Marianne Riesen has worked in the field of nurse anesthesia since 1981 in the UK, New Zealand and Switzerland. She was the IFNA Country National Representative for Switzerland from 2000 - 2001 and a major contributor in defining standards of education, monitoring, practice, and a code of ethics in 2012 and 201. She served as a member of the Liaison Committee for IFNA and the European Society of Anesthesiologists (ESA) 2014 – 2018. Currently, she is the manager of the
Anesthesia Program Approval Process (APAP) and participates in APAP activities as a member of IFNA’s Education Committee since its inception.