BETH KRASNA
President of the Foundation Board
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 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.