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. 
Scott Essenburgh
Vice President Retired, Bradford White Corporation; Volunteer for Community Action House 
Rich Evenhouse
Secretary President/Partner/ Digital Director of Creatice Next Co., Holland Area Arts Council Board Member, Design Review Board Member, AIGA West Michigan Member, AD Federation West Michigan Member 
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) 
Leslie Brigham
(Pre School Instructor) degrees in both finance and education with my education minor being Integrated Creative Arts which focuses on using the arts to tap into each individual’s learning style. |
Gordon Julius
Julius Group Architecture LLC – Principal; Commodore of the Lake Michigan Sail Racing Federation 
Lois Mulder
Retired Teacher, Artist, owner, Lois Mulder Photography 
Heidi Kraus
Dr. Heidi Kraus is Associate Professor of Art and Art History and the Direcot of The De Pree Galley at Hope College, specializing in art from the Early Modern through Contempoary periods. Her current teaching and research focuses on eighteenth-and nineteenth-century iconography in contempoary French visual culture 
Anne Gaskin Nemschoff
Communications Strategist and owner, GaskinPR. Board Member, Holland Area Arts Council, Volunteer Center For Women In Transition, Kid's Food Basket 
Reynaldo D. Rivera, D.D.S., M.D., F.A.C.S.
Clinical Instructor Department of Surgery Michigan State University College of Human Medicine Chief, Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Spectrum Health System 
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 |
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Photography by Mike Lozon.