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
Dr. Andreas Görgen
Chair
Elke Harjes-Ecker
Deputy chair
Members of the foundation board
Representing the German federal government
Maria Bering | Director in the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media |
Dr. Andreas Görgen | Ministerial Director in the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media |
Eva-Maria Meyer | Head of section, Federal Ministry of Finance |
N.N. | Federal Foreign Office |
Representing the Länder of the Federal Republic of Germany
Hans Heinrich Bethge | Director of the Senate, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Ministry of culture and media |
Claus Peter Boßmann | Department head, State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt |
Corinna Fischer | Department head, Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony |
Markus Franke | Head of section, Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism |
Elke Harjes-Ecker | Head of section, Thuringian State Chancellery |
Angelika Kaus | Head of section, Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art |
Helge Rehders | Department head, Senate Department for Culture and Europe Berlin |
Eric Seng | Head of section, Hessian Ministry for Science and Art |
Representing the national associations of local authorities
Jörg Freese | German Association of Rural Districts |
Daniela Schneckenburger | Association of German Cities |
Uwe Lübking | German Association of Cities and Communities |