Board of Trustee Members
Walter Schmid
President of HEKS/EPER (term of office 2020 to 2023), Winterthur
Walter Schmid, Dr. iur., Lawyer, Lecturer and Project Director. Former Head of the Swiss Refugee Council, Head of the Office for Youth and Social Welfare of the City of Zurich (Amt für Jugend- und Sozialhilfe der Stadt Zürich), Director of the Lucerne School of Social Work, President of the Swiss Association of Welfare Organisations and Vice-President of the Federal Commission for Foreigners (Eidgenössische Kommission für Ausländerfragen). Former Chairman of the European Council on Refugees and Exiles and Vice-Chairman of the Migration Policy Group.
Daniel Rihs
Michèle Künzler
Vice President (Term of office 2020 to 2023), Vernier
Theology Studies, former State Councillor of the Canton of Geneva, former City and Municipal Councillor, currently responsible for the Business Taxation Department of the Municipality of Thônex, Vice-President of a Cantonal Foundation for Social Housing and a Foundation for Municipal Housing.
Daniel Rihs
Simone Fopp Müller
(Term of office 2020 to 2023), Köniz
Dr. theol. at the University of Berne in Practical Theology; Pastor, Zollikofen Evangelical Reformed Church Parish; Trainer of pastors; CAS, Inter-Cultural Theology and Migration; Dipl. Movement Analysis iba; Founding and board member KARIBU Intercultural Women's Meeting; President Schäferei 43 AG - a house for refugee projects and intercultural dialogue.
Simone Fopp Müller
Rolf Berweger
(term of office 2018 to 2021), Zug
Bank clerk; Church Council President of Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zug.
Romeo Basler
Jean-Luc Dupuis
(Term of office 2020 to 2023), Semsales
Training as a computer scientist and in crisis communication, Senior project manager of a major bank, Member of the Synod of the Reformed Evangelical Church of the Canton of Fribourg, former President of the Parish of Estavayer-le-Lac and la Broye fribourgeoise, former Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Dompierre Municipality.
Daniel Rihs
Daniel Reuter
(Term of office 2012 to 2023), Zurich
Parliamentary Secretary (Parlamentssekretär), MAS ZFH in Supervision and Coaching in Organizations, Vice-President Swiss Society for Parliamentary Questions (SGP), Member of the Protestant Church in Switzerland, Foundation Board Member Bread for All, Vice-President of the Church Council of the Canton of Zurich.
Romeo Basler
Fritz Schneider
(Term of office 2020 to 2023), Bremgarten, Berne
Agric. Engineer ETH; Master's degree programme, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; Development cooperation project and programme management for SDC and Intercooperation; lecturer, Deputy Director and later Head of the Department of Agronomy at the Berne University of Applied Sciences, School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL); since April 2015, adviser on development cooperation, execution of mandates for several clients such as SDC, GIZ and FAO.
HEKS/Beni Basler
Christoph Sigrist
(Term of office 2018 to 2021), Zurich
Lecturer in Diaconal Studies, Faculty of Theology, University of Berne; Pastor, Evangelical-Reformed Church Parish of Grossmünster, Zurich; President, Zürcher Spendenparlament [Zurich Donors' Parliament]; President, Zurich Forum of Religions; Board of Trustee member, Evangelical Society of the Canton of Zurich; Board of Trustee member, Diakoniewerk Neumünster; Member of the Board of Zürcher Stadtmission.
HEKS/Beni Basler