Institute Trustees

Van Andel Institute, Van Andel Research Institute and Van Andel Education Institute each have a board of trustees chaired by David Van Andel. See each board below.

 Van Andel Institute Board of Trustees

David Van Andel, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute

Joan Budden, Former President & CEO, Priority Health

John Kennedy, President &  Chief Executive Officer, Autocam Medical

Mark Meijer, President of Life E.M.S. Ambulance

Van Andel Research Institute Board of 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 (not pictured)

James B. Fahner, M.D., Chief of Hematology & Oncology, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital

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 (not pictured)

George Vande Woude, Ph.D., Distinguished Scientific Fellow, Founding Research Director, Van Andel Research Institute

Max Wicha, M.D., Distinguished Professor of Oncology; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine; Founding Director, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center (not pictured)

Van Andel Education Institute Board of Trustees

David Van Andel, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Van Andel Institute

James E. Bultman, Ed.D., President Emeritus, Hope College

Susan Keipper Meell
Chief Executive Officer, MMS Education

Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University
President Emeritus, Aquinas College

Teresa Weatherall Neal, Ed.D.
Former Superintendent of Grand Rapids Public Schools