Our
Organization
Geburt 3000 can rely on experienced experts in the fields of midwife-led maternity care, salutogenesis, science and research, and architecture.
Core Team
Renate Ruckstuhl-Meier
Managing Director & Foundation Board Member, responsible for the development of operations and the birth pavilion
“For the benefit of women and families, cooperation instead of competition should be the guiding principle for maternity care of the future – let’s work on it!”
Learn more about Renate
Education:
→ Midwifery training
→ University course in Healthcare Management with a specialization in Midwifery, Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Healthcare Management
Personal:
→ Mother of three children
→ Grandmother of two grandchildren
→ Married
Professional Milestones:
→ Working as a midwife & attending midwife since 1982
→ Founded a midwifery practice, 1998
→ Co-development of the Terra Alta birth center, 2005 (CEO 2017–2023)
Eva Cignacco
President of the Foundation Board, responsible for teaching and research
“The strategic alliance of out-of-hospital and in-hospital obstetrics is the model of the future that many women and families can look forward to.
As early as 2000, I developed and implemented the first concept for ‘midwife-led obstetrics in hospitals’ throughout Switzerland. The fact that today, as a retired professor, I am able to help develop such an innovative care model as ‘Geburt 3000’ is a source of great professional satisfaction for me.”
Learn more about Eva
Education:
→ Midwifery training
→ Master of Nursing Science
→ Doctoral studies in Nursing Science
→ Habilitation at the University of Basel
Professional Milestones:
→ First midwife in Switzerland with a doctorate, 2007
→ First midwife and nursing scientist in Switzerland with a habilitation, 2013
→ Professor of Midwifery at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, 2014 - 2025
Ladina Bruggmann-Giovanoli
Project Associate
“I am extremely pleased to be involved in a project that is sustainably rethinking maternity care in Switzerland.”
Learn more about Ladina
Education:
→ Commercial apprenticeship in the hotel industry
→ Certified Tourism Specialist HF
→ Federal Diploma in Marketing Planning
Professional Milestones:
→ Managing Director of the Association of Swiss Health Spas and Resorts (2019-2025)
→ Project Manager at tom Service AG (2017-2025)
→ Own tourism marketing agency (2009-2019)
→ Product Manager and Project Manager at Switzerland Tourism
Personal:
→ Mother of 2 children
→ Married
Architects
Elia Malevez
Architect FH
Master of Arts in Fine Arts
Klaus Töngi
Architect BA FHZ
Certified Master Carpenter
Think Tank
Béatrice Rouiller
Lecturer at the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) in the Bachelor of Science in Midwifery program
Midwife with a Bachelor of Science from HES-SO and a Master of Science in Midwifery from Salzburg University of Applied Sciences (FHS)
Board member of the SHV Fribourg Section
Corina Bolt
Midwife with independent professional responsibility, practicing in the city of Bern
Board member of the SHV Bern Section
BSc Midwifery
Daniela Ogi
Systemic and agile organizational consultant
MAS in Supervision and Coaching in Organizations (ZHAW), with various continuing education courses
Elena Reusser
Deputy Managing Director, Head of Outpatient Postpartum Care at Winterthur Birth Center
Fanny Mewes-Toumi
Head midwife at the Petit Prince birth center
Research associate at BFH
Midwife, MSc
Fanny Wäfler
Independent midwife, offering services from hospital-based births to home births
Board member of the Bern Section of the SHV
Jessica Saxenhammmer
Co-Management / Head of Maternity Care, Terra Alta Birth Center
Midwife MSc
Karin Lietha
Midwife and CEO of the Zürcher Oberland Birth Center
Salomé Schuster
Midwife BSc, Zweisimmen Birth Center
Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Eva Cignacco
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Urs Niffeler
Vice President
Director, Sonnmatt Luzern AG, spa hotel and residence
Erich Ettlin
Member of the Council of States in the Swiss Federal Parliament, Political party «Die Mitte»
Irène Kälin
Member of the National Council of the Swiss Federal Parliament, Political party « Die Grünen»
Alinda Neidhart
Attorney and Notary
Dr. Robert Rhiner, MD
MPH, health consultant with his own firm
Renate Ruckstuhl
Managing Director, Geburt 3000, midwife, MBA
