IAPCHE Directors

Nick Lantinga, Executive Director
appointed in July 2002

nick@dordt.edu

Skype: nick_iapche

Dr. Nicholas S. Lantinga is a 1990 graduate of Calvin College, an institutional member of IAPCHE. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago, with a dissertation titled "The Miracle that Saves the World:" Augustine and Hannah Arendt's Politics of Redemption.  He and his wife Sherri, a member of the psychology faculty at Dordt College, have three children.
 

Anne Maatman, Director of Operations
appointed in October 2001
iapche@dordt.edu

Skype: anne_iapche

Anne Maatman

Because of her work for 25 years with a Sioux Center travel agency and her service on two hosting committees of two international conferences in Sioux Center, Anne is well acquainted with the work and membership of IAPCHE.

 

J. Dinakarlal, Director Asia/Oceania Region
appointed in February 2008
asiaoceania@iapche.org
Skype: dinakarlal

Dr. Dinakarlal taught English for thirty-four years at Scott Christian College (Autonomous), India and served as dean. He has conducted several national level training programs for students, teachers, and administrators for All India Association for Christian Higher Education and served as consultant to their program on alcohol, drug, AIDS, and tobacco. He has associated himself with the Student Christian Movement of India and YMCA in several capacities. He is trained in Christian leadership by Haggai Institute, Singapore.




Isaac Mutua, Director Africa Region

appointed in 2004
cpchea_admin@cpchea.org
Skype: Isaac N Mutua
Rev Mutua is a founding member and the Executive Director of the Centre for the Promotion of Christian Higher in Africa (CPCHEA), the regional expression of IAPCHE.

John B. Hulst, Executive Secretary Emeritus
Dr. Hulst was IAPCHE's Executive Secretary
1996 - 2002; and he served as Senior Advisor 2002-2004.
jlhulst@mchsi.com

Dr. John B. Hulst retired as Executive secretary in June 2002 and served as Senior Advisor to the Secretariat for two years after his retirement. He is the past chairman of the International Association for the Promotion of Christian Higher Education, and became the Executive Secretary of IAPCHE in September 1996, after retirement from the presidency of Dordt College.

 

Marlene Veenstra, Office Assistant
Marlene began working at the IAPCHE office in July 2003.
iapche@dordt.edu

Marlene has extensive office work experience. Previously she worked as a church secretary and in sales support for a travel agency. We are pleased to have Marlene working at the IAPCHE office on Dordt’s campus.Dordt College is very important in the lives of the Veenstras. Both Marlene and her husband, Charles, came to Dordt College as students and returned to Sioux Center for Charles to teach at the college. Charles has served for more than 30 years as professor of Communications. All four of their children are Dordt graduates.