Contact NAAM

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Our mailing address is:
Netherlands-American Association of Minnesota
PO Box 7413
St Paul, MN 55107

Meet the NAAM board:

	Albertjan Planten Vanafton President 651-436-2527		Albertjan Planten Vanafton, President of the NAAM board. He lived/worked on three continents before arriving in America twelve years ago. He studied and worked in agriculture and has been a business owner. He now enjoys working as a land surveyor and sailing with his wife Mary on the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers.
	Andrew van Reeuwijk Secretary 651-340-0423 avreeuwijk@hotmail.com		Andrew was relocated to Minnesota through his employer, Seagate Technology in May 2002. They had lived in Kudelstaart, close to Aalsmeer in Holland. He was born in South Africa from Dutch parents and moved to Holland when he was 24. He and his wife Grietsje live in Eagan and have 2 kids (5 and 7) with a 3rd on the way. Andrew and his family have a passion for traveling and visiting exotic locations. Andrew is the NAAM secretary and newsletter editor.
	Sander Biehn Treasurer 651-293-1134		Born in the USA of American parents, Sander moved in 1997 to the Netherlands. When the joint venture with KPN ended a year and a half later Sander found himself back in Minnesota, but the Netherlands had bewitched him: the country, people, language and culture. He is happy to serve on NAAM's board. He is married, has two kids (Ella and Hadrian) and lives in St Paul, MN.
	Pamela Akkerman Secretary 952-217-5963
	Elisabeth Beelaerts Director		Afgelopen zomer ben ik van Rotterdam naar Minneapolis verhuisd. De aanleiding was een aantrekkelijk werkaanbod voor mijn man, Alexander Kleijngeld bij Research International. Voor mij betekende het een beetje thuiskomen, aangezien ik een jaar als studente in Iowa heb gewoond. Inmiddels ben ik moeder van drie kinderen (2, 4 en 6 jaar oud). Naast het moederschap, ben ik hier een fotografie-cursus gaan volgen aan MCAD, in de ouderraad van de preschool gegaan en ... heb ik enthousiast mijn vinger opgestoken toen tijdens de jaarvergadering een nieuw bestuurslid werd gevraagd.
	Dirk van Toor Director 651-224-1719
	Benno Groeneveld Director 651-227-9603
	Kathryn Fakkeldij Directory 651-688-2350		Kathryn is a native Minnesotan. In May of 1997, she met her native Dutch husband in Minneapolis. Peter was brought here on a temporary engineering project. Kathyrn and Peter live in Eagan.