Governance Bodies

In order to achieve these goals, the French Red Cross Foundation has been provided with governance bodies to match its ambitions. Its Board of Administrators is made up of committed professionals and experts in humanitarian and social action. They work hand in hand with a Scientific Committee composed of renowned and specialized researchers from several continents, who ensure the interdisciplinary nature of the Foundation.

Board of Administrators

Last updated October 2025

Bureau Members

PRESIDENT: Caroline CROSS
National President of the French Red Cross
Doctor of Medicine

VICE PRESIDENT: Françoise FROMAGEAU
Geriatrician
Regional President for Brittany at the French Red Cross
President of MONALISA

TREASURER: François GAUTHEY
Engineer (Ecole Polytechnique – Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées)
Partner at Priscus Finance

SECRETARY: Marc VANNESSON
Director of Program Development at the French Red Cross

Le Conseil d'administration de la Fondation Croix-Rouge française

Board Members

Cécile APTEL
Professor of International Criminal Law
Deputy Director at UNIDIR

Marc AUDRIT
Strategy and communications consultant

Anne LEBRETON
Regional President for Ile-de-France at the French Red Cross
Former elected representative of Paris

Patrice PAOLI
Diplomat
Former Ambassador
Former Director of the Crisis and Support Center at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

Philippe RYFMAN
Honorary Professor and Research Associate in the Political Science Department and the European Centre of Sociology and Political Science at the Sorbonne (CESSP-Sorbonne), Université Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne

Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)
Represented by Anne RASMUSSEN
Historian, Director of Studies

Ecole des hautes études en santé publique (EHESP)
Represented by Sylvie OLLITRAULT
Doctor of Political Science, Director of Research

Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
Represented by Alexandre MAGAT
Head of Multilateral Affairs, International Partners and Funders

Government Commissioner
Philippe VIGNES
Prefect

Scientific Committee

Last updated November 2025

Laurent VIDAL – President
Doctor of Anthropology, Director of Research at IRD, Director of the IRD-CNRS-CIRAD office in South Africa

Yvan CONOIR
Senior Consultant, MEAL Coordinator at Expertise France, Lecturer at Sciences Po Paris, at Université Laval and UPPA (Quebec)

Eric DELAPORTE 
Professor of Medicine in Infectious and Tropical Diseases at the University and University Hospital of Montpellier, Director of the Translational Research Unit on HIV and Infectious Diseases under the supervision of the University of Montpellier, INSERM and IRD

Dan FERRAND-BECHMANN

Sociologist, Emeritus Professor at the University of Vincennes – Saint-Denis

Joël GLASMAN

Historian, Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Bayreuth (Germany)

Maria GABRIELSEN JUMBERT
PhD in International Relations and Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) and Co-Director of the Norwegian Center for Humanitarian Studies (NCHS)

Thierry LISCIA

Clinical psychologist, EMDR psychotherapist, consultant, and trainer in mental health and psychosocial support

Dolorès POURETTE

Health anthropologist at IRD, member of UMR Ceped (IRD, Paris Cité University, Sorbonne Paris Nord University, INSERM).

Sandrine REVET

Doctor of Anthropology and Research Director at the CERI Sciences Po Paris

Marc-Henry SOULET 

Full Professor of Sociology, holder of the Chair of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland)

Mahaman TIDJANI ALOU
Associate Professor of Political Science, Dean of the Faculty of Economic and Juridical Sciences, Université Abdou Moumouni in Niamey (Niger)

Isabelle VONECHE-CARDIA
Humanitarian Historian, Lecturer-Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (Switzerland)

Anicet ZRAN 

Doctor in Health History, lecturer-researcher at the Université Alassane Ouattara in Bouaké (Ivory Coast), associated with the CRECCSA (Civilizations and  African Savannah Communities Research Center )

Recent political and humanitarian events remind us of the relevance of the research priorities chosen by the French Red Cross Foundation, be they humanitarian transition, ethical principles for action or the close relationship between humanitarian and social missions. The most important issue is always to innovate in the fight against human vulnerabilities. All the responsibility of the Scientific Committee is to ensure the selection and follow-up of the research carried out in order to guarantee its quality and relevance.

Prof. Jean-François Mattei

Former President of the Scientific Committee