Governance
Our Team
- Bert Groen, President
- Pascale Franck, Vice-president
- Davy Simons, Secretary
- Lienja van Eijkern, member
- Dries Wijckmans, member
- Sander Ligthart, member
External Trainers-Advisors
- Dan Dullberger, family dynamics
- Valerie Swennen, police-officer
- Gijs Simons, casemanagment
- James Henderson, director of Offender Accountability for the National S. Training Institute on StrangulationPrevention.
- Chan Hellman, Professor of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma and Director of The Hope Research Center. Chan Hellman’s research is focused on HOPE as a psychological strength helping children and adults overcome trauma and adversity.
- Willem Beckers, Counseler at Interactie-Academy, institute for systemic training and therapy. Expertise: highly dependent (young) adults and family violence.
- Dr. Elise Geuens, expertise: non-fatal Strangulation & Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Dr. Cath White, expertise: non-fatal Strangulation & Sexual Assault.
- Dr Leo Pas, expertise: multidisciplinary approach of gender-based and domestic violence from the health practitioners view
Our Boards
Supervisory Board
- Jenny Kristin Valberg (Iceland/FJC Bjarkarhlíð Reykjavik)
- Nicholas Spetsedis (Greece/Crete).
- Tanya Hoogwerf (FJC Filomena-Rotterdam/Netherlands).
- Daphny Tecklenburg (FJC Aruba).
- Ghada Hatem (FJC Maison des Femmes/France).
- Michele Rabaiotti (Italy).
The tasks of the Supervisory Board
- Promoting and strengthening the integration of the model of Family Justice Centers in their home countries on professional, policy and political level
- Advising the EFJCA foundation on strategic and policy matters
- Supporting national FJC representants and FJC organizations
Advisory Board
- Monika Queisser, Senior Counsellor to the Director of Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate and the Head of Social Policy Division at the OECD;
- Linda Terpstra, Chair of the Board of Fier (the Netherlands), the national Expertise and Treatment Center on GBV, DV, SV and CA;
- Magda De Meyer, European Women’s Lobby and Chair of the Dutch speaking Women’s Council;
- Gael Strack, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Alliance for HOPE International and U.S. International Family Justice Center Alliance.
The tasks of the Advisory Board
- Promoting and strengthening the integration of the Family Justice Center model in Europe on professional, policy and political level
- Advising the team of the EFJCA on strategic and policy matters