The American Swiss Foundation is a private non-profit foreign policy organization headquartered in New York. It was founded in 1945 "to preserve and strengthen the historic friendship between the United States and Switzerland".
Conference
The main program of the American Swiss Foundation is a Young Leaders Conference, held annually in Switzerland since 1990. Conference alumni now number more than 1,300 leaders in both countries from business, government, the media, and academia. Among notable alumni are Foundation Chairman Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., U.S. Senator John Barrasso, and former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory.
References
- "American Swiss Foundation". NNDB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- "About Us". American Swiss Foundation. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- Burkhalter, Didier (2012-11-13). ""American Swiss Foundation - Young Leaders Conference" - Statement by Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter". American Swiss Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
- "Alumni in Leadership Positions". American Swiss Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
External links
- Post about ASF Alumni Event at U.S. Embassy Bern
- Article about ASF Chairman Robert Giuffra in Neue Zurcher Zeitung
- Op-ed by ASF President Patricia Schramm about U.S.-Swiss Trade in the Washington Times
- Article about ASF event with John Hennessy in Neue Zurcher Zeitung
- "U.S. Embassy Bern Hosts American Swiss Foundation's Young Leaders". U.S. Embassy in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- Lanz, Martin (2016-10-17). ""Ich werde zum Aufräumen geholt" | NZZ" (in Swiss High German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- "Building new free trade alliances". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
- Marie-Astrid Langer, Palo Alto. "Alphabet-Präsident Hennessy ermahnt nächste Generation". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-07.