Louis Pirenne is a former cultural official, worked as head of culture for the municipality of Haarlem and as a cultural booster in the Amsterdam North and Nieuw-West districts. Before that, he worked in the theater and festival world. He has been involved with Crossing Border in various ways from the very beginning and has been chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2022. He believes in the power of the written, spoken and sung word. Within the Supervisory Board he pays extra attention to topics such as Governance, Diversity & Inclusion and Social Safety.

Michaël Roumen is manager of ten Dutch and Flemish literary authors. Previously, he was director of the Leiden Cultural Fund and a consultant at the intersection of culture and economy. As a Supervisory Board member, he is extra motivated to think about the position and perspective of the authors and the long-term strategic and business development of the festival.

Mischa Blok is a radio host and podcaster.
She is featured every day on NPO Radio 1 in her interview programme MISCHA! She also presents VINK, the Podcast Guide of the Netherlands and Het Echte Leven, about non-fiction books. In addition, she is a writer. In January 2023, her book 'Mama Lee' was published and received the Opzij Literature Audience Award. As an RVT member, she focuses mainly on (social) media and publicity strategies.

Babeth Fotchind is a poet, writer and human rights lawyer. She works in policy and in the cultural-societal field. Her acclaimed poetry collection Plooi was published in 2022 and she is currently working on a debut novel and second collection. As a COE member, Babeth brings both the perspective of the writer and artist and the managerial perspective. She previously read her poetry on one of Crossing Border's stages. That was a taste for more, which made her willing to commit to the international literature festival for a longer period of time.