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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.

Helle Østergaard
Helle Østergaard
Director
Phone: 4529378922
Nynne B. Himmelstrup
Head of Communications
Phone: 29635270
Dorte Hoegh
Secretariat Coordinator
Phone: 4520836746
Wencke Kathrine Jansen
Head of Bullying and Well-being

 

Phone: 4526170056
Mikkel Lynggaard
Mikkel Lynggaard
Head of Analysis
Phone: 4560223274
Simone Bodholdt
Head of Domestic Violence and Loneliness
Phone: 4525310008
Tine beskåret
Tine Oxholm
Senior Project Manager

Domestic Violence and Loneliness

Phone: 4521285999
Christina beskåret
Christina Stær Mygind
Senior Project Manager

BookFun

Phone: 4526275414
Lasse Bergholtz Hansen
Lasse Bergholtz Hansen
Senior Press and Communications Consultant
Phone: 4531337216
Jana Christensen
Communications Consultant
Phone: 4550883334
Simone Rendtorff Kaae
Communications Consultant
Phone: 4528864636
Anne Sofie Juel Hansen
Anne Sofie Juel Hansen
Senior Project Manager

Free of Bullying

Phone: 4529640030
Anders Riis
Anders Riis
Project Manager

Antibulli

Phone: 4545273032
Jena Høgenhav
Accounting and Finance Officer
Phone: 4523211301
Fanny Tang Lærke
Student Assistant

Communications

Emma Scheel Basse
Student Assistant

Projects and Analysis

Andrea Kvist Christensen
Office Assistant
Phone: 4545273020

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
  • M.A. (Law), PhD Helle Rabøl Hansen, Danish School of Education (DPU), Aarhus University
  • 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

Panel of experts especially affiliated to BookFun

  • Professor Dorthe Bleses, TrygFonden’s Centre for Child Research

Panel of experts affiliated to Domestic Violence

  • Teacher Marie Møller Christensen, Kvindehjemmet (Women’s Home)
  • 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
  • Head/Director Stine Høegh, Health & Social Services, Department of Health & Social Services, Rødovre Kommune  (Municipality)
  • 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