We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our long-serving staff members for their many years of loyalty and their commitment to Pro Senectute in both Basel cantons! Whether they are permanent staff, self-employed or volunteers – they all make a vital contribution to the success of our work and objectives across a wide range of areas and fields of activity in the region.

Here we recognise our staff in five-year increments and update the list once a year.

This year, the following staff members are celebrating their work anniversaries:

Permanent staff

25 years

• Silvia Di Marco, maintenance cleaning staff member
• José Infante, maintenance cleaning staff member
• Dominique Kuster, maintenance cleaner
• Annette Stöcker, Head of Education and Sport, Co-Head of Marketing and Communications

20 years

• Anita Röösli, social worker

10 years

• Michael Hensel, Head of Social Services
• Apolline Stenzel Ginder, Cleaning Staff Member

5 years

• Stefan Abt, social worker
• Christine Brandenberger, Marketing Staff Member
• Jacqueline Daubeze, Maintenance Cleaning Staff Member
• Juliane Jeger, Finance Staff Member
• Dario Keller, ICT staff member
• Seraina von Allmen, Guardian

Friday events

40th anniversaries
: Käthi Ellenberger (folk dancing team leader), Myrtha Hauff (instructor for dances from around the world), Anna Jauslin (instructor for dances from around the world)

30 years
: Rita Mauti (GymFit instructor), Theresia Nobs (GymFit instructor), Annemarie Ramseier (Gymnastics/Running Group instructor)

25 years
: Margrith Fleischlin (Nordic walking instructor), Hildi Heitz (gymnastics deputy), Barbara Wilmering Wetter (Nordic walking instructor)

20 years
: Uschi Beyli (instructor for Dances from Around the World), Madeleine Schweizer-Schmutz (instructor for Dance and Flexibility)

15 years
: Nicoletta D’Alessandro (Italian language course leader), Ina Greenshields (English language course leader), Petra Kowal (Aquafit/Aqua-Fitness course leader), Sabine Müller Thomann (GymFit course leader/APH further training), Esther Perret-Julmy (GymFit/Nordic Walking instructor), Judith Pulina (Sports Further Training instructor), Peter Waldner (Trusts/Tax Consultancy)

10 years
: Marcus Berger (tax adviser), Rita Eggimann (fiduciary services/tax consultancy), Beat Ermel (tax adviser), Martin Haag (tax adviser), Bernadette Hiller (tax consultancy/tax helpline), Meegan Hostettler (AquaGym instructor), Thu Ha Küng (English language course instructor), Ulrike Mix (Nordic Walking course leader), Annemarie Pflugshaupt (Dances from Around the World course leader), Nicole Schneider (GymFit stand-in), Isabelle Stäuble-Bärri (GymFit/GymFit+ instructor), Eva-Maria Stern (gentle gymnastics instructor), Renate Wirth-Ruf (dances from around the world instructor)

5 years
: Veronica Cerone (instructor for private digital media lessons), Susanne Eichenberger Beyeler (trustee), Markus Felder (tax adviser), Liliana Ferrari Bachmann (tax adviser), Karin Huck (tax adviser), Sabine Iseli (Weight Room Supervisor), Yvonne Jaeger (English language course instructor), Priska Lanz Niederer (GymFit course instructor), Roger Martin (trustee), Barbara Maurer (watercolour painting course instructor), Andrea Metzger (trustee), Lidia Angela Pasin (Italian language course leader), Bruno Graziano Pedretti (Nordic walking/all-round course leader), Doris Recher (GymFit course leader), Veronica Schaller (tax adviser), Urs Scherer (tax adviser), Ursula Schmid (GymFit instructor), Jean-Paul Spitznagel (AquaGym instructor), Luisa Torres (weight room supervisor), Marina Werder Bombis (Shibashi instructor), Dieter Ziegler (fiduciary services/tax consultancy)

Volunteers

15 years
: Katharina Strauss (local councils)

10 years
: Günther Burris (Intergenerational Exchange), Irene Fischer (Intergenerational Exchange), Eliane Flach (Intergenerational Exchange), Erika Joye (Local Councils), Edith Saladin (Intergenerational Exchange), Heidi Vultier (Intergenerational Exchange), Marianne Weidmann (Intergenerational Exchange)

5 years
: Barbara Bühler (Intergenerational Exchange), Livio Elsässer (Intergenerational Exchange), Niklaus Schmid (Intergenerational Exchange), Patricia Schnyder (Intergenerational Exchange)

We would like to thank everyone for their loyalty and commitment!

News

Did you know that we bring together around 25 different professions under one roof?
You can get a brief insight into the wide range of roles at Pro Senectute in both Basel cantons here.

If you’d like to join our team, do take a look at our website and discover our latest job vacancies.