Joyce Barnathan
President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)

Elizabeth Becker
Contributor to the International Herald Tribune, and German Marshall Fund Fellow

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

Kurt Bock
Chairman and CEO, BASF

Marchus W. Brauchli
Consultant, News Corporation

The Honorable Richard Burt
Senior Advisor, McLarty and Associates

Dr. Martin Bussmann
Mannheim LLC

David W. Detjen
Partner, Alston & Bird, LLP

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

Ronald Frohne
President and CEO, GWFF USA, Inc.

James F. Hoge, Jr.
Editor, Foreign Affairs

Mary Jacobus
CEO, The New York Times Regional Media Group

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

Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator

Wolfgang Pordzik
Executive Vice President, Corporate Public Policy, DHL Americas

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
Ambassador, Brussels

Dr. Martin Blessing
Board member, Commerzbank AG

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

Gernot Erler
Minister of State, Federal Foreign Office

Leonhard F. Fischer
Partner, RHJI Swiss Management

Emilio Galli-Zugaro
Head Group Communications, Allianz Group

Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck
Board Member, Deutsche Bank AG

Luc Jochimsen
Member of Parliament, Die Linke

Lars G. Josefsson
CEO, Vattenfall AB

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

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

Carsten Maschmeyer
Chairman, AWD Holding

Bascha Mika
Editor-in-Chief, Die Tageszeitung

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

Prof. Markus Schächter
Director-General, ZDF German TV

Helmut Schäfer
Former Minister of State

Friede Springer
Publisher, Axel Springer AG

Franz Thönnes
Secretary and Member of Parliament, Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD)

Tobias Trevisan
CEO, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Dr. Guido Westerwelle
Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP)

Ulrich Wilhelm
Government Spokesman