{"id":667,"date":"2022-01-22T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/peelenmaas\/?post_type=people-type&#038;p=667"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:49:38","slug":"odilia-rens","status":"publish","type":"people-type","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/peelenmaas\/mensen\/odilia-rens\/","title":{"rendered":"Odilia Rens"},"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__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-odilia-rens3502\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Odilia Rens\" >\n\tOdilia Rens<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper wrapper__spacing-top-large--40 wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--80 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--60 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--50  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  data-background-color=\"wisteria\">\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\/349\/2026\/02\/11Odiliakek.png')\"\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>#11 Odilia Rens<\/b> <i>&#045;<\/i> Beeld: Mohammad Bahlsi\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\tOdilia Rens (1966) woont al 24 jaar met veel plezier met haar partner, zus en honden in het<br>buitengebied van Egchel. Zij is geboren in Hamburg, opgegroeid in Amersfoort, heeft tijdens haar studie Scheikundige Technologie 7 jaar studie in Delft en daarna 10 jaar in Amsterdam gewoond. Eind 2001 bracht haar werk, als Plantmanager van de kolenvergasser in Buggenum, haar naar Limburg.<br><br>In 2004 begon haar betrokkenheid bij onderwijs als (vice) voorzitter in de raad van toezicht, eerst in Leudal en vanaf 2012 ook in Peel en Maas. <em>\u201cNu ben ik founding mother van Buurtcollege Maas en Peel, mijn levenswerk. Die openbare Agora school is na 4,5 jaar vasthoudend verbinden, samenwerken en sturen, in 2021 van<br>start gegaan.\u201d<\/em><br><br>In 2015 vroeg Wil van Elk, de voorvrouw van de actiegroep Behoud Waterloat, haar voor het bestuur van Stichting Beheer Waterloat, het geprivatiseerde zwembad in Panningen. <em>\u201cIk floreer in omgevingen waar mensen, techniek en cijfers bij elkaar komen.\u201d<\/em><br><br>In al die rollen hier in Limburg speelde de gemeente of provincie een rol, de ene keer<br>ambtelijk de andere keer politiek, maar wel elke keer aan de andere kant van de tafel. <br><br>Vanaf 2013 kwam het Limburgse vrouwennetwerk SharePower op haar pad, die maken zich sterk voor economische zelfstandigheid en meer politieke betrokkenheid van vrouwen. <em>\u201cIk ben super trots op onze kandidatenlijst met 66% vrouwen en de helft van alle kandidaten die jonger is dan 35. Een beetje toeval en een beetje ons best voor gedaan.\u201d<\/em><br><br>Leiderschap en ontwikkeling van potentieel zijn al lang thema\u2019s in Odilia\u2019s leven. \u201c<em>Ik sta in<br>mijn wijzevrouwen-kracht en deel die kracht graag met mensen die daar iets mee willen<br>doen.<\/em> <em>Een rode draad door mijn werk en maatschappelijke bezigheden is dat het \u201cfirst of a kind\u201d processen zijn, waarbij kunnen handelen vanuit niet weten in combinatie met visie en strategie mijn kracht is. Ik functioneer daarbij ook als katalysator voor processen die uit zichzelf niet of vreselijk langzaam van de grond komen. Als processen lopen laat ik weer liefdevol los. Mijn sterke rechtvaardigheidsgevoel drijft mij ook om de stem van de minderheid gehoord te maken.\u201d<\/em><br><br>De thema&#8217;s ontwikkeling en bestaanszekerheid,<br>leiderschap en zelfsturing en<br>betrouwbare en transparante financi\u00ebn hebben haar voorkeur.\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-odilia8289\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Over Odilia\">\n\tOver Odilia<\/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>59 jaar<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><label>Woonplaats<\/label><span>Egchel<\/span><\/li>\t\t\t\t\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\t<\/p><div class=\"content-accordion js-content-accordion\" data-accordion-opened=\"0\">\n\n\t\t\t<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"content-accordion__border\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<button id=\"content-accordion-trigger-1360800434\" class=\"content-accordion__trigger js-content-accordion-trigger\" aria-label=\"Expertises (portefeuilles)\" 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-expertises--portefeuilles-6026\">\n\tExpertises (portefeuilles)<\/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-1360800434\" class=\"content-accordion__panel js-content-accordion-panel\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-labelledby=\"content-accordion-trigger-1360800434\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-accordion__description\">\n\t\t\t\tleiderschap<br \/>\r\nzelfsturing<br \/>\r\nbetrouwbare en transparante financi\u00ebn\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":750,"featured_media":643,"menu_order":11,"template":"","search-tags":[],"labels":[],"division-tags":[32,30],"class_list":["post-667","people-type","type-people-type","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","division-tags-bestuur","division-tags-kandidaten"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Peel en Maas &#8212; 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