About Us

Founded in 2006, the Ivy Circle is an active community of alumni clubs from >20 leading North American universities and business schools.
Collectively and club-led, we regularly organize events both large and small on a wide range of topics; host annual education fairs; finance Fulbright scholarships for graduate and undergraduate study in the US; support one another’s networks with a special effort in engaging and advising young people; partner with other US-oriented organisations/institutions; and foster community and connections.

Local alumni clubs from the following schools are current members of Ivy Circle Netherlands:

Berkeley Haas (Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley)	Brown University	Chicago Booth (The University of Chicago Booth School of Business)	Columbia Business School
Cornell University	Dartmouth College	Netherlands Fulbright Alumni Association	Georgetown University
Harvard Club of the Netherlands	Harvard Business School	Johns Hopkins University/SAIS	Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
McGill University	University of Notre Dame	University of Pennsylvania	Princeton University
Stanford University	Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth	Tufts University	The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Yale University

Ivy Circle Board

	Hollis Kurman Chair University of Pennsylvania/Georgetown MSFS
	Anthonie Zoomers Secretary University of Chicago Booth School of Business
	Philip Viergutz Treasurer and Mentoring Princeton University
	John Terwilliger Fairs Coordinator University of Pennsylvania/Wharton School
	Erica Phiansunthon Communications University of Pennsylvania
	Events Coordinator
	Luana Botelho Co-Membership Engagement University of Pennsylvania/Harvard University
	Michelle van der Maten-Bologna Membership Engagement Columbia University/Columbia Business School
	Erin Lang Young Alumni Coordinator Georgetown University

Ivy Circle Advisory Board

Ivy Circle benefits from the support and expertise of a distinguished board of advisors. The board brings together expertise in each of the areas of interest of Ivy Circle: education, arts, business, and society:

	Willem Stevens (Chair) Former Dutch Senator
	Beth Johnson Owner, Boekhandel van Rossum
	Ben Bot Former Dutch Foreign Minister
	Ruth Oldenziel Senior Fellow at Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study
	Marc van Gelder Non-executive board member at various organizations
	Paul Broholm Former Vice Chair Fulbright Commission the Netherlands; Non-executive board member & advisor at various organizations
	Harald Walkate Head of ESG, Natixis Investment Managers
	Lindsey Rothenburg Consul General United States
	Jan Veldhuis Former Board Chairman University of Utrecht