Annelies Umans currently serves as a Beleidsadviseur Sport en Speelruimte at Gemeente Lochem since November 2023, having previously held the position of Junior Beleidsadviseur Sociaal Domein. Prior to this, Annelies worked as a Projectmedewerker for Gemeente Berkelland and as a Junior Adviseur Publiek Domein with Publiek Innovatief Talent. Annelies’s experience also includes a role in administration and personnel at Vaste Planten Kwekerij Heutinck and a Master Thesis Project at Politie Oost-Nederland. Annelies holds a Master of Science in Public Administration from the University of Twente and a Bachelor of Arts in European Studies from the University of Amsterdam, as well as an IGCSE and International Baccalaureate Diploma from Collège du Léman.