Tina Cassidy

As Country Director Switzerland, Tina Cassidy is responsible for the strategy in Switzerland in line with the overall Jacobs Foundation strategy. She is responsible for coordinating all initiatives and partners, and for identifying new collaborations.

Tina Cassidy studied at the University of St. Gallen and holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Governance and a teaching diploma in economics and law.

She worked as a research assistant and then as head of the Office for Secondary Education in the Canton of St. Gallen. She has a broad network in the Swiss education landscape and has developed a learning platform for German and mathematics that is now used in many Swiss cantons.