Patrons / Schirmherren

The Honorable Peter Ammon
German Ambassador to the United States of America

The Honorable Philip D. Murphy
U.S. Ambassador to Germany

U.S. Trustees

Joyce Barnathan
President, International Center for Journalists

Elizabeth Becker
Journalist and Author

Albert Behler
President & CEO, Paramount Group, Inc.

J.D. Bindenagel
Vice President, Community, Government and International Relations, DePaul University

Rebecca Blumenstein
Deputy Managing Editor and International Editor, The Wall Street Journal

Marcus W. Brauchli
Executive Editor, The Washington Post

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

Hans-Ulrich Engel
Chief Financial Officer, BASF SE, Chairman &CEO, BASF Corporation

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

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

James F. Hoge, Jr.
Chairman, Human Rights Watch
(Honorary Chairman)

Robert M. Kimmitt
Senior International Counsel, WilmerHale

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman, Kissinger Associates

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

Christian Lange
President & CEO, European Investors

Richard G. Lugar
United States Senator

Kati Marton
Author and Journalist

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

John F. W. Rogers
Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Garrick Utley
President, Levin Institute, SUNY

Stanford S. Warshawsky
Chairman, Bismarck Capital, LLC
(Vice Chairman)

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

German Trustees

Dr. Thomas Bellut
Director-General, ZDF

Erik Bettermann
Director-General, Deutsche Welle

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bettzuege
former 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. Luc Jochimsen
Member of Parliament, Die Linke

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

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

Michael Georg Link
State Minister, Foreign Office, FDP

Rob Meines
Meines & Partners, The Hague

Mathias Müller von Blumencron
Editor in Chief, Der Spiegel

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

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

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

Steffen Seibert
Government Spokesman

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