![Invitation to celebrate Joe Amato]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1661155254/zurich/sbqbvwwooqt7olg6f2bu/JoeAmatoFB.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1661155254/zurich/sbqbvwwooqt7olg6f2bu/JoeAmatoFB.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1661155254/zurich/sbqbvwwooqt7olg6f2bu/JoeAmatoFB.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1661155254/zurich/sbqbvwwooqt7olg6f2bu/JoeAmatoFB.png","width":940}])
You are invited to celebrate Joe Amato the 2022 recipient of the John Mattern Alumni Award for Faculty on Thursday, September 22 from 6 PM- 8 PM
Welcome to the Alumni Community
Past students, parents of alumni, and former faculty and staff are all part of a one-of-a-kind and ever-growing community. It is a network that crosses the globe and generations. We are tied by experience, not location.
Explore how you can connect, celebrate and inspire!
Join ZIS Global Community
Connect
ZIS Global Community allows you to both re-connect with old classmates as well as utilize the trusted Zurich International School environment to expand your professional network.
Celebrate
Celebrate milestones together. Register for alumni events, ZISMeets or reunions and remember your ‘home away from home.’
Inspire
Participate in campus-based or online career events by offering to be a guest speaker, host interns, or hiring a member of our community in your company.
Alumni Events
Come join us at our next in-person or virtual event. You can even host an event in your area or volunteer for your class reunion–email alumni@zis.ch for more details.
![Invitation to a breakfast at the Spinnergut Villa - Saturday, September 10.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1652691908/zurich/qyulpb0dl7a1ggh351zk/Facebookeventtemplate.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1652691908/zurich/qyulpb0dl7a1ggh351zk/Facebookeventtemplate.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1652691908/zurich/qyulpb0dl7a1ggh351zk/Facebookeventtemplate.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1652691908/zurich/qyulpb0dl7a1ggh351zk/Facebookeventtemplate.png","width":940}])
On Saturday, September 10, Zurich International School will officially open its new Secondary Campus in Adlliswil to our community and say Auf Wiedersehen to the Spinnergut Villa.
![ZISMeets New York - April 2022]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1649938329/zurich/uwmncr0swjnmwnh1vb0v/new-york-post.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1649938329/zurich/uwmncr0swjnmwnh1vb0v/new-york-post.jpg","width":400}])
More than 40 members of our alumni community met up in New York for a ZISMeets event with Director Lisa Lyle and Director of Community Relations Michaela Seeger.
![ZISMeets San Francisco - April 2022]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1636542784/zurich/vgydeiguaqx5yig9h5xu/Newyorkimageforpage.jpg","width":2200}])
Lisa Lyle, Director, and Michaela Seeger, Director of Community Relations hosted a ZISMeets evening. Photos of the event are available here.
Alumni Voices
![Benji Rosen, Class of 2010]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1644238652/zurich/niu1dwpltzoqhxaj560w/benji_rosen.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1644238652/zurich/niu1dwpltzoqhxaj560w/benji_rosen.jpg","width":400}])
Benji Rosen, Class of 2010 (2004-10), is the man behind ‘Humans of Covid-19’.
![Eva Respini, Class of 1994]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619702568/zurich/umtejyikqts5l7k8a8rv/eva_respini.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619702568/zurich/umtejyikqts5l7k8a8rv/eva_respini.jpg","width":400}])
“Art involves different ways of seeing and my time at school primed me for this field.”
![Malachy Nugent, Class of 1989]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619701875/zurich/yhuhltsthczqfowjvxas/malachy_nugent-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619701875/zurich/yhuhltsthczqfowjvxas/malachy_nugent-1.jpg","width":400}])
International relations, global economies – and bingo. ZIS can prepare you for it all.
![Dr Louise Burgo-Black, Class of 1970]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619700436/zurich/ftns1naea6u0u1odzm2g/Lucile_Burgo.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619700436/zurich/ftns1naea6u0u1odzm2g/Lucile_Burgo.jpg","width":400}])
Dr Lucile Burgo-Black, Class of 1970 (1965-70), is Assistant Clinical Professor Medicine at Yale, and also works to ensure that veterans get the best care.
![Masood Razaq, Class of 1992]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619699934/zurich/ums08gqbzp0ly7xgji94/Masood_Razaq.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619699934/zurich/ums08gqbzp0ly7xgji94/Masood_Razaq.jpg","width":400}])
Masood Razaq, Class of 1992 (1990-92), is founder and director of Verdacore, a boutique advisory and project development firm.
![Erika Darmstaedter, Class of 1981]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619699382/zurich/lxbl0stpo30djoiaqos9/ErikaDarmstaedter.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619699382/zurich/lxbl0stpo30djoiaqos9/ErikaDarmstaedter.jpg","width":400}])
From self-styled ‘ski bum’ to award-winning ad agency leader, Erika Darmstaedter (Class of 1981 (1979-81) is proof that there’s more than one route to success.
![Garry Earl-Spurr, Class of 2009]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619614174/zurich/lhcmc4ylqobzfqskfzyo/gary_spurr.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1619614174/zurich/lhcmc4ylqobzfqskfzyo/gary_spurr.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619614174/zurich/lhcmc4ylqobzfqskfzyo/gary_spurr.jpg","width":600}])
When it comes to my average day, there really isn’t one! But when your “office” is the vast deserts of Western Australia, perhaps that’s not too surprising.
![Sophia Marti, Class of 2006]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1619613584/zurich/lzgm2dwtqxzf9npy7nvt/Sophia_Marti.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1619613584/zurich/lzgm2dwtqxzf9npy7nvt/Sophia_Marti.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1619613584/zurich/lzgm2dwtqxzf9npy7nvt/Sophia_Marti.jpg","width":600}])
Sophia Marti, Class of 2006 (2001-06) on the challenges of running her own marketing business.
![Michael Johnson Class of 1988 on his dream job as a video games tester, Voices article Winter 2016]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1611581726/zurich/jamrumqvxu6sygfeek06/Michael_posts.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1611581726/zurich/jamrumqvxu6sygfeek06/Michael_posts.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1611581726/zurich/jamrumqvxu6sygfeek06/Michael_posts.jpg","width":600}])
“ The international experience I’d got from AISZ meant it was easy for me to put myself in the shoes of people from other cultures"
![Max Class of 2012, article about his ZIS Experience, Voices magazine summer 2019]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1611581119/zurich/dzhujwwyov95hyebs3eg/max_posts.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1611581119/zurich/dzhujwwyov95hyebs3eg/max_posts.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1611581119/zurich/dzhujwwyov95hyebs3eg/max_posts.jpg","width":600}])
Max remembers lessons at ZIS as “amazing, relevant and relatable, being brought to life vividly”.