About the Foundation

Board of Advisors

The Advisory Board advises and supports the Foundation Board in strategic matters.

Sabine Döbeli

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Sustainable finance, sustainable investments, sustainability management, sustainability research.

Education:
Masters degree in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.
Post-graduate degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Basel.

Activities:
Sabine Döbeli has worked in the field of sustainable finance for over 20 years in different roles. She is the CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF), that was established under her lead with the objective of making Switzerland a leading voice and actor in sustainable finance. Previously, she worked in two Swiss banks in the fields of sustainability research, sustainability management and sustainable investments.

Sigrid Lüber

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Ocean and sea animal protection, underwater noise pollution, marine policy, governance in international bodies, CSO participation, science-policy interface, wildlife and environmental protection in general.

Education:
Sigrid Lüber acquired her knowledge of the oceans and the legal foundations of international marine protection autodidactically.

Activities:
Sigrid Lüber is founder and president of OceanCare, an internationally renowned marine protection organization, which she has built up, shaped in terms of content and focused on policy work since 1989. A generational change took place at OceanCare in 2022. Sigrid remains committed to the organization as president, continues to represent OceanCare, performs governance tasks and supports the team as a mentor.

Sigrid Lüber is co-chair of the Joint Noise Working Group of the UN Agreement ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS/CMS and member of the advisory board of the EU project QuietSeas.

Ann C. Zulliger

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Agent for Change, adult education, consciousness development, environmental concerns, networking, spirituality, dialogue and group dynamics.

Education:
BA cum laude and MA in German Language and Literature from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. Minor in Humanities Special Programs, Junior College Teaching Credential. Certificate in environmental consulting from the Swiss branch of the WWF (1992). Certificate in meditation course leadership from the Evangelical-Reformed Church of Canton Zurich (2001).

Activities:
Volunteer worker in the educational program of the Creative Initiative Foundation (Palo Alto, California) and in the work of its successors from 1968 – 2013. Resident in Switzerland since 1978. Married. Two adult children.
Co-founder – together with her husband Hans R. Zulliger – of the Stiftung Drittes Millennium (Foundation for the Third Millennium) and the discussion group for dialogue and consciousness development Neues Denken (New Thinking).
Member of the leadership team of Beyond War, e.V., Germany.
Author of environmental information columns for the monthly publications of the American Women’s Club of Zurich and the Zurich International Women’s Association.
Zen student. Volunteer translator (German/English) and discussion group facilitator/moderator.

Iris Wehberg

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Societal & social change, sustainability, art/culture/education, relationship between humans & nature, communication & interdisciplinary cooperation, perspective change.

Education:
M.A. Cultural Sciences at Leuphana Universität in Lüneburg, Germany.

Activities:
Senior project manager for the Foundation for the Third Millennium and exhibition curator of «Walk through time», extensive experience as curator of various international exhibitions, co-founder of several initiatives to promote social & societal change.

Frank Eyhorn

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Sustainable food systems, international cooperation, rural development, environment and climate change.

Education:
Environmental Scientist ETH Zurich. PhD at University of Berne. Further education in development cooperation, international organizations management, mindful leadership.

Activities:
Director Advisors Services at Helvetas. Previously Executive Director of Biovision Foundation. Member of the review panel of the Solution Oriented Research for Development (SOR4D) program (SDC and Swiss National Science Foundation).

Lukas von Orelli

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Foundation management, sustainable and impact investing, foundation law, promotion of science.

Education:
Lawyer (Dr. iur.), attorney at law and economist (lic. rer. pol.), coach.

Activities:
Managing director of the Velux Foundation, an international foundation promoting science (www.veluxstiftung.ch); board member and former president SwissFoundations (www.swissfoundations.ch), the association of Swiss grant-making foundations; various association and foundation mandates, co-editor of the online commentary on the law on associations and foundations.

Lukas Bühler

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Climate protection and decentralized energy systems, urban mobility and transport transformation, sustainable food systems and lifestyles, and advocacy and public relations work related to social transformation processes.

Education:
Master in Environmental Sciences, ETH Zurich.

Activities:
Energy Expert and Campaign Manager at Greenpeace Switzerland; engaged in activist movements promoting sustainable urban mobility and climate-friendly food systems; strategic campaign planning, media production, and public communication on environmental and climate issues.