On the nomination of the Section Board, the Central Board appointed Marjolein de Wit-Blok as Member of Merit of the Defence and Security Section
ing. Marjolein de Wit - Blok has been very active within the Defence and Security Department since 2015. Since 2016 as secretary of the Kooy symposium committee and in 2018 she was appointed second secretary of the department. Within the board, she has been "activities coordinator" since 2020. In this role, Marjolein encourages department board members and others to organise activities in terms of content. She handles coordination, communication and the necessary logistics. She also does that for other major activities, such as annual "Defence for Engineers" course and the Kooy Symposium.During the corona crisis, Marjolein developed a successful concept for short content-rich webinars, which is widely used afterwards. Without Marjolein, the department would be able to engage in far fewer activities than is now possible, both in nature and number, All this provides the department with a very high profile both inside and outside KIVI.
As a departmental board, we do not only want to award members after their board term or other commitment, but reward excellent commitment much earlier. Marjolein is more than worthy of that reward.
The award was presented on 13 April 2022 during the Kooy symposium 2022 by Jan Wind, chairman KIVI Department of Defence and Security.
