The Team
Melina Shannon-DiPietro
Executive Director
Magnus Nilsson
MAD Academy Director
Mikkel-Lau Mikkelsen
VILD MAD Director
Ana Carvajal
MAD Academy Program Assistant
Anna Küfner
General Manager
Ed Romein
MAD Academy Program Manager, Environment & Sustainability
Irene Edwards
Head of Communications
Jack Mac Neill
Visual Communications Designer
Jack Muirhead
MAD Academy Manager
Kate Pemberton
Special Projects Manager
Laura Hagel
VILD MAD Project Coordinator
Roberta Garavano
MAD Academy Hospitality Manager
Advisory Group
Anne-Birgitte Agger
Direktør, Hotel- og Restaurantskolen
Helen Weschler
Regional Director of Bay Area Food Service, Google
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 advised by two boards of directors, one international and one in Denmark.
Komitéen for MAD Symposium Board (DK)
Peter Kreiner, Chair
CEO, noma
Kelli Hayes
Vice President of Strategy, DSM
René Redzepi
Head Chef/Co-Owner, noma
Founder, MAD
Jakob Schou Midtgaard
Partner, Accura
MAD Foundation Board (US)
William W. Helman IV, Chair
Partner, Greylock
David Barber
Co-Founder/Owner, Blue Hill
Founder, Almanac (Food Industry Investment Vehicle)
Wade Davis
VP of Inclusion for Product, Netflix
Educator and Feminist
Former NFL player
Jessica Koslow
Chef/Owner, Sqirl
Tatiana Levha
Co-Owner/Chef, Le Servan
Co-Owner/Chef, Double Dragon
Mikkel B. Rasmussen
Co-Founder/Partner, ReD Associates
Roger Stein
Founder, Soho Development Co, LLC
Dwayne Sye
Founder, The Sye Fund
Co-Founder/Former Chief Information Officer, Cvent
