New Year's Reception 2020

The Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO) and the Netherland-America Foundation’s Houston Chapter (NAF) kindly invite you to their 5th joint New Year’s Reception on January 14th, 2020 at the Houston Club. We are thrilled to have a wonderful guest speaker: Ms. Ruth Emmerink, Consul General of the Netherlands in the United States of America.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

5:30 - 6:00

Opening & Registration

6:00 – 8:00 pm

Networking reception
Complimentary drinks and appetizers

6:30 pm

Welcome by Saskia Pardaans
Chief Representative, NBSO Texas

Keynote by

Mr. Ruth Emmerink
Consul General of the Netherlands in the United States of America

Closing remarks by

Sjoerd Hoekstra
President, Netherland-America Foundation – Houston

Location
The Houston Club
One Shell Plaza Building
910 Louisiana Street, 49th Floor
Houston, Texas

Free and convenient parking starts at 5:30pm
in the garage at the Houston Club!

Guests will have the opportunity to join the NAF Houston Chapter as
new members or renew there membership during the event.

We look forward to having you as our guest.

Should you have questions, contact Saskia Pardaans: +1 832-900-4948.

Yours sincerely,

Sjoerd Hoekstra
President NAF-Houston

Saskia Pardaans
Chief Representative NBSO

About the speaker

Ms. Ruth Emmerink started working in the government in 2000 and in 2002 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the start of her career at this Ministry, she worked as a Second Secretary in Bamako, Mali and as a Senior Policy Officer at the Department of Human Rights and Peace Building, later Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid. Before being named as a Consul General, she served as Deputy Ambassador in Manila, Philippines, and recently, in Seoul, South Korea. Ruth is currently based in Miami and her mission covers Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, and Texas. The consulate also covers the US Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, the Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas.