Council of Advice Sint Maarten
E.C. Richardson Street 13
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten
Tel: +1 (721) 542-0953
Fax: +1 (721) 542-0963
Monday – Friday (except holidays) from 08:00 -12:00, 13:00 -17:00
Ajamu Glenston Baly
Chairman of the Council since 2022
Born in St. Maarten on August 15th, 1977
Career
2014-2022
Secretary General at the Council of Advice Sint Maarten
2011-2014
Legal Policy Advisor at the Ministry of Justice Sint Maarten
2008 – 2010
Senior Legal Administrative worker at Dexia Bank/ USG Juristen Netherlands
2005 – 2008
Legal Administrative worker Dexia Bank Netherlands
2010
University of Amsterdam Dutch Law
1996
VWO diploma at Milton Peters College
1994
Havo Diploma at Milton Peters College
dates
Deputy judge Joint Court of Justice
dates
Member of the supervisory board of Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten
2012-2022
Member of the study financing appeal committee
2013-2014
Member of the work permits advisory committee
2012-2014
Member of the Franco Dutch treaty committee
2012-2014
Member advisory committee on residence permits
2011-2014
Secretary Central College for Probation
Alphaeus W. Tatem
Member of the Council since August 2018
Born on St. Eustatius on February 9th, 1969
Career
1995 – 1996
Deloitte & Touche St. Maarten Head Assistant Accountant
1997 – 1999
Deloitte & Touche St. Maarten Semi Senior
2000 – 2003
Deloitte & Touche St. Maarten Senior Accountant
2004 – present
VerSant Accountants & Consultants N.V. Managing Director and Manager of Audit & Assurance, Financial Services
Education
1989
Havo
1992
Associate degree in Accounting, Johnson & Wales University
1992
Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting, Johnson & Wales University
1994
Master of Science in Accounting, Johnson & Wales University
Secondary Activities
1997 – present
Board member of the Philipsburg SDA Church and Treasurer for many years off and on.
2011 – present
Executive Board member of the North Caribbean Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Churches in the Caribbean.
2011 – present
Trustee of the SDA Foundation of Churches
1998-present
School Board Member of the St. Maarten Seventh-Day Adventist School
2016-2017
Member of the Harbor Committee on St. Eustatius
2018 – present
Treasurer of ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Association)
2001-2002
Treasurer of Mental Health Foundation, St. Maarten
Counsellor of the Pathfinders’ Club on St. Maarten
Accounting Instructor at the University of St. Martin
Coach of Basketball and Volley ball teams on St. Maarten and in the USA
Candia B. Joseph
Member of the Council since March 2025
Born on St. Maarten on January 24th 1979
Career
1997 – 1999
Stichting Overheidsaccountantsbureau (SOAB) Auditor and Senior Auditor
2015 – 2019
Stichting Overheidsaccountantsbureau (SOAB) Audit Manager and Senior Audit Manager
2016 – 2019
Stichting Overheidsaccountantsbureau (SOAB) Country Manager St. Maarten
2020 – 2023
Stichting Overheidsaccountantsbureau (SOAB) Director St. Maarten
2020 – 2023
CBJ Consulting – Advisory and Management Services Managing Director/ Owner
2023 – Present
Managing Director/ Lead Consultant SAGE Consulting B.V.
Education
1998 – 2001
Business Administration Erasmus University Rotterdam
2001 – 2003
Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jan 2004 – Apr 2004
Business Graduate Program – International Exchange
Florida State University
2003 – 2006
Master of Science (‘Doctoraal’) in Business Administration
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Majors: Accounting & Control and Information Managemen
2007 – 2010
Executive Master in Internal/Operational Auditing (EMIA) Erasmus School of Accounting and Assurance (ESAA)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2012
Registered Operational Auditor (RO)
Stichting Verenigde Register Operational Auditors (SVRO/IIA-NL)
2013 – Present
Continuous Permanent Education (CPE)
Secondary Activities
2020 – present
Technical Committee Member, Resources for Community Resilience
National Recovery Program Bureau in collaboration with VNG International
2017
Present Board Member St. Maarten
Prins Bernhard Culture Fund Caribbean Region
2014
Present Member
Lions Club St. Maarten
Positions held:
Treasurer 2018 – 2019,
Leo Advisor 2020 – 2022,
Chair Audit Committee 2021 – 2022
2014 – 2015
Member and Chair Audit Committee
Supervisory Board of Directors N.V. GEBE
2013 – 2017
Treasurer
Safe Haven Foundation
2004 – 2009
Congregational Steward, Youth Group Team Leader, Member R&D committee
Holland Methodist Church Rotterdam
1999 – 2009
Member
Passaat Student Association Rotterdam
Positions held: President 2000 – 2001, Secretary 2002 – 2003, Advisory Board 2008 – 2009
Willemina Dana Kweekel
Member of the Council since March 2025
Born in the Netherlands on August 22nd 1977
Career
2022 – Present
