Keynote speaker Lisbeth Hoefdraad LLM is the President of the Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba.
She was born and raised in Curaçao and combines her active professional life with volunteer work and her hobbies: running, walking, reading.

EDUCATION
1969-1975   University of Groningen, Holland.
                    Bachelor’s Degree (1971);
                    Masters in Dutch Law (1975)
1963-1969   Peter Stuyvesant College (Gymnasium), Curaçao

CAREER HISTORY
2007-present President of the Common Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and
                      Aruba
1996-2007     Member of the Joint Court of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
1994-1996     Substitute member of the Joint Court of the Netherlands Antilles and 
                      Aruba
1988-1994     Chief Lawyer of the Maduro & Curiel’s Bank Group
1985-1988     Head of the Law Department of the Island Government of Curaçao (AJZ)
1977-1985     Substitute Head of the Law Department of the Island Government of
                      Curaçao (AJZ)
1975-1977     Legal advisor at the Law Department of the Island Government of Curaçao (AJZ)

CAREER RELATED ACTIVITIES
1991-1994      Secretary in the board of the Foundation ‘Nos Banco’
1991-1994      Secretary and substitute treasurer of the board of the Foundation of the
                       University, Chair for Environmental Affairs and Development (Stichting
                       Leerstoel Milieu en Ontwikkeling)
1990-1996      Substitute member of the Board of Appeal for civil servants (Raad van
                       Beroep Ambtenarenzaken)
                       Secretary and substitute chairman of the board of the Foundation for
                       Public Housing (Fundashon Kas Popular)
                       Board member of the Investigation Commission of the Merchant Shipping
                       Act (Commissie van Onderzoek Scheperwet)
1975-1988      Licensed lawyer working for the island government

CIVIC ACTIVITIES
                   Secretary of the Board of the Foundation for the Care of Children with
                   Physical Disabilities “Mgr. P.I. Verriet”
1988-2001  Chairman after this foundation voluntarily merged with the Foundation for the Care of Children whit Mental Disabilities
2001           Member of the supervisory board of the (now called) SGR-group
2001-2006  Chairman of the board of the Foundation for After-Prison Care Curaçao (Stichting Reclassering Curaçao) (1998-2006)

AWARDS/DECORATIONS
2007 Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau