Who’s Who

Officers and Trustees of the New Netherland Institute

Michael Vande Woude, Chair

Thomas Ruller, Vice Chair

E. James Schermerhorn, Secretary

John Brownell, CPA Co-Treasurer

Phoebe Bender

Marilyn E. Douglas, Chair Emerita

Richard C. Kiger

Melissa Thompson-Flynn

Liesbeth Trappenburg

Everett Law Zabriskie, III

Ellen Zunon

Ex Officio

Chelsea Teale, Director NNRC

Dr. Charles T. Gehring, Director Emeritus NNRC

Janny Venema, NNRC Associate Director Emeritus

Drs. J. W. P. (Jan) Kennis, Common Cultural Heritage Liaison (NL)

Michael Mastroianni, Acting Deputy Commissioner, OCE

Brian Keough, Assistant Commissioner for NYS Archives, NYS Archivist

Lauren Moore, Assistant Commissioner for Libraries and State Librarian 

Jennifer Saunders, Director NYS Museum 

Past President
R. J. Jippe Hiemstra, deceased

(Current as of 01/2026

About the New Netherland Institute

For over three decades, NNI has helped cast light on America's Dutch roots. In 2010, it partnered with the New York State Office of Cultural Education to establish the New Netherland Research Center, with matching funds from the State of the Netherlands. NNI is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. More

The New Netherland Research Center

Housed in the New York State Library, the NNRC offers students, educators, scholars and researchers a vast collection of early documents and reference works on America's Dutch era. More

 

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