Experience

Urban Green Deals

• Netherlands
• Community Development and Urban Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Citizens worldwide increasingly take the lead in tackling urgent challenges in their neighborhoods. This paradigm shift follows the government’s monopoly on service provision and, in more recent years, the domination of market forces. To achieve sustainable results citizens needs methods, data and structural financing. The challenge is to make every voice count while taking on entrenched urban governance systems & processes designed for a different time. That starts and ends with community building and local ownership of spaces. Underlying this is data and digital tools. Show less



De Middellander - Het Wijkbedrijf

• Netherlands
• Civic and Social Organizations

• Board of directors

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  De Middellander is the neighborhood-owned company of Middelland, a hyper-diverse neighborhood in the middle of Rotterdam. It creates inclusivity and value in the neighborhood through co-creation. It involves residents and their structures in topics like welfare, health, sustainability, energy transition and housing. In this way, a future-proof neighborhood grows with space for all. This innovative structure is scalable and replicable for other neighbourhoods. De Middellander is the neighborhood-owned company of Middelland, a hyper-diverse neighborhood in the middle of Rotterdam. It creates inclusivity and value in the neighborhood through co-creation. It involves residents and their structures in topics like welfare, health, sustainability, energy transition and housing. In this way, a future-proof neighborhood grows with space for all. This innovative structure is scalable and replicable for other neighbourhoods.



Cultuur Coöperatie Delfshaven

• Netherlands
• Architecture and Planning

• Co-founder & urban planner

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Cultuur Coöperatie Delfshaven is a new neighbourhood-led organisation that promotes online and offline arts-based methods to support local action and make living together easier. That’s in themes as diverse as health care, urban planning, sustainability and local economy. The first pillar focuses on local networking & matchmaking. The second supports arts-based methods for co-creation between different sectors, offering solutions for mobilising citizens, collecting data and generating ideas. The third is facilitating space & digital infrastructure for neighbourhood-managed production, collaboration and experimentation. Show less



Improv Rotterdam

• Public Relations and Communications Services

• Founder

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Improv Rotterdam offers improv theater and other embodied methods for personal transformation, building community, stimulating creative collaboration and resolving conflict among diverse groups. Improv Rotterdam also offers regular courses, drop-in workshops, and tailored trainings for community organisations, companies and institutions. Improv Rotterdam offers improv theater and other embodied methods for personal transformation, building community, stimulating creative collaboration and resolving conflict among diverse groups. Improv Rotterdam also offers regular courses, drop-in workshops, and tailored trainings for community organisations, companies and institutions.



Studio Geest

• Netherlands
• Architecture and Planning

• Participatory urban planner

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2021

  Studio Geest offers solutions for complex urban challenges with diverse stakeholders. That's more than a plan; it's also step-by-step execution. Community is the basis for structured processes toward greener and more inclusive cities. Studio Geest offers solutions for complex urban challenges with diverse stakeholders. That's more than a plan; it's also step-by-step execution. Community is the basis for structured processes toward greener and more inclusive cities.



WeLoveTheCity

• Netherlands
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Expert urban renewal

  • Apr 2009 - Dec 2017



Mozambique Association of Municipalities

• Maputo, Mozambique

• Municipal development planner

  • Aug 2007 - Mar 2008



MHBC Planning

• Canada
• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Urban planner

  • Aug 2006 - Mar 2007



Matangwe Community Development Project

• Matangwe, Kenya

• Strategic development planner

  • Jan 2006 - Aug 2006