The current board consists of Han van Ruler – chair Esther Didden – secretary Marc Dijkstra – treasurer Alexander Legebeke – member secretary Thomas Heij – publicity & publications Dorine Heus – general board member Yoram Stein – general board member
Overview of all chairmen and (member) secretaries
Chairmens Period Duration G.J.P.J. Bolland 1897 – 1901 4 years B.H.C.K. van der Wijck 1901 – 1907 6 years J.J. van Geuns 1907 – 1912 5 years P.H. Ritter 1912 – 1912 1 years Vacancy Period with no chairman 3 years T.J. de Boer 1915 – 1922 7 years J.D. Bierens de Haan 1922 – 1943 21 years 2e wereldoorlog VHS barely function 2 years B.H. Kazemier 1945 – 1956 11 years J.J. von Schmidt 1957 – 1971 14 years H.G. Hubbeling 1971 – 1984 13 years C. de Deugd 1984 – 1990 6 years H.R. (Herman) DeDijn 1990 – 1999 9 years C.J.M. (Kees) Schuyt 1999 – 2007 8 years L. (Wiep) van Bunge 2007 – 2012 5 years J.L.M. (Hans) Gribnau 2013 – 2019 7 years P. C.(Paul) Juffermans, waarnemend 2019 – 2022 3 years E.B. (Erno) Eskens 2022 – 2024 2 years J.A. (Han) van Ruler 2024 – present
Secretaries Period Duration Willem Meijer 12 juni 1897 – 1921 24 years W.G. van der Tak 1921 – 1954 33 years C.L. Thijssen-Schoute 1954 – 6 Oct. 1956 2 years G.J. (Guido) van Suchtelen 19 Jan. 1957 – 20 May 989 32 years Th. (Theo) van der Werf 20 May 1989 – 31 May 2017 28 years C. (Kees) Bruijnes 3 June 2017 – 25 May 2019 2 years H. (Hans) van den Berg 25 May 2019 – 23 Nov. 2019 1/2 years C. (Kees) Bruijnes 23 Nov. 2019 – 14 Nov. 2020 1 years M. (Marc) Dijkstra 14 Nov. 2020 – 1 July 2022 2 years E.L. (Esther) Didden 1 July 2022 – present
Member secretar iesPeriod Duration C. (Kees) Bruijnes 25 May 2019 – 14 Nov. 2020 1,5 years B. (Bart) Jansen 14 Nov. 2020 – 1 Oct. 2025 5 years A.B.T. (Alexander) Legebeke 1 Oct. 2025 – present