Meet the team

Eva has been a driving force behind numerous positive change ventures across the school. In the past year alone, she has recorded 77 videos on business & the Sustainable Development Goals, coordinated the creation of RSM's free online course (MOOC), Driving Business Towards the SDGs, and devised the RSM Escape Room.

She first joined RSM in programme management, then in alumni and corporate relations. Later she established networks for entrepreneurs that grew into the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship. She set up the Erasmus Sustainability Hub, co-launched the Erasmus Honours Programme Grand Challenges, and worked on the launch of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Centre for Sustainability. She holds a master in psychology from Utrecht University.

Fey coordinates several projects within the team. One of these is the Erasmus University SDG Ambassador Programme, where 17 ambassadors put their sustainable ambitions into practice.  Moreover, she enjoys working on new and creative approaches and to experiment with innovative platforms.

In recent years, she conducted profound research on the functioning of local democracy in Rotterdam. You can ask her anything about the local neighborhood councils of the city. In the coming year, she will work to be a force for positive change at RSM.

Contributing to positive change through a business lens is her focus. During her bachelor, she did research on how the hospitality industry could move towards sustainable tourism. While pursuing her premaster she was the RSM Ambassador for SDG-7: Affordable and clean energy, for which she organized a fundraiser for SolarAid. She managed to raise money to distribute 21 solar lights, reach 113 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, save €4,000 for families, provide 21,000 extra hours of study for children, and avert 22.3 tonnes of CO2.

Liva believes that sharing knowledge of sustainable practices and addressing the need for change through business activities is needed to create a positive impact. Her I WILL statement represents these ambitions: ‘I WILL share knowledge and positivity’. After her studies, she would like to work at an organization where she will be able to change mindsets to work towards a more sustainable future.

Currently Joey serves as coach for the KPMG-RSM Sustainability Master Thesis Award, SDG Dashboard team and RSM-STAR Changemaker Forum. Two student-based learning-based projects and one large educational forum. She is an active member of the Erasmus University Sustainability Liaison Network (SLN) and currently researching Climate Change communication and capacity development in the university. Teamed up with the Positive Change Initiative in 2018 on a part-time basis: 

• coaching an SDG Dashboard student team in the research/design of a tool for RSM to track and display its SDG targets', strategy performance and impact 
• guiding a student team in the research review process to identify the 2023 KPMG-RSM Sustainability Master Thesis Award winner and runner/up 
• advising the student team co-creating the 2023 edition of the RSM-STAR Changemaker Forum (formerly known as the RSM-STAR Sustainability Forum) 
• contributing leadership, recommendations and driving action as RSM Representative to the Erasmus Sustainability Liaison Network (SLN)  

During her studies, she was involved in many extracurricular activities related to student representation. She has also participated in many cleanup initiatives in Portugal, her home country, mainly relating to the prevention of garbage ending up in the ocean.

Helena believes in the power of students and education to fight for and aim toward positive change and has observed the rapidly increasing urgency with which younger actors are talking about and approaching sustainability. Her I WILL statement represents this: “I WILL strive to leave the world better than I found it”. In the future, she would like to join a non-profit organisation in working toward a better future through both research and action.

Starting in High School Bernice has always been involved in various volunteer projects in her hometown Zeist, from helping in an elderly home to setting up cultural projects to engage youngsters. Throughout her bachelor’s she had an active role in her study association working on a project to connect international students to a Dutch buddy to make them feel at home. In her current role at the Positive Change Initiative, she is leading the KPMG-RSM Sustainability Thesis Award team, consisting of 12 students, with guidance of Joey.

Bernice feels that most situations can be turned in to a win-win situation for all stakeholders. With an optimistic view she envisions her future self-working for businesses or institutions that want to make a positive impact on society with the product or services they offer. Meanwhile, she will support the Positive Change Team creating a positive impact at RSM.