Board of Aalto BT ry
Get to know the board roles and the amazing volunteers behind them. A new board is elected for each calendar year and any member can run.
Reach out to our board at board@aaltobt.fi

Chairperson
Kukka-Maria Rossi
Responsible for:
- Action plan (beginning of the year) and action report (end of the year)
- Applying for grants
- Creating agendas and leading meetings
- Strategy and long-term future
- External relations to KY, AYY, and other associations
- Ensuring smooth operations and timeliness

Vice Chairperson
Julia Patja
Responsible for:
- Supporting Chair and stepping up when Chair is unavailable
- Alumni affairs
- Planning board’s own events

Treasurer
Elina Ropanen
Responsible for:
- Budgeting and accounting
- Invoicing companies and students
- Collecting receipts
- Financial reporting
- Negotiating financial support from faculty for events

Corporate Relations
Roope Nevanlinna
Responsible for:
- Answering to company enquiries about partnerships
- Updating company contracts
- Planning collaboration with partners
- Contacting new companies for new partnerships and sponsorships for projects

Corporate Relations
Robert Ylitalo
Responsible for:
- Answering to company enquiries about partnerships
- Updating company contracts
- Planning collaboration with partners
- Contacting new companies for new partnerships and sponsorships for projects

Corporate Communications
Erkka Sipilä
Responsible for:
- Answering to company enquiries about excursions, ads and job ads
- Creating events and handling sign-ups for excursions
- Posting ads and job ads to BT’s channels

Academic Affairs
Joni Mäkinen
Responsible for:
- Meeting faculty regularly
- Communicating with faculty on current academic affairs
- Organising Faculty Coffees together with faculty
- Contacting faculty and professors with issues of teaching

Event Coordinator
Elias Nocito
Responsible for:
- Organising different kinds of traditional and new events for BT
- Planning execution and leading taskforces for events
- Collaborating with stakeholders for events

Event Coordinator
Topi Ylitalo
Responsible for:
- Organising different kinds of traditional and new events for BT
- Planning execution and leading taskforces for events
- Collaborating with stakeholders for events

Project Coordinator
Mikael Laakso
Responsible for:
- Organizing Annual Ball
- Projects throughout the year

Communications Coordinator
Kiia Tolonen
Responsible for:
- Communicating current news and announcements to BT’s channels
- Creating events, sign-ups and contacting participants
- Taking care of BT’s social media presence together with Brand Manager
- Keeping website up to date

Brand Manager
Eeva Heikkinen
Responsible for:
- Creating visuals and templates for events, posts, and channels
- Coordinating our board members’ official photoshoot(s)
- Managing the design of overall badges, as well as other promotional items and materials for our events
- Merch and board shirts
