Our Executive Committee

The ENAS Executive Committee (EC) plays a vital role in bringing the ENAS Strategy to life, driving the development and execution of events and activities that benefit our entire network.

Elected by the ENAS General Assembly 2024 in Belfast, the EC consists of three key roles—President, Treasurer, and Secretary-General—along with up to four committee members. One of these members is elected Vice-President. All positions are held on a voluntary basis, with the support of their universities. The committee members work together to lead our initiatives and ensure ENAS’s continued success.

The EC also has the flexibility to invite additional members to attend meetings and take on specific responsibilities when needed, helping us stay adaptable and focused on the needs of our community.

Current Executive Committee

Ms Liesbeth van Vliet-Kruisifikx

ENAS President

Sports Coordinator
Maastricht University
The Netherlands

  • Liesbeth van Vliet-Kruisifikx – President

    With my background in movement sciences and sports management and policy, I feel at home in my current job as sports coordinator in Maastricht University.

    I came to Maastricht for my study time and never left, I love working and living in the southern part of the Netherlands.


    The surroundings are a good inspiration for race cycling and walks in the hills. Next to that I love to do different sports as squash, padel and recently I started bouldering.
    One of my other hobbies is making music together, I play violin in the university orchestra and recently started with piano lessons. I love to be part of different networks and occasionally try to bring these networks together.

    A few years ago, we started a foundation ‘Maastricht Vitale Stad’, to promote a vital life style to the local people. In that way I try to bring students and the other inhabitants closer to each other and we promote people to connect and work together in organizing activities that help people to be more vital and get more power over their own health (body and mind).
    I like to work and be active, but I also like to read a good book and I love spend time with my husband and kids (two teenagers), cook good food and spend time together with family and friends in the kitchen or in our garden.


    Since 2019 I feel part of the ENAS family and I am happy that I have the opportunity now to give something back to this network. I am looking forward to the next period, let’s make it better together!

     

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Ms Andrea Altmann

ENAS Vice-President

Head of Sport
University of Jena
Germany 

Mr Tiago Fernandes

ENAS Secretary General

Sport Officer
Nova University of Lisbon
Portugal

  • As far as I can remember, I've always been a sports fan.

    I practiced several sports and ended up being a semi-professional futsal player for more than

    10 years. Since I retired from futsal I try to keep fit and healthy by going to the gym, cycling

    and playing occasional football and padel with friends.

    I started my academic education in IT Engineering but ended up changing to the Sports field,

    which made me much happier. I graduated in Sports Coaching and worked in different areas as

    a football coach, strength and conditioning coach, event planner and sports manager. Since

    2015, I have been working at the Sports Service of NOVA University of Lisbon, trying my best to

    make the world a healthier and happier place.

    In my free time, I like to travel, read and watch old movies

Mr Pep Sala

ENAS EC Member

Head Sports service facilities
University of Barcelona
Catalonia - Spain

  • Degree in Physical Education, Postgraduate in the management of the maintenance of sports facilities and Master in Sports Management.

    After some beginnings working in the coordination of school sports, I started the relationship with university sports leading the competition area of a private university (URL). I have now spent more than twenty years in the sports department of the University of Barcelona as head of Facilities. The first ENAS congress I attended was in Lille 2014.

    In love with Barcelona, I live with my wife and two teenage daughters. Many hours dedicated to cooking courses, traveler to many corners of the world, city cyclist and padel player 3 times a week.  Treasurer of a scout group with over 100 young kids and one day you may find me in front of your house sleeping in my camper van!

     “All men I meet are superior to me in some way, and in that I learn from him.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mr Nils Van De Velden

Treasurer

Sports Coordinator
University of Antwerp
Belgium

  • I got involved in University Sports as a student - organising skiing trips for students during winter break, and involvement in the Antwerp Student Sport Council - and never looked back. I have been working in University sports for over 15 years - in many different roles - and since 2024 coordinating the University of Antwerp's Sports Office.

    I have been an amateur table tennis player as a youth, but at the moment find the greatest joy in actively practicing outdoor sports and passively following international cycling. Furthermore I'm an enthusiast of all sports and fascinated by and passionate for sport's role in society, both at a local as an international level.

    I have been attending ENAS events since 2015, always being inspired by many things, and I am grateful to continue my university's active involvement in ENAS by being a member of the Executive Committee. I hope to contribute to the growth of ENAS as a network and as a representative body for our sector.

Mr Maurizio Marano

ENAS EC Member

Associate Professor of Business Administration
University of Bologna
Italy

  • I am Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Department of Management of Bologna University. I teach: Sustainability reporting in two master programs (one of them is about social economy organizations): Sustainability and Sustainability reporting in different master programs in Sport management (Bologna university, Udine university) and in different programs for sport managers organized by sport organizations; performance measurement in c-operative firms.

    I am the author of publications on Sport organizations and on Sustainability and Sustainability reporting in sport organizations.

    I was Delegate of the Rector of Bologna university for sports activities and President of the Sports committee at Bologna university. I was the Scientific Director of the Regional School of sport of CONI (Italian Olympic Committee, Regional committee of Emilia-Romagna). I also was member of the executive committee of Unisport Italia (Italian network for the development of university sports.

    I had the opportunity of collaborating with many Italian sport organizations.

    When I was young, I was a poor basketball player. Now I am a great motor sports fan (F1, Motogp, SBK) and basketball enthusiast (of European and Italian basketball). I also love volleyball.