The team

Thea Lyng Thomsen

CEO

tt@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2716 9564
Thea is committed to building place-based strategic environments with a goal of ensuring sustainable solutions and impact. She has previously established similar platforms for collaboration with a focus on business development, e.g. the GreenLab industrial park. Thea believes in intention, trust and building business to secure sustainable change. She has an education in literature and reads a least one BIG novel a year.

Bert Meijers

COO

bm@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 9155 9904
Bert works with program and business development. He is passionate about interdisciplinary work when it comes to sustainability. And he is passionate about pancakes. Bert is originally from the Netherlands and was educated in Denmark as a KaosPilot. He has worked with impact investing in co-working environments in San Francisco, Amsterdam, and Berlin and he has broad experience in business development and facilitating innovation processes.

Tennae Rix Kristensen

Project Manager

tr@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2785 3979
Guiding and managing larger projects with many contributing stakeholders is key to Tennae's work as Project Manager. She establishes structures and procedures to ensure that everyone is on board and is able to perform their best. She has a burning passion for the way in which companies can contribute to society in a positive way and is specialised in Sustainable Business. In her private life she has an idealistic dream of mending all pieces of clothes in her family.

Louise Overgaard Pedersen

Event and marketing manager

lp@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2981 2056
Louise is an experience economist and with great passion she creates communities and relationships through events, experiences and marketing that inspire, motivate and excite. Louise has previously developed and led networks, conferences and training courses around experiences and sustainability, transformed an old garage into an event venue and helped Danish brands with user involvement and co-creation as an independent consultant.

Dorte Christensen

Office employee

dc@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2981 1252
Dorte’s creativity is everywhere at our co-work space. It can be seen in our interiors, our gifts, our events and just about everything else. Her work is intentional and filled with heart and, often, a good portion of stubbornness- especially when it comes to finding and choosing sustainable solutions. New ideas are always welcome and Dorte is continually working on something new and exciting.

Emma Marie Hjorth Kaalby

Community Coordinator

ek@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2981 1254
As community coordinator, Emma is concerned with facilitating a space for Herning's diverse members with sustainability as key. She has a broad background in media studies, nordic litterature and journalism with a focus on online communities. From "højskole" to CSR in an international company - community and unification of interests have always been a driving force for Emma.

Frederikke Strandgaard

Communication and Facilitation Intern

fs@baeredygtigherning.dk +45 2972 1831
Frederikke is our Communication and Facilitation Intern with a great interest in inspiring others towards sustainable action. She has a bachelor's degree in Design Culture and Economics, where she has worked with the fashion industry's green transition throughout her studies. She is now studying a master's degree in journalism with the ambition to communicate messages about sustainability to both young and old.