GME Board Member and Treasurer Thanja van Dongen was appointed interim Chair of the Board during a Board meeting on 22 February 2022. Following the resignation of previous Chair Juha Mäkinen on 21 February, the swift decision will ensure full continuity of all GME activities in 2022. Thanja van Dongen is the Chair of the Board for Zelta Zeme in Latvia, a Baltic peat moss and growing media manufacturer founded in 1933. Born into a Dutch peat producers family and active in