Board of Directors

Chair and President

Andreas Fibig

Former CEO of International Flavors & Fragrances

Treasurer

James W. Gerard

Managing Director at Hycroft Advisors

Honorary Member

Ulla Schmidt

Former Vice-President and Member of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany

Members

Ralf Beste

Director General for Culture and Society, German Federal Foreign Office

Karl Geercken

Partner and National Co-Leader of the Litigation Department at Alston & Bird, LLP

Renate Kurowski-Cardello

President of the Kurt Forrest Foundation

Christian Zugel

CIO at ZAIS Group, LLC

Corporate Secretary

David W. Detjen

Senior Counsel at Alston & Bird, LLP

Advisory Council

Chair and President

Andreas Fibig

Former CEO of International Flavors & Fragrances

Members

James W. Gerard

Managing Director at Hycroft Advisors

Peter BEyer

Member of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany

Erhard Grundl

Member of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany

Anne Ruth Herkes

Non-Executive Director at Brookfield Private Equity Business Partners, Former State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs

Prof. Irene Kacandes

Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College

Johannes Ebert

Secretary General of the Goethe-Institut

Michael Link

Member of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Government Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office

Miro Magloire

Founder and Artistic Director of New Chamber Ballet 

Michelle Müntefering

Member of Parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany

Roger M. Witten

Senior Counsel at Wilmer Hale, LLP