Board & Council Members
Board & Council Members Van Andel Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute John Kennedy President & Chief Executive Officer, Autocam Medical Mark Meijer President, Life E.M.S. Ambulance Van Andel Research Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute Tom R. DeMeester, M.D. Professor & Chairman Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California James B. Fahner, M.D. Chief of Hematology & Oncology, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital (LEFT TO RIGHT) MARK MEIJER, JOHN KENNEDY & DAVID VAN ANDEL. 42 | VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 Michelle Le Beau, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Director, University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center; Director, Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory, University of Chicago George Vande Woude, Ph.D. Distinguished Scientific Fellow, Founding Research Director, Van Andel Research Institute Ralph Weichselbaum, M.D. Chairman, Department of Radiation; Head, Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research, University of Chicago Max S. Wicha, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Oncology; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Founding Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (LEFT TO RIGHT) JUAN OLIVAREZ, DAVID VAN ANDEL, GORDON VAN HARN & JAMES BULTMAN. (NOT PICTURED) DONALD MAINE. Van Andel Education Institute Trustees David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute James E. Bultman, Ed.D. Former President, Hope College Donald W. Maine Former President, Davenport University Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D. President, Aquinas College Gordon L. Van Harn, Ph.D. Emeritus Provost & Professor of Biology, Calvin College
Van Andel Research Institute Board of Scientific Advisors Michael Brown, M.D. (Chair) Paul J. Thomas Professor of Genetics & Director of the Jonsson Center of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Richard Axel, M.D. Professor of Neurosciences, Columbia University Joseph L. Goldstein, M.D. Chairman of the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Tony Hunter, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory; American Cancer Society Professor; Renato Dulbecco Chair; Director, Salk Institute Cancer Center Philip A. Sharp, Ph.D. Professor of Biology & Head of the Cancer Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Van Andel Research Institute External Scientific Advisory Board Tony Hunter, Ph.D. (Chair) Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory; American Cancer Society Professor; Renato Dulbecco Chair; Director, Salk Institute Cancer Center Marie-Francois Chesselet, M.D., Ph.D. Charles H. Markham Professor of Neurology; Distinguished Professor of Neurology and of Neurobiology, Reed Neurological Research Center Howard J. Federoff, M.D., Ph.D. Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs; Dean of Medicine, University of California Irvine Theresa Guise, M.D. Professor of Medicine; Jerry W. & Peg S. Throgmartin Professor of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Indiana University Kristian Helin, Ph.D. Director, Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC); Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen Sharon Y.R. Dent, Ph.D. Professor and Chair, Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis; Director, Science Part; Director, Center for Cancer Epigenetics, MD Anderson Cancer Center Max S. Wicha, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Oncology; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Founding Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center Van Andel Education Institute Advisory Council David Van Andel Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute Nancy Ayres Former General Manager, Flexco Stephen Best Education Consultant, Michigan Department of Education James Boelkins, Ph.D. Former Provost, Hope College LEADERSHIP Joseph Krajcik, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University Carol Van Andel, B.A. Executive Director, David & Carol Van Andel Family Foundation Van Andel Institute Graduate School Board of Directors James Fahner, M.D. Chief of Hematology & Oncology, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Michael J. Imperiale, Ph.D. Director, Doctoral Program in Cancer Biology; Associate Chair, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Peter Jones, Ph.D., D.Sc. Chief Scientific Officer, Van Andel Research Institute Pamela Kidd, M.D. Hematopathologist & Medical Director of the Hematology & Flow Cytometry Laboratories, Spectrum Health & Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital Gordon Van Harn, Ph.D. Emeritus Provost & Professor of Biology, Calvin College VAN ANDEL INSTITUTE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 | 43
