Members of the patronage committee contribute to the promotion and influence of the foundation in France and overseas
Dr Claudie HAIGNERÉ
Chairwoman of the Patronage Committee, Scientist, Astronaut, Counsellor of the President of the European Space Agency (ESA), Former French Minister
Raphaël DOMJAN
Eco-explorer and speaker
Initiator and pilot of SolarStratos
Cofounder and chairman of the SolarPlanet Foundation
Marie-Christine BARRAULT
Actress
Martin HIRSCH
President of the Institut de l’Engagement, General Manager of the Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris, Former High Commissioner for Active Solidarity against Poverty and Youth
Dr Bertrand PICCARD
Initiator & Chairman, Solar Impulse
André BORSCHBERG
Co-Founder & CEO, Solar Impulse
Jean-Charles de CASTELBAJAC
Artist Fashion designer
Dorine BOURNETON
Pilot & writer
Gérard FELDZER
Pilot, journalist, Member of the Académie de l’Air et de l’Espace, Honorary President of the Aéro-club de France
Hélène PICHON
Author Director of Institutional Relations, C.E.P.S. Colonel of French Air Force Citizen Reserve
Antoine GALLIMARD
CEO, Éditions Gallimard
Patrick POIVRE d’ARVOR
Journalist & Writer
Mark OSBORNE
American film director (The Little Prince), Writer, producer and animator
Erik ORSENNA
Writer & Member of the Académie Française
André SANTINI
Member of French Parliament Mayor, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Former Minister
Lionel de SAINT-EXUPERY
Co-Founder & CEO CDIB Capital International Corporation China Development Financial Holdings
Jean-Christophe RUFIN
French doctor, Historian, novelist, diplomat, Member of the Académie française
Dr Xavier EMMANUELLI
Founding Chairman, Samu Social International Co-Founder of Doctors Without Borders
Pierre SUDREAU †
President, Foundation of the Resistance