Marianne Bernadotte, Founder
The driving force in the creation of the Foundation has been Marianne Bernadotte, Countess of Wisborg, born in Helsingborg, Sweden, and the widow of Prince Sigvard Bernadotte. After attending the school of The Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm, she became an actress at the same theater for the following ten years. Marianne Bernadotte also completed her exams in Arts and Sciences at Stockholm University. Her interest in medicine began more than 25 years ago when she became involved with the development of an advanced wheel chair, the Permobile, made for the seriously handicapped. Her long dedication to improving visual impairment problems in children emerged from a special interest in dyslexia.
Marianne Bernadotte is the honorary chairman of Technical Aids for the Handicapped, the honorary chairman of The Swedish Dyslexia Foundation and the honorary president of The International Rodin Remediation Academy. She is the recipient of the Albert Schweitzer Humanitarian Award and has been honored at Harvard Medical School. In 1998, Marianne Bernadotte was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine by the distinguished Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.
Officers and Directors:
| Marianne Bernadotte | Founder |
| Peter W. Williams, Esq. | President |
| Karl G. Andrén | Chairman Emeritus |
| Marianna J. Baker | Chair, Event Committee |
| John T. Flynn, MD | Co-Chair, Medical Advisory and Awards Committee |
| Marilyn Miller, MD | Co-Chair, Medical Advisory and Awards Committee |
| Dr. Torsten N. Wiesel | Chairman Emeritus, Medical Advisory and Awards Committee, Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology |
| Howard L. Clark, Jr. | Vice Chairman Emeritus |
| Lester S. Garfinkel | Treasurer |
| Louise Andrén | Assistant Treasurer |
| P. Whitridge Williams, Jr. Esq. | Secretary |
| Evan Malik | Director |
| Kenneth R. Norgan | Director |
| Kathy Spahn | Director |
Medical Advisory and Awards Committee:
| Dr. John T. Flynn | Co-Chair |
| Marilyn Miller, MD | Co-Chair |
| Dr. Torsten N. Wiesel | Chairman Emeritus |
| Dr. Gerd Hölmstrom | |
| Dr. Gunnar Lennerstrand |
Emeritus Members of the Board of Directors and Medical Advisory and Awards Committee:
| David Dangoor | |
| Brian D. Fix, Esq | |
| Lars Forsberg, Esq. | |
| Dr. Carl Kupfer | |
| Robert Lebuhn | |
| Danielle G. Luyten | |
| Claes von Post | |
| Lady Blanka Rosenstiel | |
| Marie Stanley | |
| Ann Stern | |
| Olle Wijkstrom | |
| Dr. Adam Zayan |
