Mr. Koert Kerkhoff
Since April 2019, Mr. Kerkhoff has been working for the Department of Culture of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport of the Government of St. Maarten. His areas of expertise are heritage, culture creative economy, culture and arts education, language, and decolonialism. The Caribbean has been his home since his first visit in1997 and he has been living in St. Lucia, St. Eustatius, and St. Maarten, working in education and public administration. Mr. Kerkhoff represents St. Maarten in the workgroup on culture and arts education of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and was part of the delegation at the UNESCO Abu Dhabi Conference in February 2024 and UNESCO MONDIACULT Barcelona 2025.
Mr. Kerkhoff has a son (24) and daughter (19). He has a master’s degree in general Linguistics from the state university of Groningen specializing in the neurology of language development and language disturbances. He loves the Caribbean for its diverse, vibrant, and dynamic life which he believes is an example for the rest of the world when it comes to finding solutions for ecological and societal problems with a focus on human dignity and uniqueness.
Mr. Kerkhoff has a son (24) and daughter (19). He has a master’s degree in general Linguistics from the state university of Groningen specializing in the neurology of language development and language disturbances. He loves the Caribbean for its diverse, vibrant, and dynamic life which he believes is an example for the rest of the world when it comes to finding solutions for ecological and societal problems with a focus on human dignity and uniqueness.