Ilonka de Haan (age 53) believes that everyone makes a unique contribution to others. As a person, coach and builder, she stands up every day for professionals and organizations who want to take a step forward. She finds it a sport to turn intangible feelings into concrete actions with results, both internally felt and externally visible. In addition to her coaching work, in 2014 she and a group of pioneers in her hometown of Zutphen started the civic initiative Buddy to Buddy through which they pair involved residents with newcomers with a refugee background. This initiative has since grown into a national organization with local foundations in 12 municipalities.