Since its founding in 1945, the American Swiss Foundation has convened an annual dinner bringing together leaders from the United States and Switzerland. The list below reflects honorees from 2000 to the present, marking the evolution of the modern Gala Dinner as the Foundation’s flagship fundraising platform in New York City.
2000 – Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States
2001 – Secretary Tommy Thompson, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
2002 – Attorney General John Ashcroft, U.S. Department of Justice
2003 – Governor Ed Rendell, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
2004 – Daniel Vasella, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis
2005 (60th Anniversary) – President of the Swiss Confederation Samuel Schmid
2006 – Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé
2007 – Walter Kielholz, Chairman, Swiss Re
2008 – United States Senator Rob Portman
2009 – Philipp Hildebrand, Vice Chairman, Swiss National Bank
2010 (65th Anniversary) – Michael Mack, Chief Executive Officer, Syngenta
2011 – Urs Rohner, Chairman, Credit Suisse
2012 – Kevin Conroy, Chief Executive Officer, Exact Sciences
2013 – Joseph Hogan, Chief Executive Officer, ABB
2014 – Martin Senn, Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance Group
2015 (70th Anniversary) – Joseph Jimenez, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis
2016 – Paul Bulcke, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé
2017 – Sergio Ermotti, Chief Executive Officer, UBS
2018 – Christoph Franz, Chairman, Roche
2019 – Christian Mumenthaler, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re
2021– Robert J. Giuffra Jr., ASF Chair & Markus Diethelm, ASF Co-Chair
2022 – Silvio Napoli, Chairman, Schindler Group
Secretary Mike Pompeo, 70th U.S. Secretary of State
2023 – Vas Narasimhan, Chief Executive Officer, Novartis
2024 – Mario Greco, Chief Executive Officer, Zurich Insurance Group
2025 (80th Anniversary) – Laurent Freixe, Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé
2026 – Andreas Berger, Chief Executive Officer, Swiss Re