Foundation Governing Board

Monica Dahlbom has been President of the Court of Appeal in Jönköping since 2016.

Søren E. Frandsen is Director for the Research & Innovation Organisation at University of Southern Denmark (SDU). He is also chairman of the board at Science Ventures Denmark. He has previously held the position as Prorektor at Aarhus University.

Linda Fransson has been the CEO of the family business “Gnosjö Automatsvarvning AB” since 2012, she was previously a partner in the company and has held several senior positions. Linda Fransson has a bachelor’s degree in technology, specializing in Mechanical Engineering, from the School of Engineering at Jönköping University.

Mats Eriksson is a professor in Nursing Science at the School of Health Sciences at Örebro University and a Specialist Nurse in intensive care. He is the leader of the research environment FAMN (The Child, the Family, the Caring system, the Society) and leader of the research group PEARL - Pain in Early Life.

Mats Eriksson is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain - Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood and a scientific advisor in the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants.

Madelene Sandström holds a licentiate degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University.

Madelene Sandström was CEO of the Knowledge Foundation 2009–2018. She has previously been Deputy Director General of VINNOVA (2001–2003) and Director General of the Swedish Defence Research Agency (2003–2009).

She is a member of a number of different academies, boards, and committees in research and education.

Mikael Alexandersson is professor of Education and professor of General Didactics. He earlier held a position at the University of Gothenburg. Alexandersson has been a university rector of Halmstad University, dean of the Faculty of Education and head of the Centre for Educational Science and Teacher Research (both at University of Gothenburg). Parallel to research, teaching and management, Alexandersson has been involved as an expert, advisor or secretary in Swedish governmental inquiries and commissions but also in Swedish funding agencies. During the last decade he has also been chairman of panels and committees for evaluation of higher education in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. Since 2018, Alexandersson is an elected accountant at the Knowledge Foundation.

Anna Yman is the current International Business Manager at SWECO and she has been active within SWECO for over 20 years, including as CEO of Sweco's Water and Environmental Experts. Previously, Anna Yman has also been active as a research student at Stockholm University.

Anders Lysén has worked in leading positions in business and product development, sales, delivery, service, and support at Telia for over 25 years and most recently as division manager for Telia's Corporate Customer Service. He has assignments as a working life representative in the review of quality assurance work for the Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ). Anders has been part of developing collaboration between JU and the business community for 20 years. He has been a member of the industry council for Computer Science and Informatics, which is a cooperation between business and academia, since 1996, and its chairman since 2012.

Sophia Fröberg Liljenberg student representative in the Jönköping University Foundation Governing Board

Sophia is president of Jönköping Student Union (2019–2022). She has studied the bachelor's programme Sustainable Enterprise Development at Jönköping International Business School at Jönköping University.

Mats Jackson is Executive Vice President at Jönköping University. Mats is professor in Innovative Production.