American Swiss Foundation

The American Swiss Foundation is a private non-profit foreign policy organization headquartered in New York. It was founded in 1945[1] "to preserve and strengthen the historic friendship between the United States and Switzerland".[2]

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.[3] Among notable alumni are Foundation Chairman Robert J. Giuffra, Jr. , U.S. Senator John Barrasso, and former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory.[4]

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References

  1. "American Swiss Foundation". NNDB. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. "About Us". American Swiss Foundation. American Swiss Foundation. Archived from the original on 2017-08-16. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. "Alumni in Leadership Positions". American Swiss Foundation. Retrieved 27 August 2017.


  1. "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.
  2. Lanz, Martin (2016-10-17). "«Ich werde zum Aufräumen geholt» | NZZ" (in German). ISSN 0376-6829. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  3. http://www.washingtontimes.com, The Washington Times. "Building new free trade alliances". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2019-10-07.
  4. Marie-Astrid Langer, Palo Alto. "Alphabet-Präsident Hennessy ermahnt nächste Generation". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 2019-10-07.
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