Mission statement
My mission is to dedicate my professional career to assuring that all children, regardless of their faith, economic condition or national citizenship, can be provided with a life-long, transformability-based educational opportunity, and that families can be helped to nurture their children and support them throughout that experience.

I am committed to the goal of becoming a leader in that effort and to encouraging others to regard the role of school leadership as one that creates a stimulating and empowering learning environment for all children and their families. As a leader, I will aspire to rely on the principles of democracy, tolerance for dissenting views, and the production of outcomes that are sensitive to, and respecting of, the culture in which those children and their families live.

My mission is based on a personal value system that is predicated on trust, honesty, openness, interdependence, consensus-building, and maximizing human potential. My guiding methodology is rooted in the tenets of Action Learning and "Real World Research."

My immediate goal is to better prepare myself for my long term effort by devoting my energies to the Doctoral Program, under the guidance of Dr. Waynne James, my Supervisor and Chair at University of South Florida.

• I am a regular participant in the World Economic Forum and through that relationship; I have had the opportunity to present my views on Educational Reform to an international audience for the past eight years.
  
  
• I am a member of The American Committees On Foreign Relations (ACFR) of Tampa Bay and an advisory Board Member of International School Connection (ISC).
  
  
• I am the visionary and founder of Lemshaga Akademi in Sweden, an extraordinary school for ordinary children, ages 3-15. You will find more history of the Lemshaga Akademi at www.lemshaga.se
  
  
• I am the founder of the Lemshaga Foundation (originally named Carpe Vitam Foundation), which is the driving force behind the school.
  
  
  » The Strategic Plan (pdf, 28 KB)
  » Biography (pdf, 9,5 MB)
  

My efforts began on a local level in my community, but in a short time I had the opportunity to reach an international audience. I believe that in the role of an "informed visionary" I can better serve as a catalyst for those educational reformers who might wish to benefit from my experience and network liaisons.

The Vision

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Education
Helena holds degrees from the American University of London (B.A., 1991), The University of South Florida (M.A., 2001) and University of Cambridge (M.Ed., 2007). She is currently a Doctoral candidate in Global Education Leadership at the University of South Florida.

Publications
My book, The Welfare Renaissance, was written to stimulate discussion and provide practical methods of improving society. I have presented my vision of an innovative community, based on fundamental common values and an understanding of what will be required of citizens living in a global society.

Wallenberg, H.H., (1997) The Welfare Renaissance—The Book. Stockholm: Barnakademi Publishing House AB.

Wallenberg, H. H., Bogolea, M.S. (1997) The Welfare Renaissance—The World Economic Forum Annual 1997. Stockholm: Barnakademi Publishing House AB.

Wallenberg, H.H., Bogolea, M.S. Ed. (2001) Why Excellence? Final Paper EDG 6931. University of South Florida.

Wallenberg-Lerner, Helena (2007) Study of an Innovative School in a Changing Policy Context: From Vision to Reality.

» MEd Thesis at the University of Cambridge-submitted 2006 (pdf, 852 KB)