Representatives of major political parties, as well as experts in the fields of transatlantic relations and security policy, are represented on the Board and the Executive Committee (which is part of the Board) of the Netherlands Atlantic Association. The (unpaid) Executive Committee and Board meet at least twice and three times a year respectively.
Executive Committee
Dirk Jan van den Berg , Chairman
Chairman of the Executive Board, Sanquin Blood Supply
Alex Krijger, Vice Chairman
Founder and Managing Partner of Krijger & Partners, former Senior Government Relations Advisor, Royal Dutch Shell
Marije Meines, Secretary
Senior Advisor, RadarAdvies
Michiel van Campen, Treasurer
Executive Director, Permits Foundation; Owner, Van Campen International Business Development
Angelien Eijsink
Freelance Advisor and moderator, Member of the Integrity Committee of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Chair of the Advisory Board of the CAOP, former Defence spokesperson for the Social Democratic Party (PvdA); former Chairman, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Second Chamber of Parliament
Hester Somsen, Observer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Director of Security Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Marieke Monroy-Winter, Observer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of the Security and Defense Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Erik-Jan van Oosterhout, Observer for the Ministry of Defence
Head NATO Department, Ministry of Defence
Board
Salima Belhaj
Defence spokesperson for the Social Liberal Party (D66), Second Chamber of Parliament
André Bosman
Defence spokesperson for the Liberal Party (VVD), Second Chamber of Parliament
René Cuperus
Associate Fellow Clingendael Institute, Research Fellow Germany Institute at the University of Amsterdam (DIA)
Mostafa Hilali
Vice Director Department of Multi-Year and Commitment Planning, Army Staff Dutch Ministry of Defense
Ton
van Loon
Former Commander, 1st German/Dutch Corps
Hans Luyendijk, Chairman Atlantic Education Committee
Former Principal, Dalton School, The Hague
Patrick Mikkelsen
Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands
Bram van Ojik
Member Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees for the Green party (GroenLinks), Second Chamber of Parliament
Elsine van Os
CEO and founder Signpost Six
Paul Scheffer
Publicist; Professor of European Studies, Tilburg School of Humanities
Hugo Triesscheijn, Netherlands Atlantic Youth
Master Military Strategic Studies, Netherlands Defense Academy
Truus Valkering
Former Director International Affairs, Tata Steel Europe
Ronald Vuijk
Former Defence spokesperson for the Liberal Party (VVD), Second Chamber of Parliament
Rein Willems
Former Chairman of the Board, Shell Nederland B.V.
