Our Governing Board

Andrea Lucard is an American and British citizen resident in Geneva since 2006. Her two children, Gideon and Ulysses graduated from La Grande Boissière in 2019 and 2017 respectively.
 
Andrea is the Executive Vice-President for Corporate Affairs at Medicines for Malaria Venture, a Swiss Foundation that discovers, develops and delivers high quality, low-cost malaria medicines for the malaria endemic world. From 2006-2010 she was the Director of Development for the International Baccalaureate Organization, and prior to that the Director of Development for Colorado College in the United States.
 
Her bachelor degree is in art history from Oberlin College, and her Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing is from Warren Wilson College. 

Andrea was elected to the Governing Board for the period of 2019–2023. She was elected Vice-Chair of the Governing Board in June 2022 and she is also the Chair of the Development Committee and a member of the Executive Committee.

Julia is an American lawyer, living in Geneva since 2009.
 
She works for the International Labour Organization. She started her career as a public interest lawyer in California and Washington states. She worked as a general counsel for the Washington State Nurses Association, where she negotiated collective bargaining agreements and defended nurses during mediation and arbitration processes. 
 
Before moving to Geneva, she worked with WHO Regional Office for Europe in Denmark, and the National Democratic Institute in Kyrgyzstan.
 
In addition to her law degree, she has an MSC in International Health Policy.
 
She is married and her son attends Campus des Nations.

Julia has been elected to the Governing Board of the ECOLINT Foundation for the period 2022-2026. She is the Secretary of the Governing Board and a member of the Nominating and Governance and Strategic Planning Committees.

Jamie Williamson, a British citizen, has been based in Geneva since 2012, where he works as the Executive Director of the International Code of Conduct for Private Security Providers' Association, an international multi-stakeholder initiative, which regulates and monitors the activities of private security companies operating in complex and hostile environments worldwide.

Jamie Williamson previously served with the International Committee of the Red Cross, in numerous capacities, most recently, where, managing over 60 delegates worldwide, he was responsible for the strategic orientation and implementation of core ICRC programs, advising and training State and non-State arms carriers, including multinational forces and private military and security contractors, on International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law. Jamie Williamson worked also as the ICRC’s Legal Adviser for Common Law Countries in Geneva and Southern Africa, and, from 2008 to 2011, he was the ICRC Legal Adviser for the Washington D.C. Delegation, providing legal support for ICRC activities in the U.S. and Canada, with particular focus on Guantanamo and military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.
 
Before joining the ICRC, Jamie Williamson was with the UN ad hoc international criminal tribunals in Tanzania and the Netherlands, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, working on the first international judgments on the crimes of genocide, at trial and appellate level. He has published numerous papers on repression of war crimes, international justice, and challenges to international humanitarian law in contemporary armed conflicts.

Jamie Williamson is on the Faculty of the Human Rights Academy at American University, Washington D.C. and was a Visiting Professor of Law at New England School of Law, in Boston.

He is married, and has one daughter, who attends Nations.

He was elected to the Board of Ecolint for four years (2017-2021) and he was co-opted for a 2-Year mandate (2021-2023). He is the Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Executive Committee.

Nicolas Bindschedler is Deputy Secretary General of the Département de l’instruction publique, de la formation et de la jeunesse (DIP) of the Canton of Geneva since 2018. As part of his mandate, he ensures the follow-up of files related to compulsory education. He is also the DIP delegate for inter-cantonal affairs. As such, he is a member of the Conference of Secretaries General of French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino (CIIP) and, within the framework of the CDIP, he sits on the Swiss Conference of Secretaries General of the Departments of Public Education.
 
Nicolas Bindschedler graduated with a teaching diploma from the l'Ecole normale cantonale de Fribourg in 1998. He then successfully completed a diploma in classical singing from the Haute école de musique de Genève in 2006. In 2011 he obtained an advanced degree in administration et gestion d'institutions de formation from the HEP Vaud, IDHEAP, IFFP and IUFE.
 
He is married and has 2 children who attend the Geneva public school.
 
