New chairwoman of the AMSEL Foundation board of trustees
11.10.2022 17:35
September would have been the 40th anniversary of Ursula Späth taking over the patronage of the AMSEL, Action for Multiple Sclerosis Sufferers, the regional association of the DMSG in Baden-Württemberg eV, but the tireless supporter of multiple sclerosis sufferers and their relatives is in Passed away in June of this year. Ursula Späth was also the founder and namesake of the AMSEL Foundation Ursula Späth, the chairmanship of the board of trustees is now taken over by her daughter Dr. Daniela Späth-Zöllner.
On October 13, 1974, AMSEL was founded by 28 MS sufferers and their relatives. Eight years later, Ursula Späth officially began her involvement as patron of AMSEL. This was followed in the same year by the founding of the AMSEL support group Ursula Späth eV together with personalities from industry, politics and business, and in 1985 the founding of the AMSEL Foundation Ursula Späth, to support the work of AMSEL eV for multiple sclerosis sufferers in the long term, both conceptually and through the To support the provision of financial resources.
As a clever woman, Ursula Späth knew how to use the status and reputation of her husband Lothar Späth, former long-time Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg, charmingly and purposefully to attract sponsors for the AMSEL. The positive development of AMSEL is thanks to their tireless commitment over almost 40 years: from the once financially struggling club to today's widely recognized professional association with around 7,300 members.
dr Daniela Späth-Zöllner, daughter of the Späth couple, has now been unanimously elected as the new chairwoman of the board of trustees of the AMSEL Foundation Ursula Späth. As a member of the foundation board since 2014, Dr. Daniela Späth-Zöllner is very familiar with the work of the AMSEL Foundation. It is important to ensure the work of AMSEL so that MS sufferers permanently have an independent, neutral partner at their side for all questions about multiple sclerosis (MS) and life with the still incurable disease. In addition to the financial security of AMSEL eV, the goals of the AMSEL Foundation are: to improve the care and health care of people affected by MS, to promote activities that serve the rehabilitation and social integration of people with MS in Baden-Württemberg, and to promote projects to research the disease. More under www.amsel-foerderkreis-stiftung.de.
dr Daniela Späth-Zöllner would like to continue her mother's life's work in the AMSEL Foundation in the best possible way, with the aim of ensuring that AMSEL remains a reliable partner for MS sufferers and their relatives in the future.