The members of the Executive Committee are the President, Vice-President, nine public figures with experience in international work, a representative of the Donors' Society for the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany (Stifterverband) as well as three student representatives.
Members of the Executive Committee
Term of Office 2008-2011
President:
- Professor Dr. Stefan Hormuth
Vice-President:
- Professor Dr. Max G. Huber
Representatives of the higher education institutions:
- Professor Dr. Ali Müfit Bahadir, TU Braunschweig
- Professor Dr. Gabriele Beibst, FH Jena
- Professor Dr. Johann W. Gerlach, FU Berlin
- Dr. Ursula Hans, HU Berlin
- Professor Dr. Sabine Kunst, U Potsdam
- Gudrun Matthies, AA TU Ilmenau
- Professor Dr. Eva Neuland, U Wuppertal
- Baldur Harry Veit, AA FH Reutlingen
- Professor Dr. Gerhart von Graevenitz, U Konstanz
Student Representatives:
- Lisa Bicknell, U Mainz
- Johannes Dieter Glembek, U Trier
- Cheng Ni, U Stuttgart
Representative of The Donors' Association for
the Promotion of Science and Humanities in Germany
(Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft):
Guests:
- Professor Dr. Margret Wintermantel, President of
the German Rectors' Conference (Hochschulrektorenkonferenz)
- Professor Dr. h.c. Klaus-Dieter
Lehmann, President of the Goethe-Institute
- Professor Dr. Erich Thies, Secretary-General
of the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education
and Cultural Affairs of the Länder (Kultusministerkonferenz)
- Ministerialdirektor Martin Kobler, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs (Auswärtiges Amt)
- Ministerialdirektor Dr. Christian Uhlhorn,
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium
für Bildung und Forschung)
- Ministerialdirektor Hans-Dietrich Lehmann,
Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and
Development (Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche
Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung)
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