Foundation Board

In ac­cor­dance with the Foun­da­tion‘s statute, the foun­da­tion board is re­spon­si­ble for de­cid­ing on all mat­ters which are in­her­ent­ly or par­tic­u­lar­ly sig­nif­i­cant to the Foun­da­tion. It over­sees the Foun­da­tion with re­gard to le­gal­i­ty, effectiveness and ef­fi­cien­cy.

The foun­da­tion board is com­prised of fif­teen mem­bers.

Chair­man­ship

Stiftungsrat Dr. An­dre­as Gör­gen
Maurice Weiss

Dr. An­dre­as Gör­gen

Chair
Dr. Michael Reitemeyer
Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Dr. Michael Reitemeyer

Deputy Chairman

Mem­bers of the foun­da­tion board

Rep­re­sent­ing the Ger­man fed­er­al gov­ern­ment

Dr. An­dre­as Gör­gen

Min­is­te­ri­al Di­rec­tor in the Fed­er­al Gov­ern­ment Com­mis­sion­er for Cul­ture and the Me­dia

Ma­ria Be­ring

Head of Directorate K 4 – Culture of Remembrance

Eva-Ma­ria Mey­er

Head of sec­tion, Fed­er­al Min­istry of Fi­nance

Ralf Bes­te

Fed­er­al For­eign Of­fice

Rep­re­sent­ing the Län­der of the Fed­er­al Re­pub­lic of Ger­many

Dr. Claudia Rose

Ministerial Director, Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Brigitte Faber-Schmidt

Head of Department, Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg

Dr. Philipp Salamon-Menger

Head of Department, Ministry of General and Vocational Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

Christoph Kraus

Ministerial Director, Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate

Dr. Andreas Mackeben

The Senator for Culture, Hanseatic City of Bremen

Katerina Schumacher

Head of Department, Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Dr. Michael Reitemeyer

Head of Department, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia

Nil Berber

Head of Department, Ministry of Education and Culture of Saarland

Rep­re­sent­ing the na­tion­al as­so­ci­a­tions of lo­cal au­thor­i­ties

Jörg Freese

Ger­man As­so­ci­a­tion of Ru­ral Dis­tricts

Daniela Schneckenburger

As­so­ci­a­tion of Ger­man Cities

Marc Elxnat

Ger­man As­so­ci­a­tion of Cities and Com­mu­ni­ties