The General Assembly 2021 is now concluded! The GA is the highest governing body of the association and an an important democratic moment - it decides on major changes related to the functioning of the association.
We confirm we have reached the quorum and we are happy to announce that
Fionnuala Flynn, Jessica Fiorelli, Michele Romano (re-election) and Theodora Ralli (re-election) were elected as Board Members.
While you are familiar with the two re-elected board members, we would like to introduce you to Fionnuala and Jessica.
Fionnuala graduated from the EMA in 2014. Originally a primary school teacher, she did her EMA internship and worked for 4 years in development and humanitarian project management in Ireland. In 2019, Fionnuala was deployed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where she worked as Trocaire’s Business Development and Compliance manager. In 2020 Fionnuala completed a diploma in Psychology with Dublin Business School, an area in which she has a keen interest. She has sang both for fun and professionally for many years in Ireland and elsewhere and loves music, travel, drawing and reading. She is currently based in Brussels and is due to take up a new position in humanitarian advocacy in September. Fionnuala is delighted to be elected to the Board, and to have the opportunity to contribute to our common goals in linking alumni together to further the cause of human rights. Fionnuala has been an active Alum by leading the last Webinar Series and being a speaker at the Career Day 2020
Jessica graduated from the EMA in 2016, after which she ventured to Brussels to work in policy and advocacy on a variety of issues including migration, poverty, social economy and most recently education and training. She’s incredibly passionate about social justice and is an ardent advocate for diversity and inclusion – which she’s currently pursuing a masters in. As a board member, she wishes to bring the association forward, reinforcing it through stronger engagement of alumni spread across the globe – co-creating a community of solidarity and cooperation. Jessica has been an active Alum by being one of the Hub Ambassadors in Brussels.
Congratulations to our four elected Board members!
And thanks to the other two candidates for running for the board.
You can find a preliminary report of the General Assembly prepared by the Electoral Commission here. In the report you can read more about:
- election results
- our members’ feedback to the mid-term narrative and financial report
- feedback and inputs for the activity plan
Find out more about our board members and SG here.
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