Organisation
The Mary Foundation consists of a board of directors, a secretariat and a governing body, and we collaborate with a number of relevant partners.
Board of Directors
The Mary Foundation is managed by a board of directors with HM The Queen as the chairman. All board members work voluntarily.
Organisational chart
Secretariat
The Mary Foundation’s secretariat consists of the following employees.




Wencke Kathrine Jansen
Head of Bullying and Well-being & Loneliness
Phone: 4526170056
Mail: wkj@maryfonden.dk




Ida Emilie Stigaard Bruhn
Project Manager
Phone: 4528702498
Mail: isb@maryfonden.dk

Lasse Bergholtz Hansen
Senior Press and Communications Consultant
Phone: 4531337216
Mail: lbh@maryfonden.dk



Anne Sofie Juel Hansen
Senior Project Manager
Free of Bullying
Phone: 4529640030
Mail: asja@maryfonden.dk






Panels of Experts
At the Mary Foundation, we identify, manage, and develop our projects in collaboration with leading experts in each specific area. The overview below highlights our experts – individuals who inspire and advise us in our work.
Panel of experts affiliated to Bullying and Well-being
- Professor Jan Kampmann, Roskilde University Centre
- Professor Dorte Marie Søndergaard, Danish School of Education (DPU), Aarhus University
- Professor Donna Cross, Winthrop Professor with the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Western Australia and the Australian Telethon Kids Institute.
- Director of the Center for Youth Studies (CUR), PhD Søren Østergaard
- Associate professor Grethe Kragh-Müller, Danish School of Education (DPU), Aarhus University
- Director Anni Marquard, Center for Digital Youth Care
- Professor Dorthe Bleses, TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research
Panel of experts affiliated to Domestic Violence
- Director Helle Øbo, AskovFonden
- Senior researcher Mai Heide Ottosen, VIVE, The Danish Center for Social Science and Research
- Head/Director Mette Skovgaard Væver, Center for Early Intervention and Family Studies, University of Copenhagen
- PhD, Chief Physician Trine Rønde Kristensen, Centre for persons subjected to violence, Frederiksberg Hospital
Panel of experts affiliated to Loneliness
- PhD, program director and professor Mathias Lasgaard, DEFACTUM, Region Midtjylland and Syddansk Universitet
- PhD, professor Rikke Lund, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen
- Director Lise Stidsen Vandahl, Børne- og ungeområdet, Frederiksberg Kommune (Municipality)
- Professor, Centre Director and Head of Research Noemi Katznelson, Department of Culture and Learning
- Centre Director, Rillo Rud, Danish Institute for Voluntary Effort
- Lecturer, MSc (Anthropology) & PhD, Trine Østergaard Wulf-Andersen, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University