Joyce Barnathan
President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Elizabeth Becker
Journalist and Author 

The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel
Vice President, Community, Government & International Relations, DePaul University

Kurt Bock
Chairman and CEO, BASF USA

Marcus W. Brauchli
Executive Editor, The Washington Post

The Honorable Richard Burt
Senior Advisor, McLarty and Associates
(Honorary Chairman)

Dr. Martin Bussmann
Mannheim LLC

Nikhil Deogun
Managing Editor, CNBC

David W. Detjen
Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP

Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling
Director, Internationale Journalisten-Programme (IJP)
(Burns President)

Prof. Dr. Ronald Frohne
President and CEO, GWFF USA, Inc.

Rick Goings
Chairman and CEO, Tupperware Brands Corporation

James F. Hoge, Jr.
Editor, Foreign Affairs
(Honorary Chairman)

Fred Kempe
President and CEO, The Atlantic Council of the United States

Robert M. Kimmitt
Senior International Cousel, WilmerHale

The Honorable Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman, Kissinger Associates

The Honorable Frank E. Loy                                        
Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
(Chairman)

Senator Richard G. Lugar United States Senator (R-Ind.)

Wolfgang Pordzik
Executive Vice President, Corporate Public Policy, Deutsche Post DHL, North America

Garrick Utley
President, Levin Institute, SUNY

Stanford S. Warshawsky
Chairman, Bismarck Capital, LLC

Legal Advisor:
Phillip C. Zane
Attorney at Law, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

German Trustees

Erik Bettermann
Director-General, Deutsche Welle

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bettzuege
German Ambassador to Brussels

Dr. Martin Blessing
CEO, Commerzbank AG

Prof. Maria Böhmer
State Minister, Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU

Tom Buhrow
Anchorman, ARD

Sabine Christiansen
Journalist, TV21 Media

Dr. Mathias Döpfner
CEO, Axel Springer AG

Thomas Ellerbeck
Chairman, Vodafone Foundation

Leonhard F. Fischer
Partner, RHJI Swiss Management

Dr. Rüdiger Frohn
Chairman, Stiftung Mercator

Emilio Galli-Zugaro
Head Group Communications, Allianz Group

Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck
Former Member of the Board, Deutsche Bank AG
(Honorary Chairman)

Dr. Werner Hoyer
State Minister, Foreign Office, FDP

Dr. Luc Jochimsen
Member of Parliament, Die Linke

Hans-Werner Kilz
Editor-in-Chief, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Dr. Torsten-Jörn Klein
Board member, Gruner + Jahr AG

Rob Meines
Meines & Partners, The Hague

Kerstin Müller
Former State Minister, Member of Parliament, Buendnis 90/Die Grünen

Rainer Neske
Board Member, Deutsche Bank (Chairman)

Dagmar Reim
Director General, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Prof. Markus Schächter
Director-General, ZDF German TV

Helmut Schäfer
Former Minister of State, Foreign Office
(Honorary Chairman)

Monika Schaller
Senior Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Friede Springer
Publisher, Axel Springer AG

Dr. Frank Walter Steinmeier
Former Foreign Minister, Chair of the SPD Parliamentary Group

Tobias Trevisan
CEO, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Lord George  Weidenfeld
Former CEO, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Ulrich Wilhelm
Government Spokesman