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 Sports 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
Guy Parmelin, Federal Councillor
Beat Arnold, National Councillor of Canton Uri
Prof. Dr. Giorgio Behr, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Behr Bircher Cellpack BBC Group
Prof. Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi, Direktionspräsident Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz/Präsident Kammer Fachhochschulen swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Thomas Bieger, Rektor Universität St. Gallen/Präsident Kammer universitäre Hochschulen swissuniversities
Prisca Birrer-Heimo, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Fabian Bösch, Swiss-Ski Nationalteam, World Champion Freeski Big Air and Slopestyle
Heinz Brand-Ciocco, National Councillor of Canton Graubünden
Martin Candinas, National Councillor of Canton Graubünden
Marcel Dettling, National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Dr. Rolf Dörig, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Adecco Group
Stefan Engler, State Councillor of Canton Graubünden
Yvette Estermann, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Ida Glanzmann-Hunkeler, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Alois Gmür, National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Andrea Gmür, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Philipp Gmür, Helvetia
Petra Gössi, National Councillor of Canton Schwyz
Franz Grüter, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Thomas Häni, President Swiss Ice Skating
Felix Howald, Direktor Industrie- und Handelskammer Zentralschweiz IHZ
Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner, Rektor Universität Zürich/Präsident swissuniversities
Prof. Dr. Silvio Herzog, Rektor Pädagogische Hochschule Schwyz
Dr. Markus Hodel, Rektor Hochschule Luzern
Heinz Karrer, economiesuisse
Prof. Dr. Esther Kamm, Rektorin Pädagogische Hochschule Zug
Jürg Kessler, Rektor Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft HTW Chur
Patrizia Kummer, Olympic ans Universiade winner Snowboard
Urs Lehmann, President Swiss-Ski
Louis Moser, President Swiss Curling
Leo Müller, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Felix Müri, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Bruno Pezzatti, National Councillor of Canton Zug
Gerhard Pfister, National Councillor of Canton Zug
Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Schärer, Rektor Pädagogische Hochschule Luzern/Präsident Kammer Pädagogische Hochschulen swissuniversities
Louis Schelbert, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Peter Schilliger, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Corinne Schmidhauser, World Cup & Universiade winner, lawyer
Prof. Dr. Sarah M. Springman, Rektorin ETH Zürich
Prof. Dr. Bruno Staffelbach, Rektor Universität Luzern
Jürg Stahl, President Swiss Olympic
Albert Vitali, National Councillor of Canton Lucerne
Karl Vogler, National Councillor of Canton Obwalden
Ferdinand Zehnder, VR-Präsident Luzern Tourismus AG
Ramon Zenhäusern, Swiss-Ski Nationalteam, Olympic and Universiade winner Alpine Skiing
