The faces behind the ProTerapia Foundation
Gabriela Pernter Volpe
foundation president
Gabriela Pernter Volpe has been working independently as a naturopathic practitioner TEN for many years. Her first horse set her on the path to developingTDA™ and opened up a new avenue for equine-assisted therapy. It is very important to her that many people suffering from illness are able to experience curative animal-assisted therapies.
Niggi Thurnherr
board of trustees
Niggi Thurnherr is a retired school principal who has seen cognitively impaired children make enormous progress and flourish through animal-assisted therapy.
Gabriel Plinke
board of trustees
Gabriel Plinke works as a financial planner at a local bank.
Horse therapy helped him through a difficult time, which is why he wants animal-assisted therapies to become more widely known in Switzerland so that they can help many people.