Patrons/Schirmherren
The Honorable Stéphane Dion
Canadian Ambassador to Germany
The Honorable Amy Gutmann
U.S. Ambassador to Germany
The Honorable Emily Haber
German Ambassador to the United States of America
The Honorable Sabine Sparwasser
German Ambassador to Canada
North American Trustees

Melissa Bell
Publisher of Vox Media and Co-Founder of Vox.com
Ambassador (ret.) J.D. Bindenagel
Henry Kissinger Professor of Governance and International
Security, University of Bonn, Germany
Marcus W. Brauchli
Co-founder and Managing Partner, North Base Media
(Chair)
Elisabeth Bumiller
Assistant Managing Editor and Washington Bureau Chief, The New York Times
Ambassador (ret.) Richard Burt
Senior Advisor, McLarty and Associates
(Chair Emeritus)
Elena Cherney
Editor, Coverage, The Wall Street Journal
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson
Former Governor General of Canada
Nikhil Deogun
CEO of the Americas, Brunswick Group
Tobias Dratt
President North America, BASF Corporation
Dr. Frank-Dieter Freiling
Director, Internationale Journalisten Programme (IJP), e.V.
(Burns President)
Reto Gregori
Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg News
Jacob Heilbrunn
Editor, The National Interest
Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges
Senior Advisor, Human Rights First
James F. Hoge, Jr.
Senior Advisor, Teneo Intelligence
(Chair Emeritus)
Barbara Humpton
Chief Executive Officer, Siemens USA
David Kamenetzky
Former Chief Executive Officer, Joh. A. Benckiser and Chairman, JAB Investors
The Honorable Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Former U.S. Secretary of State
Christian Lange
Chairman, EII Capital Management Inc.
Lars Leitner
Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Turner Construction Company
The Honorable Frank E. Loy
Former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs
(Chair Emeritus)
Sebastian Mackensen
CEO, BMW of North America
Jennifer McGuire
Chief Content Officer, Pink Triangle Press, and Former General Manager and Editor-in-Chief, CBC News
Sharon Moshavi
President, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
Gen. (ret.) David H. Petraeus
Member, KKR & Chairman, KKR Global Institute
Asahi Pompey
Global Head of Corporate Engagement, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and President, Goldman Sachs Foundation
Christiana Riley
Member of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank AG and CEO, Deutsche Bank USA Corp.
(Vice Chair)
Goli Sheikholeslami
Chief Executive Officer, POLITICO Media Group
Calvin Sims
EVP, CNN News Standards & Practices, CNN Worldwide
Richard Socher
Founder / CEO, you.com
Robert Steiner
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Director, Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism
David Walmsley
Editor-in-Chief, The Globe and Mail
Stanford S. Warshawsky
Chairman, Bismarck Capital, LLC
(Vice Chair)
Legal Advisor:
Phillip C. Zane
Adjunct Faculty, Dept. of Health Administration and Policy, George Mason University
German Trustees

Dorothee Bär
Member of Parliament, CDU/CSU, and Former State Minister for Digitalization, Chancellery
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Bettzuege
Former German Ambassador
Nikolaus Blome
Director Politics and Society, RTL Media Group
Johannes Boie
Editor-in-Chief, Bild
Dr. Volker Breid
Member of the Executive Board, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Michael Bröcker
Editor-in-Chief, Media Pioneer
Stephan-Andreas Casdorff
Publisher, Der Tagesspiegel
Dr. Mathias Döpfner
CEO, Axel Springer SE
Dr. Wolfgang Fink
CEO, Goldman Sachs SE
Manuel Hartung
CEO, Zeit Stiftung
Steffen Hebestreit
State Secretary, Federal Press Office
Dr. Tessen von Heydebreck
Former Member of the Board, Deutsche Bank
(Honorary Chairman)
Dr. Norbert Himmler
Director-General, ZDF
Dr. Michael Ilgner
Global Head of HR & Real Estate, Deutsche Bank AG (Chairman)
Barbara Junge
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tageszeitung
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Member of Parliament, FDP
Peter Limbourg
Director-General, Deutsche Welle
Dr. Tobias Lindner, MdB
State Minister, Foreign Office
Gesine Lötzsch
Member of Parliament, Die Linke
Georg Löwisch
Editor-in-Chief, Zeit - Christ und Welt
Prof. Dr. Johannes Meier
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Mercator Foundation
Claudia Roth
Federal Commissioner for Culture and Member of Parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen
Michael Roth
Member of Parliament, SPD, and Former State Minister for Europe, Foreign Office
Dr. Gregor Peter Schmitz
Editor-in-Chief, Stern
Jennifer Wilton
Editor-in-Chief, Die Welt
Ulrike Winkelmann
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tageszeitung
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