Council

DanChurchAid Council

DanChurchAid is governed by a council comprising 30 members representing important stakeholders around DanChurchAid. The Council has responsibility for the overall policy, direction and control of the organisation and is thus the supreme governing body of the organisation. DanChurchAid's board members are appointed by the council.

Council members cf. the statutes:

• Council Chairman: Bishop Niels Henrik Arendt

Chosen by The Church of Denmark Council on Interchurch Relations (§9,2):

• Head of a secretariat Jørgen Skov Sørensen

Chosen by The Diocesan Committee on Interchurch Relations (§9,3):

• Diocesan Committee/Funen: Teacher Inger Margrethe Lund
• Diocesan Committee/Haderslev: Teacher Olaf Helios
• Diocesan Committee/Helsingør: Project manager Gethe Jacobsen
• Diocesan Committee/Copenhagen: Consultant Viggo Haarløv
• Diocesan Committee/Lolland-Falster: Inge Lise Johansen
• Diocesan Committee/Ribe: Else Marie Riis Madsen
• Diocesan Committee/Roskilde: Teacher Lise Klemmed Lorentzen
• Diocesan Committee/Viborg: Karen Smith
• Diocesan Committee/Aalborg: Consultant Henning Thomsen
• Diocesan Committee/Aarhus: Teacher Alice Brask

Chosen by The Danish Missionary Council, The National Council of Churches in Denmark and The Evangelical Council of Free Churches (§9,4):

• The Danish Missionary Council: Head of department Uffe Torm
• The National Council of Churches in Denmark: Johannes Nordentoft
• The Evangelical Council of Free Churches: Midwife Laila Hørby, Deputy Chairman of the Council

Chosen by and from among employees at DanChurchAid (§9,5):

• Senior Policy Advisor Elsebeth Gravgaard (board member)
• Programme Coordinator Uffe Gjerding

Chosen by and from among Danish partners (§9,6):

• FDF; Principal Folk High School: Helga Kolby Kristiansen (board member)
• Children in Africa, support group in Denmark: Lecturer Karsten Dam
• 'De grønne pigespejdere' (girl scout movement): Information Officer Suzette Frovin

Chosen by and from among DanChurchAid's donors (§9,7):

• Senior lecturer Edith Aller
• MA Ejvind Post

Chosen by and from among volunteers working in DanChurchAid’s second-hand shops (§9,8):

• Inger Kongsted Olsen
• Tove Nielsen

Chosen by DanChurchAid’s appeals co-ordinators (§9,9):

• Consultant Hans Christian Beck-Jensen (board member)
• Theological student Astrid Skovgaard Jacobsen

Chosen by and from among participants in DanChurchAid’s volunteer programmes abroad and other volunteers (§9,10):

• MA Carl Gustav Klemmed Lorentzen
• Student of Political Science Karin Vibholt

Chosen by the Council (§9,11):

• Student of Political Science Christoffer Rubæk
• Pastor Helle Christiansen
• Professor Thomas Tufte.