Nicolas Bindschedler has taught for several years in primary schools before taking over the management of schools for 8 years. As a Director of the Direction générale de l'enseignement obligatoire (general management of compulsory education) between 2015 and 2018, he managed various strategic projects related to inclusive education.

He has been nominated as the representative of the Canton of Geneva (Département de l’instruction publique | DIP) in 2019 for an undefined mandate.

Ecolint has been part of Philip's life since the 1980s. His wife was at La Châtaigneraie, Head of Art and IB Chief Examiner for Visual Arts, their two children are alumni. He has addressed graduation ceremonies and regularly speak to classes. Philip was a Global Union leader for thirty years, a working life closely aligned with Ecolint values, of equality, solidarity, human rights, social justice, inclusion, dignity at work and against discrimination in all its forms. Founding General Secretary of Uni Global Union with members in 150 countries working to make the world a better place, for sustainability, responsible business, peace. Member of Global Commissions on Future of Work and Common Security. Currently Co-President of the International Peace Bureau, the world’s oldest peace organization and Nobel prize winner with a passion for education for peace. Member Board of Directors of the Centre for Sport and Human Rights. His energy will be devoted to building a strong Ecolint community that pulls together and for a memorable 2024 Ecolint Centenary that celebrates our history, values, educational innovation and excellence.

Philip has been elected to the Governing Board of the ECOLINT Foundation for the period 2022-2026 and he is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee.
 

Nakshatra is an Indian national residing in Geneva since 2008. Both he and his wife are finance professionals and have spent their career in the international development space, spread across several countries over the years. Their son has recently graduated into the secondary school at Campus des Nations.

Currently, Nakshatra is the Head of Finance and Administration at the South Centre, an international organisation based in Geneva assisting the developing world on multilateral issues such as Business and Human Rights, Climate Change, Development Finance, Health, International Trade policy, Intellectual Property regimes, International Taxation, Investment Treaties, South-South Cooperation, etc. Nakshatra also plays an important role in developing and implementing organisational strategy, evaluations and communications for his institution. 
 
Prior to that, he has worked as the Head of Regional Audit (Asia) with ACTED, a large European NGO travelling extensively to several countries and as the Finance Delegate for the Hong Kong Red Cross based in Sri Lanka to implement the post 2004 Tsunami rehabilitation projects. These valuable experiences provided him significant exposure and clear understanding of the operational challenges at the grass root implementation level. 
 
The experience in Geneva, besides being professionally enriching, has also provided him an opportunity to explore the very rich French cultural, social and philosophical thought. Outside his professional career, Nakshatra keenly follows the digital information ecosystem and associated user behaviours. He has authored a book highlighting the perils of social media behaviors and has published several articles and blogs on similar topics.
 
Nakshatra is a professionally qualified Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
 
Nakshatra has been elected to the Governing Board of the ECOLINT Foundation for the period 2022-2026. He is a member of the Finance Committee.

Christopher Strebel works for a major international organisation in Geneva where he leads the online content team and is the Editor-in-Chief of the headquarters’ website. He currently is the business lead for the international roll-out of the organization’s new web software and is the communications focal point for the department of Neglected Tropical Diseases.

Prior to this he worked in UNESCO’s education sector as the administrator of the IBE website and on improving ICTs in Education.  He was in charge of the training and communications for the GigaPan Project that combined web and robotic technology to connect schools around the world.

Christopher worked in web technologies in New York, consulting for a number of companies before moving into technology entrepreneurship and becoming a founding member and CIO of a start-up venture.

He is a citizen of Switzerland, South Africa and the United States.

Christopher and his partner both attended La Châtaigneraie and their daughter currently attends Campus des Nations. He is a graduate of Cornell University BA and New York University MS.

Chris has been elected to the Board of Ecolint for the period 2018-2022 and has been co-opted for a two-year mandate as Board member (2022-2024). Chris was the Treasurer of the Governing Board and also a member of the Executive Committee and the Chair of the Finance Committee from September 2021 until January 2023. Since February 2023, Chris is a member of the Governing Board and a member of the Finance Committee.