Board of Trustees
President: Etienne Gross, Historian, Hinterkappelen/BE,
Member of the Board of Trustees since 1987
President since 2003
former Editor in Chief of the monthly SAC magazine Die Alpen
former OC President of the Sport Climbing and Bouldering Competitions Switzerland
Martin Funk, Prof. Dr. Glaciologist ETH Zurich, Zürich/ZH
Board of Trustees since 2010
former lecturer at the ETH Zurich
- Alpinist, Mountain Guide
Erika Hiltbrunner, Dr. phil. Botanist, Isenthal/UR
Board of Trustees since 2017
Head of the Alpine Research and Training Station Furka ALPFOR
- Research assistant at the University of Basel, focus on biodiversity in the Alps
Hansrudolf Keusen, Dr. phil., Geologist, Rapperswil/BE,
Board of Trustees since 2000
Permafrost specialist
Alpinist, member of the Academic Alpine Club, Bern since 1999
Max Maisch, Prof. Dr. phil. Geographer, Gockhausen/ZH,
Board of Trustees since 2017
former lecturer at the University of Zurich, glaciology and geomorphology
former lecturer at the Zurich University of Education
Thomas Scheurer, Dr. phil. nat., Geographer, Münchenbuchsee/BE,
Board of Trustees since 2000
former managing director of the Interacademic Commission for Alpine Research (ICAS)
former head of the research commission of the Swiss National Park (SNP)
Thomas Weber-Wegst, lic. phil. II, Zoologist, Zollikerberg/ZH
Chief Executive since 1996
Board of Trustees