{"id":4511,"date":"2025-12-18T19:51:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T18:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cczuric.cat\/?page_id=4511"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:04:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:04:25","slug":"the-board","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cczuric.cat\/en\/the-casal\/the-board\/","title":{"rendered":"The Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The members of the Board in 2024-2025. From left to right: Quim, Judith, Merc\u00e8, Carles, Anna, Jordi and Joana <\/mark><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Board of the Casal is currently made up of 8 members who work voluntarily to carry out the activities we offer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Carles Gallifa Puig, president<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Anna Mir, vicepresident and secretary<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Quim Llimona, treasurer<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jordi Cluet i Martinell, member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Xavier Garcia Tormo, member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Gl\u00f2ria Llopart Barrera, member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mariona Bon\u00e0s Vera, member<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • \u00c0ngela Casanova Mart\u00ed, member<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Carles Gallifa Puig<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    president<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nIn 2015, when I first arrived in Switzerland, the book club was my gateway to the Casal. Since then, I have always been involved with the Casal in one way or another and, little by little, I have come to know its different faces, its members, all the possibilities and potential of this community. The Casal is what the members want it to be and I, as president, am eager to help you grow it.  <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Anna Mir<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    vice president and secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nI arrived in Zurich on October 2, 2017. The political situation of the time, combined with the nerves of a life change, marked that autumn. It didn\u2019t take me long to find a community with whom I could understand myself and share opinions and feelings.  
    At home we have always followed all the Catalan traditions, any excuse is a good one to celebrate. In 2019 I joined the board as a member. As vice president, I want to make you feel at home, enjoying a good meal and our culture! <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Quim Llimona<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    treasurer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nAfter an adventure in Canada, my wife and I arrived in Zurich in 2017. We immediately became regulars at the Casal parties. In 2022 I joined the Board (I had already been collaborating for many years anyway), and some time later I took over the Treasury. You can find me at events and excursions, and at the General Assemblies, where I will summarize in a completely transparent way what the Casal has done (and spent) during the year. <\/mark>
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    Jordi Cluet i Martinell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    member
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    <\/p>\nMy life in Switzerland began in Lausanne, in the summer of 2022. I immediately integrated into the Catalan community and, through the CCL, participated in the Castellers de Lausanne. A year later, I moved to Zurich where, again, I found family in the Casal and co-founded the Castellers de Zurich.
    In March 2024, I joined the Board, to do my bit to bring our culture and language closer and spread and make us feel a little closer to home.

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    Xavier Garcia Tormo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    member
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    <\/p>\nI arrived in Switzerland in October 2011, to work at the University of Bern. After a job change, I moved to Zurich in April 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. When I learned at the beginning of 2024 that a Colla castellera was being formed in Zurich, I actively participated in the project from the very beginning. In May 2025, I joined the Junta del Casal to help spread the castells and Catalan culture in general in Zurich. <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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    Gl\u00f2ria Llopart Barrera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nSince I arrived in Zurich in 2016 I have been linked to the Casal participating in events, magical places where I enjoy our culture and feel that I am still part of the Catalan-speaking community. In 2023 I realized that my daughter did not have the possibility of learning to read and write in Catalan. What a surprise I was when I discovered many other families who also wanted to offer their children a weekly space to learn the Catalan language and culture! And that is how I embarked on the adventure of creating the Catalan School of Zurich. <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Mariona Bon\u00e0s Vera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nI came to live in Zurich in the fall of 2024, together with my partner, to start my doctorate. A few months later we went to a rehearsal of the Castellers de Zurich and we got hooked. Through the castellers I got to know the Casal and the activities it organizes. I really appreciate the work that the Casal does to create community and bring Catalan culture closer to people abroad and that is why, a year later, I wanted to contribute my bit to help keep all the activities that it offers alive. <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    \u00c0ngela Casanova Mart\u00ed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    <\/p>\nMy adventure in Switzerland begins in the spring of 2022 with my partner and an 8-month-old baby. A few months later, we learned about the activities of the Casalet and became regulars. For us it was wonderful to find a community of parents where we could share doubts, fears and experiences of raising children outside the home, and for our son it was a gift: he loved and loves being able to play with other children in our language.
    I joined the Board in January 2026 to link myself to the activities of the Casalet and keep it alive so that it can continue to bring Catalan culture closer to the little ones. <\/mark><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    And you, are you up for it?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Write to us or come talk about it at one of our events!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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