Niels Peter Rygaard, CEO

auth. DPA clinical child psychologist,
Program Development and Research

After decades of work with traumatised and adopted children, Niels published “Severe Attachment Disorder – A Guide to Practical Therapy” in 2005. The following lectures and studies of care systems around the world inspired him to gather a network of international researchers. Niels and the team transforms their care recommendations in Fairstart’s unique blended learning design, in partnerships with government agencies and NGO staff. This allows professionals to train thousands of foster parents and group home workers in attachment based practices at low cost. He received the Danish adoption Award in 2012, Fairstart received the EU award 2016 for innovative e-learning, and in 2020 Niels received the American Psychologist Association’s Award for International Humanitarian Work.

Morten Jac, CEO

Organization, Projects and Communication

Morten Jac is co-founder of Fairstart Foundation and co-owner of the consultant house key2see. Key2see works with innovation, organisation development, creativity, and communication. Morten Jac is educated as a teacher and holds a degree in rhetorics and communication from the University of Aarhus. Morten has published several books through his own publishing house and has worked with visual communication/photography for some of the country’s largest companies and municipalities.

Jannie Mikkelsen

Psychological programme developer

Jannie Mikkelsen holds a masters degree in Psychology from the University of Aarhus.

Maja Marie Lützau Forup

Program Faciltator

Maja is a psychology student at Aarhus University

David Jappe

Program Faciltator

David is a psychology student at Aarhus University

Peter Schramm

IT Specialist

Peter Schramm works as Grahic Designer, Illustrator and owns the company Cubix. Peter makes the impossible possible.

OUR TEAM IN GREENLAND

Susi Hinrup

Headmaster, Prinsesse Margrethe Skolen, Upernavik, Avannaata Kommunia.

Susi is a teacher and has a MA in mathematics didactics. Susi has been a Fairstart instructor since 2019 and holds courses in the northern part of Greenland (Ilulissat and Aasiat) in cooperation with Dia Jensen.

Dia Jensen

Deputy school inspector, Prinsesse Margrethe Skolen, Upernavik, Avannaata Kommunia.

Dia is a school counselor at the school in Upernavik. Dia is a educated teacher and has been a Fairstart instructor since 2019. Dia collaborating with Susi.

SOS CO-FACILATORS IN AFRICA

All our co-facilitators are educated Fairstart-SOS instructors and they are employed by SOS Childrens Villages in the different countries

CO-FACILITATORS INNINE COUNTRIES

Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Botswana, Mocambique, Somaliland and Angola.

We have connected 10 Co-Facilitators who have been educated as SOS/Fairstart Instructors in the following countries: Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya, Rwanda, Lesotho, Botswana, Mocambique,  Somaliland and Angola. All the Co-Facilitators are empoyeed by SOS Childrens Villages.

Selungwi Husna

Tanzania SOS Childrens Vaillage

Husna was educated from the first team of instructors in Zanzibar back in 2017.

Husna has helped us as co-facilitator with many teams of new instructors, both from Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

OUR BOARD

Mette Møller,

Chairwoman of the Board

Approved specialist in organisational psychology, supervisor in management- and organisational psychology. Certified in MBTI, JTI, Neo-pir and TCI.

Mette Møller is a self-employed organisational psycologist, who works with management and organisational development. Further, Mette has written books and contributed with much significant voulenteer work in favour of her hometown Aarhus.

Hans Hjordt Hansen, 

Computer Scientist, Courier and former Sales Executive.

For more than 30 years, Hans Hjordt Hansen has worked with management and development of sytem- and sales departments, where the client base consited of the largest Danish telecom – and industry clients. The last 8 years, Hans has worked as a courier with tours to China, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan and several parts of South America. He is a real globetrotter.

Kim Barba

Entrepreneur and project developer.

Kim Barba has for more than 25 years founded and been the driving force in a number of startups in both Denmark and abroad. He has also been involved in cultural projects and non-commercial collaborations, among others as festival coordinator and as the founder of a think tank that worked for regional development in West Jutland. 

Kim has traveled most of the world and has studied political science at Aarhus University. 

Pernille Thorup

Psychologist, Ph.D. in “Management and Complexity”, Business School of the University of Hertfordshire, England

Pernille has been member of Fairstarts Board siince 2019 and has been Chair of the board until February 3025