Officials
In Boomi, in addition to the board of the association, the activities are maintained and developed by various officials, who are selected as needed for a specific project or task. The job descriptions of a officials are often more practical than a board member’s and are limited to a specific area.
As an official, you get to influence Boomi’s operations in exactly the area that interests you. Officials are usually selected at the end of the year, and the search is announced on Boomi’s communication channels. So follow Boomi’s communications, and you’ll stay up to date on open positions.
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Valtteri Vihtonen
Mentoring official
mentorointi@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe post of mentoring official will not be applied for from -25 onwards and the mentoring project will become the responsibility of the Alumni official. Boomi’s mentoring officer is responsible for organizing our association’s annual mentoring project, where experts in the commercial field in working life spar with our students who are in the final stages of their studies on questions that concern them. The responsibility of the mentoring official includes recruiting mentors, marketing the project, organizing the search for actors, forming mentor pairs and organizing start, mid-term and end meetings as well as communication during the project.
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Antti Alanen
Travel Official
matkat@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe Travel Official is responsible for Boomi’s trips abroad. The year of activity consists of two trips (for now): the legendary and traditional “Ruotsin Excu” (engl. Sweden Excursion) in November and the “Ulkomaan Excu” (engl. Abroad Excursion). The Travel Official’s position consists of broad field of operational activities that Boomi has to offer which are, for example, event organizing and cooperation with various companies and groups. Over the year, the Travel Official gets to participate in negotiations with cooperation partners, organize interesting excursions, and reflect on the basic issues of organizing an event, from planning events to ticket sales and practical implementation. In this position only the sky is the limit (quite literally) as the Travel Official takes the members of Boomi to trips across Europe (and the world)!
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Iida Hokkanen
International Affairs Official
international@boomi.fi Job descriptionInternational Affairs Official is responsible for promoting internationality in Boomi. Perhaps the most visible duties are being responsible for international tutoring, i.e. arranging tutoring of exchange students twice a year and assisting international tutors throughout the year. A key part of the post is to provide information on internship opportunities and student exchange abroad, as well as to support those going on exchange. The international events organized by the International Affairs Official are great opportunities to raise the international spirit and bring different cultures together. The duties also include working closely with the international team of Johto ry to promote internationality also in an interdisciplinary manner.
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Joonas Hintikka
Sports and Wellbeing Official
liikunta@boomi.fi Job descriptionSports and Wellbeing Official is in charge of the physical aspect of Boomi with the help of the sports division Boomsport. The role includes organizing various sport and wellbeing events, such as sport trials, weekly ball sport sessions as well as hikes in the fall and spring seasons. In addition, Sports and Wellbeing official is responsible for contacting sports facilities and coordinating the activities of the division.
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Anni Perkiö
Editor-in-Chief
paatoimittaja@boomi.fi Job descriptionEditor-in-Chief is responsible for editing VapaaBoomari which is a student organization magazine by Boomi ry. VapaaBoomari is published five times a year and editor-in-chief coordinates the entire process from planning the theme to publishing. Together with the editor-team editor in chief plans the theme, contents, and execution of articles for the magazine. The role of editor in chief also includes a lot of communicating with other parties outside editor-division that are involved in the making of VapaaBoomari. When the magazine is finished editor in chief publishes the magazine online and takes care of mailing it forward. The editor-in-chief is also responsible for organising photography at events. In addition, early in the year, the editor-in-chief organises and conducts the introductions of new board members and officials, tutor introductions before Smurf Weeks and introductions of teams, committees, officials and the board before the opening of applications.
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Joonas Flink
VB Campaign Manager
vapaaboomarit@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe Vapaaboomarit Campaign Manager is responsible for the election campaign for the representative group for the 2025 TREY representative board elections. Tasks of the Vapaaboomarit Campaign Manager include organising candidate recruitment, advertising and administrative formalities for the representative board elections, such as informing about the activities and influence of the representative board and marketing of the elections and candidates. VB Campaign Manager is elected in the cycle of representative board elections, i.e. only every two years!
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Markus Alajoki
VB Group Leader
vapaaboomarit@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe Vapaaboomarit representative group represents Boomi and Boomi-minded students in the Tampere student union TREY representative board. In the period 2024-2025 Medboomare has eight full members in the 49-member representative board of the student union. The Vapaaboomari group leader, who is an official of Boomi, acts as a member of the student union’s administrative committee and is responsible for the activities of the representative group. The group leader represents the representative group at student union events, maintains active contact with other representative groups and coordinates the influence work of Vapaaboomarit in the student union.
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Lauri Laihonen
Alumni Official
alumni@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe task of the Alumni Official is to plan and implement activities for Boomi’s alumni and enable boomarit to establish contact with this organization. The Alumni Official is responsible for organizing our association’s annual mentoring project, where experts in the commercial field in working life spar with our students who are in the final stages of their studies on questions that concern them. It includes recruiting mentors, marketing the project, organizing the search for actors, forming mentor pairs and organizing start, mid-term and end meetings as well as communication during the project.
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Maria Lindberg
Masters' Official
maisterit@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe task of the Masters’ Official is to ensure that Boomi also has events aimed at students in the master’s phase. In addition, the Masters’ Official organizes any other matters related to students in the Master’s phase, for example ordering a master’s ring. The Masters’ Official is assisted by the Masters’ events team that helps with the ideation and organization of events. In addition, the Masters’ Official works in cooperation with the Alumni Official.
