BWEF Boards

Frederic Eckhard is the Founding President of BWEF. He has created three boards, one in France, one in Geneva and one in the US. This permits donors in each country to claim a tax benefit. The Board Members, like almost all donors, are friends, former colleagues or family members.

Frederic Eckhard: Founding President of BWEF, Former Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

BWEF France

Top row, left to right:

  • Frederic Eckhard, BWEF Founding President. Former spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

  • Béatrix Bazin Rushton, BWEF France President. Former UNICEF staff member

  • Safia Morvannou, BWEF France Vice-President. School teacher in France, born and raised in Burkina Faso

  • André Orhan, BWEF France Treasurer. Retired Colonel in the Gendarmerie

Bottom row, left to right:

  • Henri Levacher, BWEF France Assistant Treasurer. Retired lawyer specializing in finance

  • Caroline Thulliez, BWEF France Secretary. Retired adviser to agricultural firms looking to invest in sub-Saharan Africa

  • Anne Krefft, BWEF France Assistant Secretary. Retired Chief Inspector of Police in Oxfordshire, England

BWEF Geneva

Top row, left to right:

  • Frederic Eckhard, BWEF Founding President. Former spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

  • Nicole Hochschild, BWEF Geneva President. Communication and Sustainability Manager

  • Marie Heuzé, BWEF Geneva Vice President. Former UN spokesperson and communications director (Geneva)

  • Norm McIntosh, BWEF Geneva Treasurer and Webmaster. Returned Peace Corps volunteer in Burkina Faso

  • Joanna Maxwell Scott, BWEF Geneva Accounts Verifier. Video producer

Bottom row, left to right:

  • Corinne Momal-Vanian, BWEF Geneva Board member. Executive Director at the Kofi Annan Foundation

  • Franz Baumann, BWEF Geneva Board member. Former Assistant Secretary-General at the UN and Visiting Research Professor at New York University, President of the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)

  • Afsaneh Bassir Pour, BWEF Geneva Board member. Journalist, former European director of communications for the UN (Brussels)

  • Ahmad Fawzi, BWEF Geneva Board member. Broadcaster. Former UN Communication Director and Spokesman for three UN Secretaries-General

  • Nane Annan, BWEF Geneva Honorary Chair. Painter and lawyer

Chance For Change

(BWEF Representative in the United States)

Top row, left to right:

  • Frederic Eckhard, BWEF Founding President. Former spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan

  • Susan de Souza, Chance for Change President. Former UN staff member and Governing Board Member of the Association of Former International Civil Servants

  • Jan Eckhard, Chance For Change Vice-President and Treasurer. Works in music and entertainment industry

  • Erin McCreary, Chance For Change Board Secretary. Former editing / publishing assistant at UN Women

Bottom row, left to right:

  • Barbara Crossette, Chance For Change Board member. Author and journalist

  • Nancy Kovacic, Chance For Change Board member. Elementary school consultant and former teacher, sister of Fred Eckhard

  • Hanafi Hadjeres, Chance For Change Board member. Retired French translator/editor at the United Nations

  • Nora Updegrove, Chance For Change Board member. US Department of State employee