{"id":1587,"date":"2025-06-15T08:28:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T08:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/gorinchem\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=1587"},"modified":"2026-02-15T14:43:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T14:43:11","slug":"desiree-van-baalen","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/gorinchem\/mensen\/desiree-van-baalen\/","title":{"rendered":"Desiree van Baalen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading heading__align--left heading__color--black heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-desiree-van-baalen4768\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Desiree van Baalen\" >\n\tDesiree van Baalen<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--110 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-video\">\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"block-video__video-wrapper\"\n\t\tstyle=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/231\/2026\/02\/MG_6769_260214_D66-afd_Gorinchem.jpg')\"\n\t>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"block-video__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--small paragraph__weight--medium\">\n\t\t<b>Desiree van Baalen<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: D66 Gorinchem\t<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--70 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-people-introduction\">\n\t<div class=\"block-people-introduction__content\">\n\t\t<p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--big\">\n\t\t<strong>Desiree van Baalen \u2013 <\/strong><br><strong>Zie wat onze stad kan<\/strong> \t<\/p><section class=\"people-bullet-point-card block-people-introduction__people-bullet-point-card\" style=\"--bg-color: var(--global-colors-texasRose)\">\n\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__title\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading    heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-over-desiree454\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Desiree\">\n\tOver Desiree<\/h2>\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"people-bullet-point-card__border\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"people-bullet-point-card__info\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"lists\">\n\t\t\t\t<li><label>Leeftijd<\/label><span>51 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Gorinchem<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t<li><label>Voornaamwoorden<\/label><span>Zij\/haar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><p class=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default\">\n\t\t<strong>Energiek, gestructureerd en verbindend. Desiree houdt van duidelijkheid: wie doet wat, en waarom? Ze schakelt snel, houdt het overzicht en zorgt dat losse eindjes bij elkaar komen \u2013 altijd met oog voor wat mensen verbindt.<br><br><\/strong>Desiree woont sinds 2003 in Gorinchem, samen met haar man en hun twee tieners. De stad voelt vertrouwd, open en dichtbij \u2013 een plek om je leven op te bouwen \u00e9n om aan bij te dragen. Want aan de zijlijn staan is niets voor haar. Zeker niet nu gemeenten steeds meer taken krijgen \u2013 dat vraagt betrokken bestuur, dicht bij de mensen.<br><br>Valt het jou ook op hoe snel mensen tegenwoordig oordelen \u2013 zeker online? Terwijl de meeste mensen gewoon een goed leven willen, met ruimte om te wonen, werken en zorgen voor elkaar. Dat beeld houdt Desiree vast. Het motiveert haar om niet weg te kijken, maar mee te doen. En om te laten zien dat betrokkenheid en nuance nog steeds verschil kunnen maken.<br><br>Desiree werkt als administrateur. Ze houdt van cijfers, maar nog meer van structuur. In haar rol als fractiesecretaris brengt ze diezelfde helderheid in vergaderingen: agendapunten scherp, acties duidelijk, lijnen kort. Zo is er ruimte om het te hebben over wat onze mooie stad bieden kan.\u00a0<br><br><em>Je ziet haar misschien niet altijd op de voorgrond, maar haar aanwezigheid is voelbaar. In fractiewerk, in gesprekken en als trotse inwoner van Gorinchem die luistert naar het leven om haar heen.<\/em><br>\u00a0<br><strong>Realistisch \u2013 Praktisch \u2013 Verbindend \u2013 Nuchter \u2013 Luistert \u2013 Stelt de juiste vragen<\/strong><br><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><br><strong>Fractiesecretaris D66 Gorinchem<\/strong>\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-2095390777\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Functie historie\" aria-controls>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__heading\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"heading   heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold\" id=\"nav-functie-historie1298\">\n\tFunctie historie<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/button>\n\n\t<section id=\"content-accordion-panel-2095390777\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-2095390777\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"content-accordion lists content-accordion__lists lists__weight--medium lists__color--black lists__type--default\"><li><label>2024 &#8211; heden<\/label><span>Fractiesecretaris<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":2304,"menu_order":0,"template":"","labels":[],"search-tags":[],"division-tags":[32,45],"class_list":["post-1587","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-fractie","division-tags-kandidaten-gr2026"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Gorinchem &#8212; Onze mensen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Desiree kandidaat nummer 11 voor D66 Gorinchem GR2026. 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