The Ambassador of to the United States His Excellency Martin Dahinden

Steven G. Hoch Chairman of the American Swiss Foundation

The Board of Directors of the American Swiss Foundation

Request the Pleasure of your Company at

The Seventieth Anniversary Gala Dinner

Featuring

Joseph Jimenez Chief Executive Officer International AG

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Union League Club 38 East 37th Street New York, New York

Reception 6 pm R.S.V.P. April 30 Dinner 7 pm Reply Card Enclosed Business Attire (212) 754-1001 Keynote Address: “Switzerland and the United States: Leading the World in Innovation” Joseph Jimenez Chief Executive Officer Novartis International AG american swiss foundation SWISS ADVISORY COUNCIL Chairman of the Board Chairman Steven G. Hoch (Highmount Capital LLC) Dr. Andreas Beerli (, ret.) Chairman Emeritus Executive Committee The Honorable Faith Whittlesey Adrian T. Keller (Diethelm Keller Holding AG) President Gabriela Lippe-Holst (Alumni Foundation) Patricia Schramm Dr. Peter F. Weibel ( Group, ret.) Board of Directors Members Francis Bouchard () Thomas Aebischer (Holcim Ltd) Laurent Chaix (Sweetwater Partners LP) Dr. Peter Baldi (Baldi & Caratsch) Dr. John J. Connolly (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd) Markus Binkert (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd) Anisa Kamadoli Costa (Tiffany & Co.) Dr. Eric Cornut (Novartis) Patrick Ferriere (Fox Horan & Camerini LLP) Dr. Markus U. Diethelm (UBS AG) Charles Gerow (Quantum Communications) Dr. Rolf Dörig (Adecco Management & Consulting SA) The Honorable Joseph B. Gildenhorn (The JBG Dr. Luciano Gabriel (PSP Swiss Property AG) Companies) Raphael Gübelin (Gübelin Holding AG) Robert Giuffra, Jr. (Sullivan & Cromwell) Dr. Paul Hälg (Sika AG) James Hauslein (Hauslein & Company, Inc.) Dr. Yannick Hausmann (Zurich Insurance Group) Patrick Heymann (Swiss International Air Lines Ltd) Jacqueline Hess (Deloitte AG) Jan Hofer (Nestlé USA, Inc.) Martin Hirzel (Autoneum) Joseph K. Hurd III (Gannett) Urs Honegger (PricewaterhouseCoopers AG) Hans F. Kaeser, Esq. (Schiff Hardin & Waite) Stephan Jezler (RUAG Schweiz AG) H. Scott Miller (Miller Investment Management) Chris Johnson (Nestlé SA) Tom Naratil (UBS AG) Dr. Christoph Lindenmeyer (Schindler Holding Ltd) William C. Nixon (Vontobel Swiss Wealth Advisors) Michael Mack (Syngenta AG) Kimberly Reed (International Food Information Council) Martin Naville (Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce) Stephen Schley (Pingree Associates) Michael Pieper (Franke Holding Ltd) Elisabeth Schneier (Appeal of Conscience Foundation) Rolf Schafroth (Kuoni Travel Ltd) Dr. Douglas Sears (Boston University) Patrick Schwaller (Ernst & Young AG) J. Eric Smith (Swiss Re Americas) Dr. Zeno Staub (Bank Vontobel AG) Raymond Welder (Welder Exploration & Production Inc.) Dr. Thomas Wellauer (Swiss Re) Stewart E. B. Wicht (Rolex USA) Adrian Widmer (Accenture AG) Jakob Züger (Schindler Elevator Corporation) Secretary Roman Obrist (Swiss Re) young leaders Alumni COUNCIL Kent K. Anker, President (Democracy Prep, YL 1994) Honorary Secretary Robert Agresta (Agresta Acquisitions, YL 2011) Dr. Hans J. Halbheer (Credit Suisse, ret.) John Beauchamp (Hixon Properties, YL 2007) Stephanie Genkin (YL 2005) U.S. ADVISORY COUNCIL Kevin Gentry (Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC, Alfred R. Berkeley, III (The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., ret.) YL 2005) Marcel Biedermann (Swiss International Air Lines, ret.) Nicole Neily (Dezenhall Resources, YL 2011) Edward F. Cox, Esq. (Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler) Patricia Schramm (American Swiss Foundation, YL 1999) Dr. Alfred Defago (former Swiss Ambassador to the U.S.) John Tuttle (New York Stock Exchange, YL 2011) Hon. J. Richard Fredericks (former U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland) young leaders Alumni foundation George Klein (Park Tower Group) Gabriela Lippe-Holst, President (YL 2005) Hans-Rudolf Küchler Dr. Rolf Watter, Vice President (Bär & Karrer, YL 1991) Roland Puton (Rolex Watch USA, ret.) Dr. René Buholzer (Credit Suisse, YL 2003) The Honorable Mercer Reynolds (former U.S. Dr. Alain Cahen (YL 1999) Ambassador to Switzerland) Alexis Lombard (Lombard Odier, YL 2011) The Honorable Pamela P. Willeford (former U.S. Bettina Schaller (Adecco Group, YL 2011) Ambassador to Switzerland) Patricia Schramm (American Swiss Foundation, YL 1999)