Resthaven Care Community

 Greg McCoy
 Resthaven Board President
 Cunningham Dalman P.C.
 321 Settlers Road • Holland, MI 49423
 616-392-1821
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2009-10 Board of Trustees

Karen Brown is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and attended Oakland Community College and Eastern Michigan University.  She has three children and three grandchildren, and has served as the Special Events Coordinator for Metal Flow Corporation for the past 25 years.  Karen is retired from Holland Public Schools, beginning her career there as an elementary classroom assistant and math and science tutor.  She continued to tutor children as she moved to an office position at Holland Junior High School.  She also served as an assistant to the Vice Principal and Athletic Director, and spent the last seven years as an assistant in the Counseling Office and Athletic Office.  Karen has volunteered as a Catechism teacher at St. Francis de Sales, Girl Scout Leader, Cub Scout Leader, Campfire Girls Leader, administering hearing tests for newborns at Holland Hospital, Dutch Dancer in a Holland High Teachers group, Arts & Crafts Instructor at Evergreen Commons, and in a variety activities with children in the Holland Public Schools System, including helping at athletic events and academic tutoring.

John W. Dice, Board Treasurer, manages the Lakeshore Financial Services Group for Macatawa Bank.  He holds a degree from Hope College, a Masters Degree from Grand Valley State University, and a Certified Employee Benefits Specialists designation from the Wharton School of Business.  A member of Covenant Life Church in Grand Haven, John is married to Linda and has two children, Kendall and Cameron.  He serves as a trustee for the Christian Schools International Pension and Insurance Trust, was the Capital Campaign Co-Chair for the construction of Allendale Christian School’s new facility, and serves as Vice Chair for Leadership West Michigan.

Len Fazio, is the owner and practitioner of West Michigan Rehabilitation.  He holds Bachelor degrees from both Hope College and Grand Valley State University in physical therapy. Len is a member of Beechwood Reformed Church where he serves as Elder.  He is married to Nancy and has three children, Elisabeth, Anne, and Sarah.

Kay L. Hubbard is an independent consultant in the areas of organizational development, human resource systems, real time strategic change, and whole systems strategic planning.  She has consulted with the Workforce Innovation for Regional Economic Development (WIRED) grant for West Michigan from the Department of Labor and as a partner with Notre Dame Executive Education Programs (Mendoza School of Business) with the U.S. Navy NAVSEA Operations in Corona, California.  We are certain that the highlight of her career has been acting as consultant in strategic planning for Resthaven for many years.  Kay holds a BA from Hope College and is an Elder at Hope Church in Holland. She is married to Daniel Fisher and has two children, Elyse and David.

Susan Hutchinson, Board Secretary, has been an active resident of the Holland area for many years.  She was a founding member of Evergreen Commons as well as Paragon Bank.  Sue also served on the Holland Hospital Board of Directors.  For twenty-eight years, she was owner of Hutchinson’s Store for Children in downtown Holland and three neighboring communities.  Sue holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan.  She and her husband, John, are members of Third Reformed Church where they have held various leadership positions.  Both of them are actively involved in the lives of their ten young grandchildren.  Sue currently also serves as the volunteer Sage for Resthaven’s Vern & Lois Boersma Cottage.

Greg McCoy, Board Chair, is an attorney with Cunningham, Dalman PC in Holland where he specializes in business, tax, and employment matters.  After graduating from Albion College, Greg became a Certified Public Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand.  He then attended and graduated from Wayne State University Law School.  He has practiced law since 1994.  Greg previously served on Boards with United Way and the Holland Jaycees.  He is married and has two daughters, ages 5 and 2.

Tracey McKnight has lived in the Holland area her entire life.  She is married to Jim and has two children, Ryan and Mallory.  She earned her Diploma in Nursing from Hackley Hospital School of Nursing, a Bachelor’s of Nursing from Grand Valley State University, a Master’s Degree in Management from Aquinas College, and certification in Care Management.  Tracey began her career at Holland Community Hospital working as an RN, and then held multiple leadership positions which lead to leading the development of Holland Hospital’s Home Health Care programs.  In 1997, Tracey joined the Spectrum Health Hospital System in the role of Director of Care Facilitation.  Over the past twelve years, she has led multiple departments and strategic initiatives within the Spectrum Health System.  She currently serves as the Senior Director of Revenue Cycle for Spectrum Health. 

Susan Muzzy, Board Vice Chair, has used her considerable skills in the areas of networking on behalf of Resthaven.  A successful horsewoman and Holland native, Susan has made it her life’s work to promote charitable organizations such as Resthaven.  Married to Richard, they reside in the Holland area and have two grown children.

Ilse Saewert and her husband, Andrew, are residents of the Holland area.  An attorney by trade, she graduated with both her Bachelor’s and Juris Doctorate degrees from Valparaiso University and is a financial advisor at Raymond James.  Ilse is active with her three children, Anna (7), Reid (4), and Sean (2) as well as volunteering at Peeps, Inc. and Waukazoo Elementary School.  She and her family are members at Fellowship Reformed Church in Holland. 

Rev. John Schmidt, serves as a Pastor and educator at Second Reformed Church of Zeeland, and is active on a number of denominational and ecumenical boards.  John holds degrees from Hope College, Western Theological Seminary (M. Div.), and Western Michigan University (Ed. D.).  He is married to the Reverend Dawn Boelkins, an Associate Pastor at Second Reformed Church and instructor at Western Theological Seminary.  Their daughter, Rebecca Schmidt is volleyball coach and Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Hope College.

Dr. George Zuidema was born in Holland, Michigan.  He received his B.A. from Hope College in 1949 and his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1953.  He completed his surgical internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and served in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps.  George joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Medical School in 1960.  In 1964, he came to Johns Hopkins to become surgeon-in-chief of the hospital and Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine.  In 1984, George returned to the University of Michigan Medical School as a Professor of Surgery and Vice Provost for Medical Affairs.  He has published extensively throughout his career, producing more than 25 books and over 200 scientific articles.  He has been on the Board of Hope College since 1988 and serves on the OAR Board of Trustees.  George is retired and lives in Holland with his wife, Joan.