SRG.D: Jakob Stark new on regional board
On Thursday, the Regional Council elected Jakob Stark, a member of the Thurgau Cantonal Government, to the SRG.D Executive Board. The Regional Council also elected two new members to the Public Council and approved the 2011 annual report.
Jakob Stark joins Solothurn Cantonal Councilor Esther Gassler-Leuenberger as a new member of a cantonal government on the eleven-member SRG.D regional board, according to a statement on Friday. Stark, 53, has been head of the Department of Construction and Environment in the government of the Canton of Thurgau since 2006. Prior to his time as mayor of a municipality and member of the government, Stark, who holds a doctorate in history, worked as a journalist for various newspapers.
The Audience Council was also able to close the two vacancies in its ranks. The regional council followed its motions and elected 32-year-old Jasmina Causevic from the canton of Bern and 56-year-old Peter Spring from the canton of Aargau as new members of the council. Causevic is communications manager at the Forum for the Integration of Migrants (FIMM Switzerland) in Bern. As a Swiss and Croatian national, she will represent the foreign resident population on the Council. Spring is CCO (Chief Commercial Officer) at Edelweiss Air/Swiss.
The Regional Council also approved the 2011 annual report and financial statements. In the 2011 financial year, the committee's work focused on programming issues relating to Swiss radio and television (SRF). The "Blickwechsel" action program to implement the sponsorship's commitment to civil society went into implementation.
