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, 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., Former President, Hope College

Juan R. Olivarez, Ph.D., President, Aquinas College