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Board of Trustees
The ZIS Board of Trustees is the guardian of the school's mission. It is the Board's responsibility to ensure that the mission is relevant and vital to the community it serves and to monitor the success of the school in fulfilling its mission.
Below are details of the ZIS Board of Trustees.
Carl Hollitscher
Chairman of the Board
Governance Committee
Carl Hollitscher is Austrian and Swiss and a ZIS parent. He works in asset management and joined the Board in 2020.
Noelle Ahlberg Kleiterp
Board Secretary
Chair Governance Committee
Noelle Ahlberg Kleiterp is American and Dutch and a ZIS parent. She has experience in the finance sector and in consulting and joined the Board in 2021.
Essa Al-Saleh
Governance Committee
Essa Al-Saleh is Kuwaiti and American and a ZIS alumni and current parent. He works in the logistics, strategy, advisory and investment areas and joined the Board in 2020.
Andreas Apitz
Community Relations Committee
Andreas Apitz is Swiss and German and a ZIS parent. He works in an independent investment firm and joined the Board in 2022.
Isabel Almiro do Vale
Chair Community Relations Committee
Isabel Almiro do Vale is Portuguese and British and is a ZIS Parent. She works in the chemical industry as a strategy and marketing leader and joined the Board in 2018.
Chicco di Stasi
Corporate/Community
Partnerships Committee
Chicco di Stasi is Italian and a ZIS parent. He works in banking and joined the Board in 2020.
Mariana Grigorian
Board Vice-Chair
Corporate/Community Partnerships Committee
Mariana Grigorian is Spanish and Armenian and a ZIS parent. She works in career guidance and joined the Board in 2020.
Alexandra Hallen Utterman
Governance Committee
Alexandra Hallen Utterman is American and a ZIS parent. She has experience in investment management and joined the Board in 2017.
Gijs Hilgers
Chair Finance Committee
Gijs Hilgers is Dutch and a ZIS parent. He has experience in banking and joined the Board in 2021.
Lola Kinder
Corporate/Community Partnerships Committee
Lola Kinder is Swiss and a ZIS parent. She works in the pharmaceutical industry and joined the Board in 2022.
Suzanne E. Rapetti-Hunsicker
Finance Committee
Suzanne E. Rapetti-Hunsicker is American and Swiss, a AISZ (ZIS) alumna and alumni parent. She is a partner in a project management and consulting company and joined the Board in 2019.
Claudia Scheiner
Community Relations Committee
Claudia Scheiner is Swiss and a ZIS parent. She is a mediator and a justice of the peace and joined the Board in 2017.
Jonathan Toretta
Community Relations Committee
Jonathan Toretta is Swiss and American and a ZIS parent. He works in the science and technology sector and joined the Board in 2021.
Lemeng Zhang
Chair Corporate/Community Partnerships Committee
Finance Committee
Lemeng Zhang is Chinese and a ZIS parent. She has experience in consulting and investment management and joined the Board in 2017.