Salvör Jónsdóttir was recently elected the new chairman of Matís. She succeeds Hákon Stefánsson, who has held the position since 2019.
Salvör completed his master's degree in planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has worked in planning for decades. Among other things, she has worked in the organization of the food system in the United States and for years was the director of the planning department at the City of Reykjavík. In addition, she has held the position of assistant professor at HR. Salvör is currently working on her doctoral research at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences of the University of Iceland, where she examines aspects of the natural and social sciences with the aim of improving production systems in agriculture with regard to sustainable development. In the study, attention is paid to food security in Iceland.
We thank Hákon Stefánsson for a job well done and extend a warm welcome to Salvár Jónsdóttir.