The Team
MAD consists of two legal entities: Komitéen for MAD Symposium in Denmark and MAD Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in the state of New York (EIN #47-4561918).
Melina Shannon-DiPietro
Executive Director
Magnus Nilsson
MAD Academy Director
Erica Helms
Managing Director of Philanthropy (US)
Anna Küfner
General Manager
Mikkel-Lau Mikkelsen
VILD MAD Director
Laura Hagel
VILD MAD Project Coordinator
Lisa Abend
Head of Communications
Lesley Price
Creative/Communications Lead
Ed Romein
MAD Academy Program Manager, Environment & Sustainability
Jack Muirhead
MAD Academy Manager
Roberta Garavano
MAD Academy Hospitality Manager
Kevin Prus
MAD Academy Assistant
Advisory Group
Anne-Birgitte Agger
Direktør, Hotel- og Restaurantskolen
Wade Davis
VP of Inclusion for product, Netflix
Educator and Feminist
Former NFL player
Kenneth Toft-Hansen
Team Denmark, Bocuse d’Or
Owner, Svikløv Badehotel
Kim Rahbek
Partner and CEO, Falsters Kyst
Founder, Sticks’n’Sushi
Mads Holme
Managing Partner, ReD Associates
Simona Maschi
Founder, Copenhagen Institute for Interactive Design
The Board
MAD is governed by two boards of directors, one headquartered in Denmark, the other headquartered in the US.
Jakob Schou Midtgaard
Partner, Accura
René Redzepi
Head Chef/Co-Owner, noma
Founder, MAD
Peter Kreiner, Chair
Co-owner, noma
Christine Lippert
Sleep Cat Farm
Kelli Hayes
Vice President of Strategy, DSM
Lena Hennessy
CEO, noma
David Barber
Co-Founder/Owner, Blue Hill
Founder, Almanac
Dwayne Sye
Founder, The Sye Fund
Co-Founder/Former Chief Information Officer, Cvent
Jessica Koslow
Chef/Owner, Sqirl
Tatiana Levha
Co-Owner/Chef, Le Servan, Double Dragon
Roger Stein
Founder, Soho Development Co, LLC
Helen Wechsler
Director, Bay Area Food Program, Google