Senior attorney at law at BZSE Attorneys at Law / Tax Lawyers
2013-2021
Senior legal Advisor at the Inspectorate for Public Health, Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor
Attorney at Law for the Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor and the Inspectorate for Public Health
2013-2015
Senior legal policy advisor at the Department of Public Health, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor
2011-2013
Senior attorney at law at HBN Law, Sint Maarten
2006-2011
Senior attorney at law at Brinkhof, Amsterdam
2001-2006
Attorney at law and senior attorney at law at CMS Derks Star Busmann, Utrecht
Admitted to the Bar since 2001 in consecutively Utrecht, Amsterdam and Sint Maarten
Education
2022
University of Curacao, Certified Legislative Lawyer
1995-2001
Master of Law (civil law and criminal law) at Leiden University
Secondary Activities
2023-present
Deputy Chairperson of the White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation
2022-2023
Board member of the White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation
2014-2024
Legal advisor for K1 Britannia Foundation
2002-2011
Member of the legislative committee of the NVAVG
2002-2006
Secretary of the Commissie voor de Rechtspraak Zorgverzekering
2002-2005
Secretary of the Regional Assessment Board Utrecht of the NMT
Nancy R. Joubert
Member of the Council since March 2025
Born on Curaçao on January 30th, 1984
Career
August 2020 – Present
Attorney at Law at Hoeve & Rogers Attorneys / Consultants
2014-2020
Secretary General (Griffier) at Parliament of St. Maarten
2012-2014
1st Acting Secretary General) (1ste Plaatsvervangende Griffier) at Parliament of St. Maarten
2010-2011
Legislative lawyer (Wetgevingsjurist) at the Department of Legal Affairs and Legislation for the Government of St. Maarten
2009-2010
RIjkstrainee at the Department of Constitutional Affairs and Legislation of the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations in the Netherlands
2008-2009
Rijkstrainee at the Rijkswaterstaat of the Ministry of Transport and Water management in the Netherlands
Education
2002
VWO
2006
Bachelor of Dutch Law
2006
Master of Dutch Law
Secondary Activities
2013 – 2017
Treasurer of the Oualichi Women’s Soccer Team Association
2023 – Present
Member of the Sr. Borgia Parent Teacher Association
2024 – 2025
Windward Islands Medical Association Note Taker
Willem Jan Noordhuizen
Member of the Council since 2019
Born in Rotterdam on June 30th 1964
Career
1989
Master’s in Dutch Civil Law, at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Netherlands
1989-1996
Member of the bar (District Court of Roermond, Netherlands).
1996-2000
Law clerk (gerechtsauditeur) for the Dutch Supreme Court (Hoge Raad der Nederlanden), section Civil Law
2000-2004
Judge with the district court of The Hague (Arrondissementsrechtbank s Gravenhage), section Civil Law
2004-2009
Member of The Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands-Antilles and Aruba, as judge stationed in Aruba, August, 2004 and on Sint Maarten, August, 2006
dates
Judge with the court of appeals of Amsterdam (Gerechtshof Amsterdam), section Civil Law
2013-2014
Member of The Joint Court of Justice of Auba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, as judge stationed on Aruba
2014-2018
President of the Committee on Supervision of Attorneys Aruba (Raad van Toezicht voor de Advocatuur)
2018 – Present
Admitted to the bar on August 21, 2018 (Aruba)
2019 – Present
Extraordinary member of the Committee on Supervision of Attorneys Sint Maarten (Raad van Toezicht voor de Advocatuur)
2020 – Present
Member of the Committee on Supervision of Attorneys Aruba (Raad van Toezicht voor de Advocatuur)
2019 – Present
Lecturer at the University of Aruba, Civil Procedure Law.
Education
VWO
1989
Master’s in Dutch Civil Law
Secondary Activities
2009
Co-author of the book Nederlands-Antilliaans en Arubaans huurrecht
2003- present
Co-founder and member of the editorial staff of the weekly magazine Kluwer Dutch civil law jurisprudence (Nederlandse Jurispruntie Feitenrechtspraak)
Meredith M. Boekhoudt
Member of the Council since March 2025
Born on Aruba on April 30th 1972
Career
2006- Present
Notary Office Boekhoudt Managing Director
2002-2006
Notary Office F.J.L.M Deputy/Candidate Civil law Notary
1998-2002
Notary Office F.H.A.A Duynstee Candidate Civil Law Notary
1997-1998
Notary Office P. Marres Candidate civil law of notary
Education
1996- 2002
Master of Laws, Notarial Law University of Leiden
Secondary Activities
2007-2008
Former member and Past President Rotary Club of St. Maarten
2004-2008
Former Board member Special Olympics St. Maarten Foundation
2006
Member Notariele vereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen en Aruba
Former Supervisory board member of the Sint Maarten Medical Center
Former member diabetes foundation of St. Maarten
