The Foundation provides the museum's funding and is responsible for the administration of the Museum's idea, concept, and property: the building and the collection. It elects the director, develops basic strategies in collaboration with the director and approves the budget and accounts. Internally, the Foundation guarantees the stability of the institution and the autonomy of the program; externally, it is a committed representative of the Museum and the cause of photography.

The Board of Trustees:

    * Thomas Koerfer, film director and distributor (president)
    * Eugen Haltiner, chairman of the Swiss Fed. Banking Commission
    * Maja Hoffmann, producer
    * Anne Keller, communications expert
    * Andreas Reinhart, entrepreneur
    * Michael Ringier, publisher
    * Jan Schoch, entrepreneur
    * Ernst Wohlwend, mayor of Winterthur



The Fotomuseum Winterthur Association

The purpose of the Association is to support the Fotomuseum Winterthur Foundation. It is a friendly and supportive association that promotes the Fotomuseum financially and socially and looks after the interests of its approximately 2500 members, sponsors, and patrons.

The Association Committee:

    * Beate Eckhardt, communication consultant (president)
    * Urs Brogli, communication consultant (vice-president)
    * Elsbeth Lehmann, lawyer/mediator (chief accountant)
    * Caroline Pelichet, project manager (actuary)
    * Elisabeth Garzoli, radiologist
    * Peter Maurer, photographer
    * Dorothee Ulrich Mosimann, logopaedist
    * Franz Probst, lawyer
    * Valerie Felten, art historian, marketing

The Management:

The director is responsible for the program, budget and annual accounts; he/she runs the Museum and supports the activities of the Foundation and Association. The director has a high level of autonomy about decisions regarding the program, and he/she is also committed to close co-operation with the Foundation and the Association. The director (and curator) is Urs Stahel.

Collaborators:

    * Thomas Seelig: curator / curator of the collection
    * Therese Seeholzer: organization of exhibitions and projects, press relations
    * Mari Serrano: press and public relations
    * Daniela Schwendimann: Museum and Association secretary
    * Joy Neri-Preiss: fund raising
    * Daniela Janser: scientific assistant
    * Herbert Weber: art handling, registrar, installation director (part time)
    * Nicole Böniger: installation (part time)
    * Raymond Lauper: installation (part time)
    * Yvonne Schütz: installation (part time)
    * Andrea Steiner-Widmer: desk and museum shop
    * Giovanni Nicoli: chief librarian, Web Content Management
    * Karin Pape: assistant librarian (part time)
    * Brigitt Arnet: desk and supervision (part time)
    * Marianne Paur: desk and supervision (part time)
    * Ruth Fehr: desk and supervision
    * Regula Bruppacher: desk and supervision (part time)
    * Esther Lanzrein: desk and supervision (part time)
    * Rita Zwald: desk and supervision (part time)
    * Oliver Gubser: in-house and museum technician (part time)
    * Giuliano Bruhin: in-house technician and maintenance (part time)
    * Andrea Räber: supervision (part time)
    * Madlaina Lippuner: supervision
    * Karin Wiesendanger: supervision (part time)
    * Mia Diener: supervision
    * Monika Schmid: supervision
    * Doris Kronenberg: supervision (part time)
    * Lea Straumann: supervision
    * Maria and Gerardo Rauseo, maintenance

External collaborators:

    * Aline Juchler: guided tour
    * Natalie Madani: guided tours
    * Tom Gnägi: guided tours
    * Verena Huber: guided tours
    * Iris Wolfensberger: guided tours
    * Mandy Sawitzki: guided tours
    * Astrid Näff: guided tours
    * Kathrin Keller: museum pedagogics
    * Trix Wetter, Hanna Williamson-Koller, Jean and Käti Robert & Durrer: graphic design, image
    * Hanna Williamson-Koller: website design
    * Christoph Schifferli: website developement, production
    * Samuel Jucker: IT administrator
    * Chantal Aloui: "George" bistro