Team

Machiel Klerk : Founding President

Machiel Klerk is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with almost 15 years of Jungian Psychology expertise. He followed a course at the Jung Institute in Zurich, Switzerland, and has a master’s degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. Machiel is the founding president of the Jung Society of Utah.

For more information visit www.machielklerk.com

 

Rene Kolga : Co-Founder and CTO

Rene Kolga possesses over 15 years of diverse experience in the IT domain. He managed teams, projects and developed products in small companies as well as led multi-million dollars portfolios in the world’s largest enterprises, such as Symantec. Rene is also passionate about international development, microfinance and technology for development initiatives. He consulted a variety of non-profit organizations working across the globe in the areas of marketing, technology and microlending.
Rene has a computer science degree from the Tallinn University of Technology and MBA in International Business from the University of Utah. Rene is a passionate traveler and also an active member of the local community.

 

Akke-Jeanne Klerk : Education Program Director

Akke-Jeanne is currently working as a lecturer in psychology at the University of applied sciences in Amsterdam, where she is a co-developer of the curriculum. In the past she has taught and facilitated workshops in Europe, Africa and Asia. Working with different nationalities has resulted in a sensitivity to different learning needs and learning strategies.
Since 1996 she has taken a special interest in Jungian psychology and dreams. Consequently she has attended training in Jungian psychology. Her interest has resulted in an organization called ‘dreameducation’ in Holland; an organization that makes scientific knowledge on dreams available to the layman through educational programs.
In her capacity of the Education Program Director for the Jung Platform she is responsible for setting program priorities, responding to constituent needs and requests, and developing new educational projects.

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