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North American Staff

Gary Bekker, Director

Dorothy Wallinga, Admin. Asst. to Director
Ken Schemper, Development Director
Lois Craven, Director of Donor Relations
Mariano Avila, Communications Manager
Dirk Vander Steen, Consultant, Resource Development
Harry Holwerda, M.D., Medical Consultant
Tina Ipema, PT Archivist 
Lou Tamminga, Pastor to Missionaries
Paul Kortenhoven, Missionary-At Large  

Joel Hogan,  Director of International Ministries

Albert Hamstra, Special Projects Coordinator
Joel Huyser, Latin America Regional Leader
Russ Palsrok, Eur/Asia Regional Leader
Luis Pellecer, Latin America Regional Leader
Ron Geerlings, West Africa Regional Leader
Mwaya Wa Kitavi, East/South Africa Regional Leader
Julie Ebels, Admin. Asst. to Director of International Ministries

Al Karsten, Director of North American Ministries (Burlington office)

Trish De Jong, Missions Resource Consultant (Burlington office)
Jessica Côté, Church Relations  (Burlington office) 
Liz Busuttil, Admin. Asst.  (Burlington office)

Gord Buys, Logistics Manager 
Patti Fisher, Travel/Logistics Coordinator
Rhonda Whyte-Koster, Training Manager
Kathryn Shane, Placement Coordinator 
Lorraine Woodward, Admin. Asst., Placement & Training

Steve Van Zanen, Director for Missions Mobilization 
Marcea Holtrop, Missions Mobilization Assistant
Beth Kuiper, Admin. Asst., Church Relations
Bill Thornburg, Missions Resource Consultant
Faith Bosserman, Admin. Asst.

 

For more information, contact 
Marcea (Brouwer) Holtrop (US) 616-224-0702 
Trish DeJong (Canada) 905-336-2920