Jan-Baptist Verheeke serves as the vice-chair of the EEAC Network since January 2022. Jan is the Secretary General of the Flemish Environment Council, Minaraad. In 1989, he started his professional career as a lobbyist for a Flemish nature protection organization. In 1992, Jan became acting director of the secretariat of the Minaraad. After spending some years as personal advisor on nature policy to the then Flemish environment minister (2004-2009), Jan returned to the Minaraad as general secretary.
