Stichting Pride Amsterdam is a non-profit organisation that works for emancipation, social, civic and legal equality and acceptance of gay, bisexual and lesbian people and also for those who do not want to — or cannot — conform to dominant societal gender roles (such as masculine women, feminine men and queers), or for whom the sex assigned at birth does not match how they feel (such as transgender people). Visibility of diversity is essential to achieve this.What you see can’t be ignored.
Pride Amsterdam was organised by Stichting Gay Business Amsterdam (GBA) from 1996 to 2005, by Stichting ProGay from 2006 to 2013, and since 2014 by Stichting Pride Amsterdam (formerly Amsterdam Gay Pride, AGP).
Stichting Pride Amsterdam is the hub connecting organisations and businesses that collaborate to create the festival. The festival is shaped with the help of the following committees: Hospitality, Canal Parade, Pride Walk, Arts & Culture, St. Pride & Sports, Women & Pride, Youth Pride, Senior Pride, Trans Pride, Religion Pride, Fetish Pride and Corporate Pride. These committees advocate for programmes tailored to their target groups and increase visibility for those communities.
Board
Stichting Pride Amsterdam operates under a board model in which the board, in consultation with the director, sets the organisation’s strategic course and oversees its execution. The board has delegated day-to-day affairs and its assigned duties and powers to the director. For its supervisory role the board maintains regular contact with the director and appoints the foundation’s auditor. The board may request the auditor to carry out further investigation into the foundation’s administrative organisation and produce a management report (letter) about it. To also acts as an advisory sounding board and can be engaged for lobbying, representation in relevant networks, and similar tasks.
Bestuur:
- Suzanne van de Laar (she/her) – Chair
- Joyce Priem (she/her) – Treasurer
- Geneviève Lieuw (she/her)
- Huib Wurfbain (he/him)
- Souad Boumedien (she/her)
- Camiel Welling (he/they/she)
Guiding Principles
Ourguiding principlesgive us guidance to make the right choices in exceptional situations. All our decisions are based on these principles.
Operational team
The authorised director provides organisational direction, secures partners, grants and other income, manages spending and available resources, and ensures the organisation functions effectively and the festival runs successfully. The operational team consists of two permanent staff members and is supplemented by freelancers and specialised external parties.
- Lucien Spee de Castillo Ruiz (he/him) – Executive Director
- Marc Bartels (he/him) – Senior Event Manager
- Pim Strating (he/him) – Office & Event Manager
- Cristina Huizer (she/her) – Ticketing & WorldPride Stadium
- Martijn Albers (he/him) – Press & Communication and Conference
- Patrick Vleeshouwers (he/him) – Head of Safety & Security and Permit Manager
- Peter van Vught (he/him) – Programmer
- Marja Lust (she/her) – WorldPride Conference Manager
- Sebastiaan van der Lans (he/him) – Head of Tech
- Pim Brouwers (he/him) – Pop-up Store Manager
- Ben Hassing (he/him) – Hospitality InterPride members & Scholarships
- Mariska de Visser (she/her) – Volunteer Coordinator
- Pieter Teepe (he/him) – Festival Manager
- Noah Millman (he/him) – Hospitality InterPride members & Scholarships
- Monique de Adelhart Toorop (she/her) – Bookkeeper
Pride Programme Committees
For the festival’s programme we work with committees that advocate for activities tailored to their audiences and increase visibility for those groups. Each committee is led by a programme manager appointed by Pride Amsterdam and formed by representatives of various organisations, associations and businesses.
- Marco Altena (he/him) – Youth Pride, Student Pride & Junior Pride
- Ilias Zian (he/him) – Arts & Culture Pride
- Mirjam Preusterink (she/her) – Sport Pride
- Paul Rijpstra (he/him) – Senior Pride
- Wouter Neerings (he/him) – Corporate Pride
- Zef Faerber (he/him) – Trans Pride
- Cornald Maas (he/him) Canal Parade
- Stanley Starreveld-Doesburg (he/him) – Fetish Pride
- Wielie Elhorst (he/him) – Religious Pride
- Ronald Mol (he/him) – BiPlus Pride
- Sarah Ringoet (she/her) – Women & Pride
- Khareem Wielingen (he/him) – Ballroom Pride
Pride Ambassadors
Since 2013 Pride Amsterdam has appointed Pride Ambassadors who serve as role models for many in our community. Each ambassador has their own identity and compelling story and together they represent the diversity and colour of the LGBTIQ+ community. Each year this special group is expanded with new faces that fit the year’s theme. An ambassador is appointed for life and at the annual ambassadors’ meeting they welcome the new appointees. Curious about the story behind each face? See here:Ambassadors.
