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.
Dr. Bill Lodewyk
President
Dr. Vanesa Scott-Thompson
Vice President of Program
Mr. Robert Hooker
Vice President of Finance and Operations
To Be Announced
Vice President of Advancement, Marketing, and Communications
Leadership Team
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.
Brian Boss
Director of Finance
Dorothy Bowman
Director of Schools
Stacey De Groot
Director of Human Resources
Bradley Johnson
Director of Adult Services
Brian Nichols
Director of Information Technology
To Be Announced
Director of Facilities and Transportation
Mike Otte
Director of Admissions and Strategic Partnerships
Colleen Steele
Director of Learning & Organizational Development
Dan Vander Plaats
Director of Advancement, Marketing, and Communications
Board of Directors
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.
Mrs. LyNae Schleyer, Chairperson
Director of Advancement, Trinity Christian College Palos Heights, Illinois
Mr. Jeff Dryfhout, Vice Chairperson
CEO of Pivot Marketing, Orland Park, Illinois
Mr. David Schutt, Treasurer
Director of Finance, Barnabas Foundation Crown Point, Indiana
Mrs. Leah Dykstra, Secretary
Enrollment Management Consultant, Trinity Christian College
Mrs. Tammy De Vries
Senior Manager (Tax) Topel Forman, LLC
Mrs. Jennifer Harris
Stay-at-Home Mom/Part Time Project Manager at Homewood Disposal
Mr. Brian Page
Vice President of Advancement, Shepherd's College
Rev. Jewel Willis Thomas
Stated Clerk of the RCA Classis of Chicago
Mr. Ross Van Drunen
Commercial & Corporate Credit Officer, BMO Harris Bank
Mrs. Renita Van Solkema
Personal Stylist, Cabi
Mr. Adam Zylstra
Partner at Pedersen & Houpt. Chicago, IL
Non-discrimination Policy:
It is the Standard of Elim Christian Services to admit children and adults to agency services regardless of race, color, national and ethnic origin, to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to agency service recipients. Elim Christian Services does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered policies. Read Full Disclosure.