Martine Stolk is born and raised in the Netherlands, where she got her PhD in Chemical Engineering. She joined The Dow Chemical Company in Terneuzen, the Netherlands, in 1986 and was first transferred to Freeport Texas in 1993. Since then she has moved across the big pond four more times (Freeport -> Leipzig, Germany -> Freeport -> Stade, Germany -> Freeport). She currently is Dow's Analytical Technology Center Director, with global responsibility for a.o. work processes and technologies for Dow's product quality control laboratories. Throughout her career she has had the opportunity to travel the globe and work with people with diverse cultural backgrounds. This has taught her flexibility, and valuing and enjoying diverse viewpoints.
Martine is doing volunteer work for the Kids Unlimited Foundation, an organization for children with cancer, and she is following the volunteer training program at Brazos Bend State Park. She has a passion for animals and nature, and loves to spend her scarce free time with her camera in America's parks.
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