Dan Olofsson

Founder and Chairman

The corner-stone for Star for Life was laid by Dan and Christin when they started Thanda Safari in South Africa. Despite the fact that the couple had come to paradise with beautiful nature and wild animals, they soon became aware that many of their employees, including the young ones, contracted HIV and died of AIDS. In order to increase knowledge about the spread of infection as early as possible in life, a first school program was inaugurated in 2005. Today, almost 20 years later, the commitment is still strong and Dan is our chair.

dan.olofsson@danir.com

Jessica Grundström Ahldin

Secretary General

As Secretary General, Jessica is ultimately responsible for operational management, international cooperation, new collaborations, budget, and staff. Before being recruited to Star for Life, she founded both the non-profit organization Drivkraft Malmö and the Transfer Öresund. In addition, Jessica has more then twenty years’ experience as an entrepreneur in leadership, marketing, media and sales.

jessica@starforlife.se
+46 (0)70 811 29 30

Ida Wahlström

Program Development Manager

As Program Development Manager, Ida coordinates and develops Star for Life’s School Programme. In addition, she is responsible for all applications to our institutional and internnational donors. Ida holds a Bachelor’s degree in international politics from Georgetown University and a Master’s degree in international development cooperation and management from Lund University.

ida@starforlife.se
+46 (0)70 337 40 77

Per Strand, PhD

Head of Research