The team
The team at the Childhood Cancer Switzerland office works intensively and with a lot of personal commitment and dedication for children with cancer and their families. We would be happy to answer your questions and simply be there for you.
![](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/4/a/6/6/4a66d2e200a41d4a035ebdd7ea79654182f1cd74/KKS_Braidi_Ketter_Portrait-1465x1600.jpg)
Valérie Braidi-Ketter
![](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/6/6/8/8/66884a687e5639236ec84504cb951f27063cef16/2023-03-07%2012_51_01-Elena%20Guarnaccia.jpg%20-%20IrfanView%20%28Zoom_%201569%20x%201046%29%20%28Selection_%202368%2C%204377%3B%204%20x-1171x992.jpeg)
Elena Guarnaccia
Deputy CEO & Head of Self-Help and Follow-up Care Department
elena.guarnaccia@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/d/4/5/7/d4577d70a61818b9c9fbd0463526746a64d060e3/KKS_Weber_Portrait-785x766.jpg)
Alexandra Weber
Head of Communications
alexandra.weber@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![Zuzana Tomasikova](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/c/b/8/8/cb882aa8b16c51953c55207628c6cfe00a2a13cf/Zuzana%20neu%202_web-979x979.jpg)
Zuzana Tomášiková
Head of Survivors’ Centre
zuzana.tomasikova@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![Céline Freivogel](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/9/1/5/8/9158acfec788aa87875c1580153e5e4dfa404fe1/CEF_1-1080x1080.jpeg)
Céline Freivogel
Project manager information platform
celine.freivogel@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/8/7/0/d/870d0c026207ac07ea9f6a2c2c7fe71da509e66e/2023-06-28%2010_14_45-Window-511x512.jpeg)
Belinda Bihari
Public Fundraising
belinda.bihari@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![Vera Koch Vera Koch](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/0/4/8/b/048bf78589f87ea6598df849866d3d80c3ce321d/2023-12-20%2014_33_40-Window-451x451.jpeg)
Vera Koch
Institutional Fundraising Mandate
vera.koch@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
![Ines Gaemperle NEU](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/a/c/6/5/ac65a4a8908ff00be2a4d1eee25d692cac3961fb/Foto%20ING%20neu-1080x1080.jpeg)
Ines Gaemperle
Advisor to the Board & Project Coordinator
ines.gaemperle@kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch
The board
The board of Childhood Cancer Switzerland consists of nine members who are each responsible for a specific portfolio. They each bring with them valuable expertise in their field due to their professional and personal backgrounds.
![Portrait Nicolas von der Weid Portrait Nicolas von der Weid](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/9/6/1/6/96167d064183ab3cfee149383be9bc59712fd595/KKS_von_der_Weid_Portrait-1524x1523.jpg)
Prof. Nicolas von der Weid, MD
President
Head of Oncology / Hematology, University Children’s Hospital Basel
![Susanne Studiger](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/3/9/8/8/3988ee0ce09ffce86b2bb7065d49e8fbc78e2629/susanne_studiger_1109_donovan_wyrsch_fotografie_RZ_WEB_verkleinert-1732x998.jpg)
Susanne Studiger
Vice President
Self-Help German-speaking Switzerland
Affected mother
![Evelyne Betticher Evelyne Betticher](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/f/b/d/e/fbdeb3fda4f4a4183b721fd35fcd489a08922b70/KKS_Betticher_Portrait-1601x1600.jpg)
Evelyne Betticher
Self-help French-speaking Switzerland
Affected mother
![Dr. med. Nicolas Waespe Dr. med. Nicolas Waespe](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/4/2/0/0/420078a3b124a3577fb5abd7be6fa3503b3e2352/KKS_Waespe_Portrait-1572x1571.jpg)
Nicolas Waespe, MD
Research
Specialist in pediatrics (FMH), focus on pediatric oncology/hematology; researcher at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern and at the University of Geneva
![Porträt Jochen Rössler](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/f/7/0/d/f70d38d1179e429cfee9c1d231ac3a5438e5c6a6/2023-07-03%2012_13_14-Window-647x608.jpeg)
Heinz Hengartner, MD
Paediatric Oncology
Senior physician for paediatrics and adolescent medicine, specialising in paediatric haematology & oncology at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Switzerland
![Oliver Hediger Oliver Hediger](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/c/9/7/2/c972a591dfb48665ae04e1c45c720ee52a419a11/Foto_Oliver_Hediger_klein-2259x2295.jpg)
Oliver Hediger
Follow-up
Childhood cancer survivor
![Sarah Salzmann Sarah Salzmann](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/f/9/d/0/f9d036c0e1212798c18db7ed939a86a8e98c777b/Foto_Sarah%20Salzmann_klein-2136x2153.jpg)
Sarah Salzmann
Division Law
Advocate
![Thomas Guhl](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/9/b/b/7/9bb70170fc27ca79f87762926ad57c6743ecaba6/Foto%20Thomas%20Guhl-1019x1019.jpg)
Thomas Guhl
Economist
![Manuela Weichelt Picard](https://www.kinderkrebs-schweiz.ch/_Resources/Persistent/0/e/b/e/0ebe46cdf10c19d01b0ab75874028d7d13cf93f0/MANUELA_WEICHELT_PICARD_verkleinert.jpg)
Manuela Weichelt
Politics
Member of the National Council