Day-to-day activities are run by an executive director and a small staff, in close consultation with an executive committee of the board of directors. More than 50 volunteers serve on the board and standing committees.
Our current leadership:
HONORARY CHAIRS
Her Excellency Renée Jones-Bos
Ambassador of the Kingdom of The Netherlands to the United States
(photo top left)
Her Excellency Fay Hartog Levin
Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of The Netherlands
(photo second left)
HONORARY PRESIDENT
The Honorable Gajus Scheltema
Consul General of the Netherlands in New York
(photo third left)
ORGANIZATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ennius E. Bergsma, Chairman
Amb. C. Howard Wilkins, Jr., Vice Chair
Jan J.H. Joosten, Secretary
Philip Takken, Treasurer
John M. Palms
Fred G. Peelen
Theodore Prudon
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Buford C. Alexander
Ennius E. Bergsma
Merijn Boender
Monique Boutros
Amb. K. Terry Dornbush
Andrew J. Enschedé
Hans Gieskes
Ottho G. Heldring
J.C. Huizenga
Guy F. Jonckheer
Jan J.H. Joosten
Ewald Kist
Paul J. Klaassen
Rutger Lambriex
Charles L. Laurey
Bas NieuweWeme
John M. Palms
Fred G. Peelen
Theodore Prudon
Pauline Schrooyen
Philip Takken
William Tucker
Frans van der Minne
Marc C. van Gelder
Maarten R. van Hengel
Dick van Hoepen
Pauline Verheijen-Dop
Amb. C. Howard Wilkins, Jr.
C. Jurjan Wouda Kuipers
Thomas H. Wysmuller
Paul J. Zeven
Angela Molenaar, ex officio
COMMITTEES
A major part of the NAF's work is conducted by the following volunteer committees:
Executive Committee
Education Committee
Cultural Committee
Alumni Committee
Finance Committee
Audit Committee
The Peter Stuyvesant Ball Committee
The NAF Awards Dinner Committee
