Our Board of Directors

Shani Rotem Padnos
​President
Graduating from Haifa University with a law degree, Shani was an accomplished litigator practicing Corporate Law in Tel Aviv until moving to Holland, Michigan in 2011. She sits on the board of the Holland Area Arts Council to continue a family tradition proud in growing the arts and acceptance of the creative force within us all.
Leslie Bringham 
Vice President
Pre-School instructor, Board of Directors at Cherry Lane Preschool, Arts Council Board.
Jeremy Brieve
Treasurer
Counsel, Priority Health. State Bar of Michign, Chairman of the Substantive Law Committee of the Health Care Law Section (6/15 – Present).  Board of Directors Treasurer Mercy Air, Inc.(02/13 – Present)
Reynaldo D. Rivera 
Secretary
Clinical instructor, Department of Surgery, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Chief, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Spectrum Health System. 
Gordon Julius
Julius Group Architecture LLC – Principal; Commodore of the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation
Amy Kraal
Human Resources Consultant, Owner of HR Solutions Group of West Michigan, LLC & Know My HR, LLC, Talent2025 CEO Council member, Mentor for Women’s Leadership at West Coast Chamber of Commerce
Heidi Kraus
Dr. Heidi Kraus is Associate Professor of Art and Art History and the Director of The De Pree Galley at Hope College, specializing in art from the Early Modern through Contemporary periods.  Her current teaching and research focuses on eighteenth-and nineteenth-century iconography in contemporary French visual culture
Denise Nestel 
Licensed Attorney, Mediation Services both domestic and civil, Park Township Planning Commissioner, Director of MACC's Community Enhancement Program. 
Jon Spoelhof
Development with TMI Compressed Air Systems, Board of Directors at Living Hope, Boys and Girls Club, Assistant Soccer Coach Holland Christian Schools
Hillary Hovinga
Director of Marketing and Communications Greater Ottawa County United Way, Board of Directors at Children's Advocacy Center