Welcome to our Official Nominees for 2022 VSE AGM Elections
We are pleased to announce the nominees for the position of VSE President and board members.
The next President and two board members will be elected at the VSE’s Annual General Meeting on the 9th of December, online.
Following a call for presidential and board nominees launched earlier this autumn, the three selected candidates were put forward by the VSE member organisations and endorsed by the VSE management team. The new leaders will take office immediately upon election.
Here are profiles of the confirmed candidates for the upcoming elections.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Rosa Jansen studied Dutch law at Leiden University with a master in business law. She also followed a MPA (Master of Public Administration) – study at the Dutch School of Public Administration in The Hague, The Netherlands and at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. After starting her career at the Dutch Broadcasting Union in Hilversum, she was appointed as judicial trainee. She worked later as lawyer in The Hague/Amsterdam and as a judge /vice-president in the courts of Arnhem, The Hague, Amsterdam and Utrecht, respectively civil court, administrative court, family court and criminal court. From 2002 to 2008 she was president of the criminal division and board member in the rank of coordinating vice-president and acting president in the court in Utrecht.
From 2008 till 2017 she has been appointed as President of the Board of Directors of SSR, the Dutch Training Institute for the Judiciary in Utrecht.
Since 2017 she is on special leave as judge and is appointed as President of the Board of Directors of Victim Support The Netherlands and the Foundation Restorative Justice. She is also member of the Board of Directors of the Dutch Council for Personal.
Rosa Jansen also operated internationally. She was between 2012 -2017 president of the Steering Committee of the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN) in Brussels. Also she was involved in the development of the rule of law in several European countries, including Indonesia, Mongolia and Morocco. Since 2021 she is member of the Board of Victim Support Europe in Brussels.
Rosa Jansen has several publications on her name in the field of the judiciary, innovation, leadership and criminal law.
Between 2015 and 2017 she was appointed as president of the Dutch Association for the Judiciary.
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BOARD MEMBER CANDIDATES
JEFFREY DEMARCO
Jeffrey DeMarco is a senior policy and insight professional with expertise in forensic psychology and criminology. He currently leads Victim Supports Programmes and Partnership team, responsible for their data and reporting function. This is inclusive of their new reporting suite, ensuring the validity and reliability of information captured. This will enable clear, transparent and useful intelligence in meeting and responding to the needs for victims, and providing operational and managerial colleagues with compelling arguments advocating for victims. On the partnership strand, he works with colleagues across the organisation, and closely with the Business Development team, in identifying and pursing new connections to bolster the overall offer of support. Prior to this role, he was the Assistant Director of Knowledge and Insight at Victim Support where he managed the research, data and reporting, external affairs and media teams.
The majority of his policy and insight work explores the intersection between psychology and the criminal justice system, including work for the European Commission, enhancing the policing of online sexual abuse; investigating youth justice systems for UNICEF across the MENA region and eastern Africa; improving partnership between local communities and military in conflict zones, including Iraq and Afghanistan; and assessing the psychopathology of adolescent victims/offenders of online violence (radicalisation) presenting to the police and statutory services. These have allowed for the development of expertise in the area, subject wise and methodologically, as well as allowed the development of strong associations and partnerships nationally and internationally. He co-led a programme of work for the End Violence Partnership and Tech Coalition developing, testing and implementing a new psychological and trauma informed resource for commercial content moderators. The programme sought to assess levels of psychological and emotional distress and identify self-help resources this specific workforce can use. It also aims to raise awareness amongst senior management about the importance of support for staff.
JULIANNE GRIMA
Julianne Grima is a seasoned Psychotherapist and clinical supervisor with 20 years’ experience under her belt. Trained both in Malta and the UK, she dedicated nearing a decade at the start of her career to working in addiction, working with the Prison Inmates Program and subsequently, running both residential and non-residential drug rehabilitation programs. Ms.Grima has simultaneously and to-date run a successful private practice with a special focus on gender-based issues, domestic violence, rape and addiction to mention a few. Since 2015 Julianne has been associated with Victim Support Malta as a therapist, clinical supervisor, board member and over the past six years Executive Chairperson of the NGO.
On a parallel path, Julianne owns and is the Executive Chairperson of TBWA\ANG, a communications and strategy agency that manages accounts like McDonald’s, BOV (Bank of Valletta) and Browns in Malta.
