Executive Committee
Paulus C. Heule
Co-Founder
Treasurer
Brendan E. Ringlever
Corporate Development Chair
Volkert Doeksen
2013 Dutch Chair
Roel Klein
Vice President and Secretary
Nyal Deems
Board Member
Kurt Dykstra
Board Member
Advisory Committee
Jan Peter Balkenende
Former Prime Minister of the
Netherlands (Rotterdam)
Franco Bianchi
President and CEO,
Haworth (Holland, MI)
William Boer
President & Founder,
Grey Dunes (Grandville)
Jim and Donna Brooks
The Brooks Family,
Brooks Capital Management (Holland, MI)
Randy Damstra
Senior Managing Director, Head of Global Private Equity,
RDV Corporation (Grand Rapids)
Alexander Collot d’Escury
CEO,
Desso (Waalwijk, the Netherlands)
Volkert Doeksen
Chairman & Managing Partner,
AlpInvest Partners (Amsterdam)
Christopher Freeze
Managing Director,
The Carlyle Group (New York)
Paulus C. Heule
Eenhoorn Principal and
Honorary Dutch Consul of
West Michigan (Grand Rapids)
J.C. Huizenga
Owner,
Huizenga Group (Grand Rapids)
Alexandra Jankovich
Managing Partner,
SparkOptimus (Amsterdam)
Roel Klein
Principal,
Cormorant Energy (Fruitport, MI)
Birgit Klohs
President and CEO,
The Right Place, Inc. (Grand Rapids)
Pieter Kodde
Managing Director,
Lincolnshire (New York, NY)
Brendan E. Ringlever
Partner,
Michigan Legislative
Consultants (Lansing)
Auke van Scheltinga
Partner,
TFG Parnters (Pittsburg, PA)
Jim Weaver
(Ada, MI)
Cor van Zadelhof
CEO,
Brouwershoff (Amsterdam)
Kurt Dykstra
Mayor, City of Holland (Holland, MI)