Mark Van Stekelenburg
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Mark passed away on August 3, 2022 at MDAnderson in Houston, Texas, at the age of 71. He was surrounded by his beloved wife, Mirjam, and four children, Noud, Mark, Bart and Victoria. Mark is also survived by his three daughters-in-law, his son-in-law and his nine beautiful grandchildren. Mark spent the bulk of his career in food distribution. From 1992 until he retired in 1998 he was Chairman and CEO of Rykoff-Sexton/US Foodservice Inc. During his tenure, the company grew to be the second largest broad-line foodservice distributor in the U.S.A. Prior to that he was President and CEO of G.V.A., the Netherlands foodservice division of Ahold Delhaize, and served in key management positions with Vendex N.V. and SHV Holdings. Since 1998, Mark had been an investor, advisor and director in many public and private companies, in a wide range of industries. He also served as an Operating Partner at Champlain Capital and was an Honorary Member of the Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes. Mark will be sincerely missed.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to MDAnderson at http://www.mdanderson.org/gifts. Please specify 100% of the funds to be used by Dr Welsh's Lab in memory of Mark Van Stekelenburg.