People

The organization consists of the office, project staff, management, and a Supervisory Board. Here are the people.

Office

Executive director

Robert Viëtor

Robert has a broad social commitment. He studied political science and educational science in Amsterdam. Robert has worked for many years as an advisor, teacher/trainer and director for businesses and education. He focuses on commitment, development and direction. A pleasant and meaningful process is also important.
Deputy director

Christine Geertsema

Christine studied communication management in Amsterdam. She organizes the link between the board, supervisory board and the office. Christine also takes care of communication, work flows and system management. She appreciates the uniqueness in every human being and their motivation to achieve their goals.
Finances

Sonja Telman

Sonja is book keeper and deals with all financial tasks. She also takes care of matters concerning the building on the Herengracht. She likes to work for the Iona Stichting and the fact that she can contribute to initiatives of people who strive for a better world.
Funds initiator/accompanist

Roos Naves

Money comes forth from realised ideas and is a means with impact to realize new ideals. Roos wishes to connect the intentions of donors to the ideas of project initiators in such a way that the ideals of both parties can reinforce each other.
Project adviser

Akke Faling

Akke studied religious studies, biomedical agriculture, and body-oriented therapy. She feels a strong connection to initiatives that aim to make the world a better place. She co-founded a school, established a pick-your-own garden, and built her own house. Akke advises the board on initiatives.
Linchpin

Janne Bierens

Janne studied cultural psychology and has a background in youth-education that approaches learning with head, heart and hands. Janne is the point of contact for colleagues and visitors of the building on the Herengracht.
Iona loans

Floris Lambrechtsen

Floris is passionate about translating ideals into concrete care for people and nature. Previously active as a lawyer, business advisor, entrepreneur, investor and primary school teacher. He works as freelancer for Iona Loans, where he supports social entrepreneurs and organizations with financing, knowledge and network.

Projects

Art

Andrea Davina

Andrea believes that art, in cooperation with other disciplines and fields of knowledge, can contribute to a solution to social problems. She followed the post academic course Philantropic Studies. Andrea organizes and initiates projects to realize connections and human encounter. For example projects around the Guernica de la Ecología.

Supervisory Board

Chairman

Bas Holvast

Bas works as (interim) manager, coach and consultant. He gets inspired when he sees people and organizations take small steps in their development. Steps which often are bigger than they seem. Money and the way it functions is one of his points of interest.
Vice chairman

Solveigh Bijkerk

Solveigh is an interim director and advisor at BMC. In her work, she is inspired by meeting people and working together on a professional and humane government. She has a warm heart for anthroposophy and is involved in various initiatives and working groups that connect people and enthuse them to dedicate themselves to spiritual development.
Member

Lars Talsma

Lars is freelancer in finances. He enjoys bringing numbers to life so that they become more meaningful. Within the Iona Foundation he is committed to working with money; not as a goal, but as a means to realize a greater ideal.
Member

Romée van der Vorm

Romée is very aware of the urgencies of our time and feels involved with the requirements from society. "We have to take responsibility and that is not always easy". The Iona Stichting offers her a way to make a difference. She sees her involvement with the Iona Stichting as a way to give concrete substance to this.
Member

Johannes Kronenberg

Johannes works at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, where he is a research associate at the Section for Agriculture and project leader for the board. With roots in the arts and sustainability sciences, the socio-ecological question is a common thread in the pursuit of new leadership.
Honorary member

Michiel ter Horst

Michiel has been a board member since 1975 and was chairman from 1997-2013. He considers the Iona Stichting as a connecting theme in his life, because of the heartfelt bonds with people with whom he may cooperate. After his formal leave as chairman in March 2013 Michiel was asked to become a honorary member of the supervisory Board.