Our team

On this page you can read about our team at Connect2Us Foundation.

Board

Connect2Us Foundation was founded in December 2016 by Alette Vonk, Jan Vincent Meertens, Brigitte Opel, Tom Fadhronc. Jan Vincent Meertens has been president and manager since then.

Jan Vincent Meertens

President; Author, Intercultural trainer at Quetzal B.V., licensee Hofstede Insights; Supervisory Board Piano Duo Festival; Firefighters Without Borders Foundation; Editor the Democrat D66. Experience mainly in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia.

Treasurer; Founder CEO at at Wingzzz (main position); Founder Accention Foundation; Hungarian, experience primarily in Central Europe.

Annette de Vreede (right)

Secretary; Team leader Refugee Council Netherlands; Former founder and managing director Relocation Care. Experience working with refugees and expatriates worldwide.

Board members receive no compensation for their board work for the Foundation.

External links: Jan Vincent Meertens; Adrienne Ijfalusi; Annette de Vreede

Volunteers and their expertise

  • Divya Susan -interculturalcommunication, expat, India and Asia
  • Brigitte Opel -former treasurer, intercultural communication, expat, Central Europe
  • Lena Heberger – Clinical psychologist- Germany
  • Yirre Kroom- Trainee at Samsung- Netherlands, Suriname
  • Irina Daoudi- Communications- Netherlands, Morocco
  • Francesca Iaboni – Intercultural communication- Italy
  • Anouk Lepretre – entrepreneur, France, Middle East, North America
  • Alette Vonk- Africa education, development cooperation
  • Saskia Maarse- speaker, expert in intercultural communication
  • Tom Fadronch- trainer, sports, North America
  • Tatjana von Bonkewitz (Luxembourg)- Teacher of intercultural management. Coordinator Luxembourg
  • Nathalie Meertens- writer, communications, inclusion.

Diversity and Inclusiveness Code

Connect2Us pursues the Diversity and Inclusion Code (CDI) whenever possible. The 4 P’s – Personnel, Public, Program and Partners – are keenly observed in the design of the organization.

Find our statement bias, discrimination, racism here.

To inform the general public, Connect2Us works with Geert Hofstede’s 6D model. In this photo, you can see President Jan Vincent Meertens with Professor Geert Hofstede.

Other information

Find the Annual Report here .
Find the Operational Plan here.