Jon Vandenheuvel is President and co-founder of Africa Atlantic Holdings Ltd, and co-Founder of Africa Atlantic Franchise Farms Ltd (Ghana). Africa Atlantic is a farm development and management company growing maize on the shores of Lake Volta in the Afram Plains region of Ghana. Africa Atlantic has secured a long term agricultural development lease on 26,000 acres.
Prior to Africa Atlantic, Jon built a corporate and government relations firm, advising Fortune 500 companies and trade associations on public policy matters. Earlier, Jon spent 10 years as a senior congressional aide. His introduction to Africa was a Congressional trade mission to Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Morocco in 2001.
Jon has an M.A. from JohnsHopkinsUniversity, a B.A. from Wheaton College (IL), and has taken business classes at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA). Jon, his wife Vicki, and three daughters have lived in Ghana, West Africa and currently reside in Maryland. Jon works from offices in Maryland, Ghana, and the United Arab Emirates.
