The association
The Winter Universiade 2021 is organised by the association "Winter Universiade Lucerne-Central Switzerland 2021", whose board members comprise the six cantons of Central Switzerland and the City of Lucerne.
Representatives of the government of each of the six cantons and Lucerne City Council are responsible for strategic decisions, under the chairmanship of the Lucerne cantonal councillor Guido Graf. Swiss University SportsFederation SHSV is represented on the association board in an advisory capacity. The organising committee, directed by the Managing Director, Urs Hunkeler, reports directly to this board. Local organising committees at the event venues will conduct competitions in the various sports.
The Board
President
Guido Graf, Cantonal Councillor Luzern
Vice President
Niklaus Bleiker, former Cantonal Councillor Obwalden
Other members of the board
Beat Jörg, Cantonal Councillor Uri
Andreas Barraud, Cantonal Councillor Schwyz
Daniel Wyler, Cantonal Councillor Obwalden
Othmar Filliger, Cantonal Councillor Nidwalden
Beat Villiger, Cantonal Councillor Zug
Beat Züsli, Lucerne City Council President
Patrons' Committee
Co-Presidents
Damian Müller, State Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Konrad Graber, State Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Isidor Baumann, State Councillor of Canton Uri
Josef Dittli, State Councillor of Canton Uri
Alex Kuprecht, State Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Peter Föhn, State Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Erich Ettlin, State Councillor of Canton Obwalden
Hans Wicki, State Councillor of Canton Nidwalden
Joachim Eder, State Councillor of Canton Zug
Peter Hegglin, State Councillor of Canton Zug
Members
Politics
Guy Parmelin, Federal Councillor
Priska Birrer-Heimo, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Andrea Gmür, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Franz Grüter, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Louis Schelbert, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Albert Vital, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Marcel Dettling, National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Alois Gmür, National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Bruno Pezzatti, National Councillor of Canton Zug
Gerhard Pfister, National Councillor of Canton Zug
Felix Müri, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Leo Müller, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Yvette Estermann, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Beat Arnold, National Councillor of Canton Uri
Karl Vogler, National Councillor of Canton Obwalden
Petra Gössi,National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Stefan Engler, State Councillor of Canton Graubünden
Sports
Urs Lehmann, President Swiss-Ski
Ramon Zehnhäusern, Swiss-Ski Nationalteam, Universiade winner
Corinne Schmidhauser, World Cup & Universiade winner, lawyer
Patrizia Kummer, Olympic winner Snowboard
Jürg Stahl, President Swiss Olympic
Thomas Häni, President Swiss Ice Skating
Louis Moser, President Swiss Curling
Education
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach, Rektor Universität Luzern
Dr. Markus Hodel, Rektor Hochschule Luzern
Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Schärer, Rektor Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern / Präsident Kammer Pädagogische Hochschulen swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Silvio Herzog, Rektor Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz
Prof. Dr. Esther Kamm, Rektorin Pädagogische Hochschule Zug
Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner, Rektor Universität Zürich/Präsident swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi, Direktionspräsident Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz/Präsident Kammer Fachhochschulen swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger, Rektor Universität St. Gallen/Präsident Kammer universitäre Hochschulen swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman, Rektorin ETH Zürich
