Team E

Since 2012, Nicole Stejskal has been the co-managing director at CO-OPERAID. Since 2025 Nicole optained the position of managing director and is responsible for several educational projects. She is originally an economist and also studied development cooperation at ETH Zurich (NADEL). She has worked for various Swiss development organizations in Switzerland and Brazil.

"Education is the key to a life without poverty. This is why CO-OPERAID's projects for children and young people are so important. This is what I am committed to!"

Contact:

stejskal@co-operaid.ch

Works for CO-OPERAID since 2005. Responsible for several projects in Africa and Asia.

Contact:

aufdermaur@co-operaid.ch

Since June 2023, Katharina von Allmen has been working as Head of Fundraising and Communication with a 60% workload for CO-OPERAID. She is a federally certified PR consultant (MA) and holds a translation diploma in English/German as well as a CAS from NADEL at ETH Zurich. She has worked for various Swiss NGOs and has many years of experience in fundraising and organizational communication.

Contact:
vonallmen@co-operaid.ch

After studying accounting and management information systems at West University in Timișoara, Romania, she completed her training as a certified accountant in Hungary. After various positions and voluntary engagements, she joined CO-OPERAID as a volunteer at the end of 2020. Since January 2022, Réka Fall has been supporting the team as a full-time employee in administration and accounting.

"A meaningful job that makes the world a little better has always been close to my heart. That’s why I feel very privileged to work at CO-OPERAID and contribute to the goals of the organization."

Contact:
fall@co-operaid.ch

Since January 2025, Stephanie Theis has been working as a project manager at CO-OPERAID. She holds a Master's degree in Development Studies and has several years of professional experience as a program coordinator and consultant in the fields of human rights and education.

Her career path took her from Germany to Nepal and finally to Switzerland, where she worked as a project manager for various international and national organizations. In a volunteer capacity, she supports an NGO in Nepal, which she co-founded.

After extensive practical fundraising experience, Anabel Wörner completed a DAS in Fundraising Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Since January 2025, she has been strengthening our team as Fundraising and Communication Manager.

Contact:

woerner@co-operaid.ch

Dr. Ignaz Rieser (since 2019), Business Economist. Career at University of Basel and HWV Luzern. Director at HWV Basel. Expert and Project leader for DEZA and Swisscontact in Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal and Kosovo.

«CO-OPERAID’s education projects are small but powerful. They offer children and adolescents the unique chance to live a self-determined life in dignity.»

Laurence Treceño (since 2019), Graphic Designer. Education at the School of Arts in Lausanne (ECAL). Self-employed occupation as Art Director. Activist, Co-founder and board member of aid agencies for street children in Sao Paulo, Brazil, as well as a NGO in Pakistan.

«Little streams make a mighty river!»

Her art work can be found here: https://www.unikart.shop/

Thomas Stadtmüller (since 2023), forestry expert.
Studied forestry at the University of Munich. Over 30 years of experience in development cooperation in the field of sustainable resource use and rural development (with FAO, GTZ, SDC and Helvetas).

«The promotion of education is of crucial importance for a fair social development. I am happy to support and accompany CO-OPERAID in this task.»

Dr. Ignaz Rieser, manager of the project «Ujuzi Kwa Vijana» in Kenya

Petra Wiesler, volunteer for administration.

THONIC is an agency for digital and analog projects with a focus on concept, consulting and graphic design. THONIC supports CO-OPERAID through a voluntary engagement.

www.thonic.ch

Levi Fall is a volunteer IT supporter for CO-OPERAID.

Translations to English.

Mevluet Polat is involved in IT for CO-OPERAID.

www.mpol.ch

Serika Ramlall supports CO-OPERAID as a volunteer in the field of project research and analysis. She studied at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.

Translations to French.

Liliane Waldner was one of the first board members and later became the president of CO-OPERAID. Today she is a courageous fighter against Multiple Sclerosis who inspires others.

Dr. Rao Satapati was the first director of CO-OPERAID, after it left the InterAid network. He stayed in charge from 1995-2012 and established the organisation in Switzerland.

The paediatrician Marie Meierhofer († 15. August 1998 in Unterägeri) created a concept for the support of aids orphans that served CO-OPERAID as a theoretical guideline for its work in Uganda. Until about 2010, the support for aids orphans was in focus of CO-OPERAID's work in different parts of Uganda.