Our Steering Committee | GILC

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Our Steering Committee

Australia | Ending Loneliness Together

Michelle H Lim, Ph.D.

Chairperson and Scientific Chair

Ending Loneliness Together

GILC Steering Committee Co-Director 2021/2022

Johanna Badcock, Ph.D.

Vice Chair & Deputy Scientific Chair

Ending Loneliness Together

Brazil | Instituto Dara

Adriane Menna Barreto

Executive Director

Canada | The GenWell Project

Pete Bombaci

Founder and Chief Connection Officer

The GenWell Project

With significant, formative contribution from:

Amy Westland, Esq.

Chair of the Board

Denmark | The Mary Foundation

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Tine Oxholm

Senior Projekt Manager

The Mary Foundation

Mikkel Lynggaard

Head of Analysis

The Mary Foundation

Finland | HelsinkiMissio

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Tuuli Albekoglu

Loneliness Intervention Specialist

Heidi Östling

Crisis Counselor

Germany | Togetherness Hub

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Jannis Kuhlencord

Co-Founder & Chairperson

Togetherness Hub

Rahel Herczeg

Co-Founder & Vice-Chair

Togetherness Hub

Japan | Anata no Ibasho

Koki Ozora

Chief Executive Officer

Anata no Ibasho

New Zealand | Loneliness New Zealand Charitable Trust

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Ms. Cathy Comber

Trustee & Chief Executive Officer

Loneliness New Zealand Charitable Trust

Dr. Spencer Scoular

Trustee

Loneliness New Zealand Charitable Trust

United States | Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness

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Edward Garcia, MHS

Co-Director

Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness

GILC Steering Committee Co-Director 2021/2022

Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Ph.D.

Chair, Scientific Advisory Council

Foundation for Social Connection

with significant contribution from

Andrew MacPherson

Co-Director

Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness

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