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Karla Laakso
Project Official
ratikka@boomi.fi Job descriptionProject Officials are in charge of organizing KiskoFest event. It is the youngest of many events organized by Boomi ry. Project Officials have a big variety in their main tasks, including contract negotiations with restaurants and bars, gathering business cooperations, booking artists, ticket sale, communicating with stakeholders and making practical arrangements. Working under Project Officials there is a 7-headed team, which helps with organizing the event.
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Topias Hyytiäinen
Project Official
ratikka@boomi.fi Job descriptionProject Officials are in charge of organizing KiskoFest event. It is the youngest of many events organized by Boomi ry. Project Officials have a big variety in their main tasks, including contract negotiations with restaurants and bars, gathering business cooperations, booking artists, ticket sale, communicating with stakeholders and making practical arrangements. Working under Project Officials there is a 7-headed team, which helps with organizing the event.
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Onerva Ristilä
Harassment Contact Person
hairinta@boomi.fi045 1458585
Job descriptionEvery student has the right to a safe study environment without the fear of being harassed. No form of harassment should be tolerated neither in campus or in leisure time. Harassment and inappropriate conduct cover a wide range of behaviours of offensive nature, including bullying, racism, discrimination, homophobia, and sexual harassment. Boomi has a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate behavior.
In case you suspect that you have been discriminated against or you witness harassment, Boomi has two harassment contact persons who can be contacted with a low threshold. You can also contact the harassment contact persons if you are unsure about your situation or would just like to discuss possible ways of dealing with harassment. All discussions are strictly confidential, and we follow the principles of safer space. Ways to proceed are agreed in the discussion and no further measures will be taken, or any further contacts will be made without your permission. To contact harassment contact persons, you can send e-mail, fill a harassment complaint, send a message via Facebook or Instagram, call, or just come to talk face to face at the campus area or at events.
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Jerry Kyllästinen
Harassment Contact Person
hairinta@boomi.fi045 8579250
Job descriptionEvery student has the right to a safe study environment without the fear of being harassed. No form of harassment should be tolerated neither in campus or in leisure time. Harassment and inappropriate conduct cover a wide range of behaviours of offensive nature, including bullying, racism, discrimination, homophobia, and sexual harassment. Boomi has a zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate behavior.
In case you suspect that you have been discriminated against or you witness harassment, Boomi has two harassment contact persons who can be contacted with a low threshold. You can also contact the harassment contact persons if you are unsure about your situation or would just like to discuss possible ways of dealing with harassment. All discussions are strictly confidential, and we follow the principles of safer space. Ways to proceed are agreed in the discussion and no further measures will be taken, or any further contacts will be made without your permission. To contact harassment contact persons, you can send e-mail, fill a harassment complaint, send a message via Facebook or Instagram, call, or just come to talk face to face at the campus area or at events.
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Rosa Kakko
Chair of Annuall Ball Committee
Job descriptionThe Chair of Annuall Ball (fin. vuosijuhlat or vujut) Committee, together with the annual ball committee, is responsible for organizing Boomi’s annual celebration week. The annual celebration week consists of several events, culminating in a luxurious evening party and an annual sillis at the end of the week.
The most visible role of the chairperson is in coordinating the events and maintaining business relationships, together with the corporate relations manager of the annual ball. The annual ball committee is also assisted by the annual ball staff ie. vujustaff which is closely involved in the operations, especially during the annual celebration week.
By way of exception, the Chair of Annual Ball Committee will serve a 15-month term. The search for a new Chair always takes place in the autumn, so from January to March there will be two Chairs for two committees at the same time.
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Max Liikka
Chair of Strategy Committee
strategia@boomi.fi Job descriptionThe Strategy Committee and its Chair are tasked to design and develop a new strategy for Boomi for the 2026-2028 strategy period. Another objective of the Strategy Committee is to continue the work on the review of the organisational structure that was not completed last year alongside the strategy work, and to propose changes to it if necessary. The Chair of the Strategy Committee will act as a link between the Committee and the Boomi Board, and will be responsible for ensuring that the strategy work and the organisational structure review are progressing and adequately documented.
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Kristian Hulkko
ICT development officer
ict@boomi.fi Job descriptionIn 2024, the ICT development officer will be on a par with the Boomi’ officials.. The main task of the ICT development officer will be to identify and solve longer-term ICT challenges on a project basis during 2024. The development officer will be responsible for finding solutions to current ICT problems, maintaining and developing Boomi’s and Boomi’s larger events’ websites, ensuring the functionality and maintenance of the office computers and identifying the division of tasks for outsourced services. In addition, the ICT development officer’s projects include the creation of the SporttiAppro website in 2024. During the first term of office, the need for a ICT officer will be assessed for the longer term.
The area of responsibility of the environmental officer is to guide the activities of our subject association in a direction that places less burden on the environment in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. In 2024, Oona Ikävalko will be responsible for the environment. The role of the equality officer is to take care of the realization of equality in the activities of the subject association. In 2024, Essi Sarvilinna will be responsible for equality. Hallopedi, i.e. the student representatives of the university administration, are counted as employees of Boomi. Amanda Nurminen and Elina Lehtinen represent business students in the Faculty Council in the 2023-2024 season.