Vaud's head of culture retires
Brigitte Waridel is leaving her position as head of the Vaud Service des affaires culturelles (SERAC) at the end of the year. The position will be advertised in the near future.
Brigitte Waridel began her public service in 1976 as an employee of the Cantonal and University Library, which she co-managed as Directrice adjointe from 1981 to 1993. In 1995, she took over the management of the "Service des activités culturelles", which later became the "Services des affaires culturelles (SERAC)".
According to the canton, her commitment to culture led to the term "culture" being incorporated into the name of the department "Département de la formation, de la jeunesse et de la culture" in 2009.
She played an important role in the founding of the Haute Ecole de théâtre de Suisse romande in Lausanne, the Welschschweizer Filmstiftung and the Label+ Théâtre romand.
