Stiftung Chance für das kritisch kranke Kind

Our board

The Board of Trustees of the Stiftung Chance für das kritisch kranke Kind is made up of medical and nursing specialists at the Children's Hospital Zurich and members who are anchored in professional and family life.

Sandra Bloch

After studying medicine, clinical practice and qualifying as a specialist in pharmaceutical medicine, Sandra Bloch worked for many years in various management positions in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in Switzerland and abroad. She has a broad knowledge of medical affairs, expertise in various therapeutic areas, is familiar with the Swiss healthcare system and has extensive management experience. Sandra Bloch is married and the mother of two grown-up children.

Evi Ehrensperger-Schaub

Evi Ehrensperger-Schaub worked as secretary to the management at Ecosens AG, Environmental Management Consultant. She got to know Stiftung Chance as a mother of a critically ill child. Since then, she has been committed to giving back some of the support she and her daughter have received. Since April 2022, Evi Ehrensperger-Schaub is managing director of Stiftung Chance.
Evi Ehrensperger-Schaub

Lukas Jerie

Lukas Jerie has been working at the Children's Hospital Zurich since 2006. During his career, he has gained experience in various paediatric hospitals and acute care clinics, including in Australia. Today, Lukas Jerie is a senior physician in the Department of Intensive Care Medicine and Neonatology at the Children's Hospital Zurich, and he is also involved as an instructor in simulation training. He grew up bilingual – Swiss German and Czech – and took over as president of the Chance for Critically Ill Children Foundation in January 2025. Lukas Jerie is a family father.

Corinne Mertzlufft

Corinne Mertzlufft is a businesswoman and held to this day various professional and leading positions, i.e. in Business Development Management. She is fluent in five languages and describes herself as a team player who likes to "get things moving".
Claudia Furrer-Kübler

Rebecca Pfaffen

Rebecca Pfaffen works at the Children's Hospital Zurich as Deputy Head of Nursing on Intensive Care Ward A and is Co-Head of the hospitals Ethics Committee. As a certified expert NDS HF in intensive care, Rebecca Pfaffen experiences first-hand how valuable the complementary services offered by Stiftung Chance are, for example the Care Team. She is the mother of a son.
Rebecca Pfaffen

Eva Stoffel

Until her retirement, Eva Stoffel worked for 30 years in a senior position at the Zurich Children's Hospital. During this time, she practised as a paediatric physiotherapist in all the wards. She is therefore well acquainted with everyday life in intensive care units and neonatology. Eva Stoffel has witnessed many times the invaluable support of Stiftung Chance to children and parents in distressing situations.