renter and studying the functional layout within the building per the user’s requirements. After agreement is made with the new user, finding an architect and engineers to design and prepare the restoration and guiding these throughout the design, bidding and monument permit process. Throughout the restoration directing the contractor during the construction phase and coordinating the transfer of the restored monument so the new user/ renter can move in.
What do you love about your work at SMFA?
What I like about my work at SMFA is the contribution to saving and preserving another building or object from the past so new generations can learn from our forefathers and doing this as part of a team that has a positive approach toward this goal.
Ernest (Ronnie) Arends
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.
Petra Davis
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.
Mircla Nava
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.
