Komafest is run on a day to day basis by landscape architect and anthropologist, Brona Keenan, and human geographer and teacher, Bertine Tønseth.

Brona Keenan is an anthropologist and landscape architect with experience from a wide range of national and international organizations across many countries. She has worked with nature and cultural conservation for more than 25 years, in both the public and private sectors. Brona has a strong commitment to people and to rethinking resources and revealing untapped potential in creative ways. She frequently uses graphics and maps as tools to document complex topics. She is constantly seeking new challenges and experiences and is deeply fascinated by northern climates and societies, so much so that we suspect an Arctic heart beats within her one hundred percent Irish body. Her belief in Komafest’s vision runs deep.

Bertine Tønseth is educated as a teacher and human geographer. She is from Bergen with strong roots in both Sogn and Northern Norway. She has lived and worked on Lovund, on the Norwegian Coast of Helgeland, and is a dedicated educator who believes in education as a powerful tool for building communities from the ground up. She has a particular interest in coastal communities and the factors that shape them, including politics and governance practices. As a geographer and writer, she actively uses both competencies in Komafest’s work. Since 2017, she has documented Komafest’s projects through photography and texts, with a sensitivity and curiosity that helps translate ideas into reality.

If you want to get in touch with us, send us an email to brona@komafest.com or bertine@komafest.com