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.
Adrienn Ujfalusi (pictured left)
Treasurer; Founder CEO at at Wingzzz (main position); Founder Accention Foundation; Hungarian, experience primarily in Central Europe.
Annette de Vreede (pictured right)
Secretary; Managing Director Relocation Care (main position). Experience with expatriates from mainly in North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia.
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 the Connect2Us board with Professor Geert Hofstede and intercultural experts from Hofstede Insights.
Other information
Find the Annual Report here .
Find the Operational Plan here.