Executive Leadership Team
Elim’s core executive team is comprised of dedicated servants who cast vision and envision a future in which Elim adults and students are thriving not only at Elim, but in their communities as well.
Elim’s core executive team is comprised of dedicated servants who cast vision and envision a future in which Elim adults and students are thriving not only at Elim, but in their communities as well.
Dr. Bill Lodewyk
President
Dr. Sharon Duncan
Vice President of Programming
Robert Hooker
Vice President for Finance, Operations, and Human Resources
Robert Marsh
Vice President for Outreach and Advancement
The Leadership Team at Elim is comprised of the various directors who oversee specific functions and programs for the organization. The leadership team meets monthly to encourage each other and to continue to corporately direct Elim toward a future that best serves the interests of those whom God has brought into this community.
Elim’s ministry is overseen by a dedicated group of men and women who steer policy and vision for the community. The Board of Directors is composed of many different perspectives, but all are united in their vision of a world that values each life as a Creation of God, with a role in His kingdom. The following are members of the Elim Board of Directors.
Dr. Frederick Wezeman, Chairperson
Retired from Loyola University, Chicago
Palos Heights, IL
Dr. Mackenzi Huyser, Vice Chairperson
Executive Director, Chicago Semester, Trinity Christian College
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Ken Vander Wal, Treasurer
Retired CPA
Oak Brook, Illinois
Mr. Joel Tameling, Secretary
SET Environmental, Inc.
Lombard, Illinois
Mrs. Debra Van Prooyen
CPA, Schwartz, Retson & Co., P.C.
St. John, Indiana
Renita Van Solkema
Personal Stylist
Elmhurst, Illinois
Mrs. Karen De Vries
Homemaker
South Holland, Illinois
Mrs. Kc Hagstrom
Homemaker
Western Springs, Illinois
Mr. Paul Buikema
Attorney, Buikema Law Group, LLC
Westmont, Illinois
Mr. Bill Zandstra
Comptroller, Dunhill Formal Wear, Inc.
Crown Point, Indiana
Mr. Brian Page
Director of Community Engagement, Communications and Legislative Affairs, Chaplain, Regent University
Homewood, Illinois
Rev. Bert De Jong
Retired Pastor of Ministry
Villa Park, Illinois
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