Team and organization chart

Human Front Aid

Management

Bänz Margot

Initiator & volunteer since the start of the war

Leads HFA and has supported since day one with evacuations and direct and financial emergency aid on the ground.

Team Ukraine

Kseniia Shapovalova

Direct emergency aid

Supports people in acute emergency situations.

Oksana Klock

Direct emergency aid

Active in Kherson and the Kherson region.

Tatianna Velikaya

Direct emergency aid

Cash-for-food and immediate aid in Odesa.

Tamerlan Bannura

Community kitchen

Provides people in Odesa with warm meals.

Tatiana Hlukhova

Direct emergency aid

Supports those affected in Odesa and southeastern Ukraine.

Oksana Bystro

Direct emergency aid

Provides support in Odesa, Kherson and southeastern Ukraine.

Abraham Collier

Direct emergency aid

Immediate aid in Odesa and southeastern Ukraine.

Olha Hrebenkova

Direct emergency aid

Active in Kropyvnytskyi and southeastern Ukraine.

Board of Trustees

Kathrin Bertschy

Patron

Member of the National Council (GLP Switzerland).

Gerhard Pfister

Patron

Member of the National Council, President of the party “The Centre”.

Basil Anliker

Patron

Bernese rapper “Baze”.

Cédric Wermuth

Patron

Member of the National Council and Co-President of the Swiss Social Democratic Party (SP).

Prof. Dr. Bernd Schildger

Patron

Former Director of Zoo Bern.

Meret Schindler

Patron

Co-President of the SP City of Bern, President of Debt Counselling Bern, and member of the cantonal parliament (Grand Council) for the SP Canton of Bern.

Wanja Greuel

Patron

Former CEO of BSC Young Boys.

Matthias Aebischer

Patron

Member of the National Council (SP Switzerland).

Reto Nause

Patron

Member of the National Council (Canton of Bern), The Centre.

Werner Schmitt

Patron

Co-founder of Ukraine Culture Network, Legato Bern–Odesa, and initiator of the Yehudi Menuhin Forum.

Beatrice Simon-Jungi

Patron

Former member of the cantonal government, Finance Department, Canton of Bern.

Oswald Sigg

Patron

Former Vice Chancellor of the Swiss Confederation.

Daniel Koch

Patron

Former employee of the ICRC and the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH).

executive committee

Daniel Kula

Treasurer

Responsible for the association’s finances.

Georg Häsler

Board member

Board member of Human Front Aid.

Isabelle Tanner

Board member

Board member of Human Front Aid.

Karin Gerber

Board member

Board member and active support in operations.

Sissel Storseth Haarr

President

President of the association and member of the board.

Supporting

Peter Baumann

Co-founder

Co-founder of Human Front Aid.

Gregory Zagkos

Design & marketing

Design, web and communications for Human Front Aid.

Zyza Olena Oleksandrivna

Database & statistics

Responsible for data analysis and statistics.