Eric Veenstra

Eric "Eggs" Veenstra is a former American music artist, songwriter, music executive, actor, and fashion model from New Jersey. He is best known for being a former member of the boy band DIVERSE along with fellow members Christopher "Rocket" Pasquin, Ryan "PREZ" Prescott, Mazzy Matin, and Michael Link.

History
In 1998, Veenstra collaborated musically with high school classmate and aspiring artist/songwriter Bethany Joy Lenz. The two worked on a few songs intended for Lenz's debut album, as Lenz had recently been signed to a recording deal with Epic Records at the time. Lenz would later go on to star in the popular television series "One Tree Hill" for many years.

Veenstra was an Abercrombie fashion model for two years in 1998 and 1999 respectively, appearing in different magazine ads and on various billboards throughout the United States. He also did some part-time acting, appearing sporadically on the daytime soap opera Guiding Light, where he occasionally acted alongside Lenz who had a starring role on the show at the time.

From 1999 to 2001, Veenstra was a member of the boy band DIVERSE. The group had a management and music production deal in place with H2O Entertainment from 1999 to 2001, but was unable to land a deal with a major record label during that time. In October 2001, Veenstra decided to leave the group in order to pursue other interests outside of the music industry. The group unofficially disbanded a month later when its four other members decided to leave as well. Although all five members still remain friends today, there has never been any word of an official reunion by DIVERSE as of 2014.

In Spring 2002, Veenstra returned to the music industry and became the first ever Vice President of Rocket Records, an independent record label started by his friend and fellow former DIVERSE group member Christopher "Rocket" Pasquin in January 2002.

In Summer 2004, after working as the Vice President of Rocket Records for over two full years, Veenstra left the label and also the entertainment industry altogether on a permanent basis, deciding to enroll in dental school and then becoming a dentist. Although Veenstra remains friends with all four of his fellow DIVERSE group members, he is no longer active in the music industry at all.

Personal
Veenstra is a graduate of Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, NJ, the same school which has produced notable entertainment personalities such as the Jonas Brothers, Bethany Joy Lenz, Antonique Smith, and Katie Sagona. Two of Veenstra's fellow DIVERSE group members, Pasquin and Link, as well as Lenz and Smith, also attended the school at the same time that Veenstra was a student there.

Throughout his active career in the entertainment industry, Veenstra was briefly romantically linked in the press to a few female celebrity entertainers, including Lenz, Willa Ford, Jessica Simpson, and Amanda Peet. Today he resides in North Haledon, NJ with his wife Kimberly and runs his own dental practice in nearby Midland Park, NJ.