Marietje SCHAAKE

CULTCommittee on Culture and Education
D-USDelegation for relations with the United States

AFETCommittee on Foreign Affairs
INTACommittee on International Trade
DSEEDelegation for relations with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo
D-IRDelegation for relations with Iran

• Studied Liberal Arts at Wittenberg University, Ohio (1996-1997). BA, Sociology, University of Amsterdam (2001). Hallo(c) Academie, academy for applied creativity, concept design and communications (2003-2004). MA, American Studies with minor in New Media, University of Amsterdam (2004). Reporter at Rosenbaum Select, reporting on local government, business and NGO meetings (2000-2004). Co-founder of Inovo BV, investment advice and opportunities to Dutch investors on prospects in Turkey (2005-2006). Advisor to the President of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Wade Henderson, and the US Ambassador to The Netherlands, Roland Arnall, on managing diversity in pluralist societies, integration issues and Muslims in the West; designing and managing projects with Dutch and American business, civil society, political and government players (2006-2008). Freelance consulting and concept development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Felix Meritis on trans-Atlantic relations and pluralism (2008-2009).
• Humanity in Action: founder and chairman of the Senior Fellow Network; member of the Board of Directors; member of the International Strategic Planning Committee (2004-2007). Founding member of the American Chamber of Commerce Young Professional Network (2007-2009). Founding member of the British Council Transatlantic Network 2020 (2008-2009). Member of the German Marshall Fund's Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (2008-2009). Member of the Board, Martin Luther King Award Europe (2008-2009).
• Publications: with M. Silverman, 'Camp Vught: Everyone is Invited!' in Humanity in Action Report 2003, New York; 'Soul searching for a new Dutch identity', Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 5 No 1 (2006); 'A State of Bewilderment', Talking Transatlantic, British Council Transatlantic Network 2020, Washington/Brussels (2008).