Calvin Announces Two New Board Members

August 15 , 2006 == MEDIA ADVISORY

Calvin College has named two new members to its Board of Trustees.

They are: Roger Brummel of Holland, Michigan, the CEO and director of the Grand
Rapids based Au Sable Institute; and Scott Spoelhof of Holland, Michigan, a
managing director for Bayside Capital Management in Holland.

The 31-member Calvin Board of Trustees meets three times annually, usually on
the Calvin campus, with those meetings taking place in October, February and May
each year. Both men were elected to three-year terms (as is true for all Calvin
board members) with an option for further three-year terms.

Brummel is a 1961 graduate of Calvin who earned his degree in chemistry,
mathematics and education, prior to earning a pair of master's degrees and a
Ph.D. in organic chemistry at Wayne State University. He spent the majority of
his career with Parke-Davis in a variety of positions, including vice president
of chemical development, a title he also held at Pfizer after that company
purchased Parke-Davis in 2000. Since leaving Pfizer, Brummel, 67, has worked as
CEO and director of the Au Sable Institute of Environmental Studies, which
provides university-level courses with transferable credits to over 50 colleges
and universities, plus a myriad of other services, including environmental
education and restoration for school children and adults.

Brummel, a member of 14th Street CRC in Holland, will be back on the Calvin
Board of Trustees after a 20-year absence. He served the Calvin board (which
then was a combined board for both Calvin College and Calvin Theological
Seminary) from 1980-1986, including a stint as board vice chair.

Spoelhof, 44, graduated from Calvin in 1984 with a degree in business. The
lifelong Holland resident went on to earn an MBA at Michigan with an emphasis in
corporate strategy in 1986. After graduate school he first worked for Herman
Miller and then for Johnson Controls (the former Prince Corporation). In 2000 he
joined Bayside Capital Management, a private investment management firm which
focuses on equities, real estate and private equity as managing director.

A member of Christ Memorial Church in Holland, Spoelhof has served his church
in a variety of capacities over the years and also has been on the boards of
numerous other organizations, including Good Samaritan Ministries in Holland and
the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce (of which he is chair-elect). He will serve
the Calvin board of trustees for the first time, but is a long-time supporter of
Calvin and its Christ-centered approach to higher education.
 
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Received on Tue Aug 15 14:26:25 2006