The Foundation Board is the highest body within SA4D. It provides guidance to the organisation and its head office, while taking strategic decisions regarding policy.
Dr. Ernst Schläpfer
Neuhausen
President of the Foundation Board
Former Principal of the Vocational Education and Learning Centre Canton Schaffhausen
Board member since 2016
Pius Betschart
Bern
Vice president of the Foundation Board
Former Director of Asylum Directorate of the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM)
Board member since 2017
ROMAN EGGER
Feldbrunnen
CEO Witschi Electronic AG
Board member since 2023
BARBARA EPPRECHT-KAISER
Ebmatingen
Attorney and Legal Counsel at UBS
Board member since 2023
Andreas Kissling
Meisterschwanden
President of the Board, Pension Fund Sika
Board member since 2006
Kurt Kunz
Ittigen bei Bern
Former Swiss Ambassador and Assistant Director General for Cooperation with Eastern Europe at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA).
Board member since 2025
Walter Mengisen
Worben
Head of the ombudsman’s office at the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Former Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Sport, former Dean of the Swiss Federal Institute of Sport Magglingen
Board member since 2024
DR. ANDRÉ SCHALLER
Grimentz and Biel/Bienne
Former Swiss Ambassador of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
Board member since 2023
Julien Steiner
Biel/Bienne
Town Clerk
Board member since 2013
Raphael Widmer
Zumikon
CFO Stadler Rail AG
Board member since 2014
Andrea Zryd
Magglingen
Member of the Swiss parliament (SP), physical education teacher, Swiss Olympic Coach (currently Athletic Coach Swiss Ice Hockey)
Board member since 2019