Delia has more than 20 years' leadership experience in higher education including advancement, strategic alumni relations, (internationa0)l marketing & communications, teaching and student recruitment at various universities in The Netherlands.

Delia was the Director of the University Fund at Wageningen University & Research for the previous ten years, where she successfully led the ‘Food for Thought, Thought for Food’ campaign; the first major fundraising campaign for any Dutch university.

As of April 2021, Delia is the Executive Director Advancement of the new department University Relations & Fundraising (DURF) at the VU Amsterdam.

Connecting people and organizations to universities is becoming ever more important. The connecting theme throughout Delia’s career has been to focus on the perspective of others in order to forge connections and to contribute to a better world together, based on the input of researchers, students and external stakeholders.

Delia has a Bachelor degree in International Hospitality Management and studied a Master programme in Management & Policy sciences at Radboud University Nijmegen.