a lifetime supporting and promoting our community.

I work for you.

VOTE BOCKS MAYOR

A history of public service

  • Mayor of Holland, Michigan

  • City of Holland - Planning Commissioner

  • Holland Board of Public Works

  • Macatawa Area Coordinating Committee

  • Lakeshore Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors - Chair

  • City of Holland Zoning Board of Appeals - Chair

  • Hospice of Holland Board of Directors

  • West Coast Leadership - Executive Chair

  • West Coast Chamber of Commerce - Distinguished Leadership Award, 2003

  • Leadership West Michigan - Organizer

  • Tulip Time Tour Guide - 25 consecutive years

  • Tulip Time Board of Directors - Chair

  • World Tulip Summit - Delegate

  • World Order of the Tulip - 25th Inductee worldwide.

  • Herrick District Library Board

  • Holland Hospital Medical Ethics Committee

  • Holland in Bloom Steering Committee

  • Holland Civic Center Place Steering Committee

  • Holland Civic Center Place - Fundraising Campaign Co-Chair

  • Holland Civic Center Place Advisory Board - Chair

  • Overtures and Judicial Business Committee -Classis of Holland

  • Reformed Church Executive Committee - Classis of Holland

  • Reformed Church Overtures and Judicial Business Committee Synod of the Great Lakes

Education

  • Mt. Pleasant High School - 1985

  • Hope College - 1989

  • Marquette University Law School - 1992

emploYment

  • Central Park Law, PLLC - Owner since 1993