Foundation Board

BETH KRASNA

President of the Foundation Board

Beth Krasna

 

 

 

Beth Krasna was a member of the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain from 2003 to 2020; she was appointed vice-president in 2018 and president ad interim from May 2019-January 2020, she was President of the Board’s Audit Committee from 2008-2019. She is currently vice-president of the Board of Directors of Symbiotics SA, president of the Board of Directors of Ethos Services SA and member of the University Council of the Università della Svizzera Italiana. Ms. Krasna is also a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences. She has a degree in chemical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and an MBA from the Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

 

CHARLES BEER

Vice-President of the Foundation Board

Charles Beer

 

 

 

Charles Beer is an independent consultant who served for over 10 years on Geneva’s cantonal government as Minister of Public Education and Minister of Culture and Sports, and was elected its President in 2007 and 2013. Having trained as a social worker, he was Director of the Actions Unia trade union between 1988 and 2003. President of Pro Helvetia until the end of 2023, Charles Beer chairs the Fondation pour l'animation socio-culturelle du canton de Genève (FASe) and the Fondation Partage.

 

TAMAR MANUELYAN ATINC
 

TAMAR MANUELYAN ATINC

 

 

 

Tamar Manuelyan Atinc has been a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution since 2013. She has over 30 years of experience in the analysis and implementation of development policies and programmes. She was the World Bank’s Vice-President for Human Development, working to advance country policy and programmes to foster human development, reduce poverty and improve economic management. Her recent research focuses primarily on scaling up early childhood development, social impact bonds and data and accountability for better education outcomes.

 

Claire baribaud


Claire Baribaud

Claire Baribaud has been the Director of the Haute école du paysage, d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève (HEPIA) since 1 March 2021. Prior to her appointment, was Head of the Haute école de gestion de Genève (HEG) for 11 years.

Claire Baribaud has extensive experience in management, teaching and research. After studying mathematics at the University of Geneva and obtaining a doctorate in science at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), she joined Florida State University and then École polytechnique fédérale de Zurich ETH in Zürich as a teacher-researcher. In 2000, she was hired as a Lecturer Haute école de gestion de Genève (HEG) in the field of business informatics, where she taught mathematics, operating systems and computer networks and security for 11 years.

As a member of the Board of Directors of the Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale- Geneva (HES-SO), she actively participates in the life and politics of the institution. She is also a member of the Foundation Board of la Fondation pour la formation des adultes à Genève (Ifage).

CHRISTINE BEERLI


Christine Beerli

 

 

 

Christine Beerli is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of the Canton of Bern and of the Upper House of the Swiss Parliament (1991 to 2003), where she chaired the Foreign Affairs Committee and then the Committee for Social Security and Health. She chaired the caucus of the Free Democratic Party (PRD) in Switzerland’s Federal Assembly and also served on committees dealing with security policy and economic and legal affairs. A former director of the School of Engineering and Information Technology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, since 1 January 2006, she has headed Swissmedic, the Swiss supervisory authority for therapeutic products. She was Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) until March 2018.

 

François Bellanger


Bellanger

 

 

 

François Bellanger is both a practising lawyer and a professor at the University of Geneva.

With 20 years experience as a practising lawyer, his main specialization is in the areas of public law, real estate, contract law and litigation.

His classes at the University of Geneva cover various areas of public law, in particular the law of construction, public procurement and the civil service, administrative procedure and disputes relating to both Cantonal and Federal Public Law.

François Bellanger has been the President of the Bar School governing board, attached to the law faculty of the University of Geneva, since January 2011.

 

Alessandro Curioni


CURIONI Alessandro

Alessandro Curioni is an IBM Fellow, Vice President of IBM Europe and Africa and Director of the IBM Research Lab in Zurich, Switzerland. On top of being responsible for IBM corporate research in Europe and Africa, he leads IBM global research in Security and the Future of Computing. Dr Curioni is an internationally recognised leader in the area of high-performance computing and computational science, where his innovative thinking and seminal contributions have helped solve some of the most complex scientific and technological problems in healthcare, aerospace, consumer goods and electronics. His research interests now include AI, Big Data and novel compute paradigms, such as neuromorphic and quantum computing. Alessandro Curioni received his undergraduate degree in Theoretical Chemistry and his PhD from Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy. He is active in several scientific and technical advisory boards and is a member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences.

 

JACQUES MARCOVITCH


Jacques Marcovitch

 

 

 

Jacques Marcovitch is Professor of Management and International Affairs at the University of São Paulo in Brazil and a member of the Global Agenda Council for the Future of Latin America at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva. His past appointments include Rector of the University of São Paulo, President of Electric Utilities of the State of São Paulo and Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo. His research and publications focus on environmental challenges, entrepreneurship and Latin America.

 

Elettra Ronchi


Elettra Ronchi

Elettra Ronchi, PhD, MPP,  former Head of Unit and international policy analyst at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is, since January 2022 , senior policy consultant and adjunct lecturer in data governance, privacy and digital health.

Dr. Ronchi has more than 25 years of experience as international policy analyst evaluating the instruments available to governments to improve the public benefits from investments in health, science and technology. Work under her guidance at the OECD has included policy research, multi-lateral work, and the development of OECD Council legal instruments, including the 2021 Recommendation on Children in the Digital Environment and the 2016 Recommendation on Health Data Governance.

She has published extensively on the intersection of digital technology and governance with a particular focus on the health sector, and is on the editorial board of a range of journals, including most recently the International Journal of Medical Informatics. She has also served as expert on various advisory boards, e.g., the Ethics Advisory Council of the International Covid-19 Data Alliance, and the Working Group on Data Governance of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence.

Elettra Ronchi started her policy career in 1993 as consultant for the United Nations Development Programme, before which she held academic research and teaching positions in the U.S. and France.

 

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