Current Foundation Board

As stipulated in the Board statutes, the federal government and the Länder of Berlin and North Rhine-Westphalia each have two representatives on the Foundation Board. The other Länder each have one. The Board elects its chairperson and vice chairpersons for a term of three years. The chairpersons can be reelected.

Federal Government

The Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Minister of State Dr. Wolfram Weimer
- Chairman -
Representative: Dr. Konrad Schmidt-Werthern
- also serves as the Chairman's deputy –

Federal Ministry of Finance
NN
- also serves as the Chairman's deputy -
Representative: Ministerial Director Dr. Falk Goworek

Federal States

Baden-Württemberg
State Secretary Arne Braun
Representative: Ministerial Director Dr. Claudia Rose
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria
Ministerial Director Stephanie Jacobs
Representative: Ministerial Director Angelika Kaus
Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Arts

Berlin
Senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson
Representative: Dr. Alexander Steinhilber
Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Senate Building Director Petra Kahlfeldt
Representative: Deputy Head of Department Dr. Christian von Oppen
Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing, Berlin

Brandenburg
Minister Manja Schüle
- also serves as the Chairwoman's deputy -
Representative: Department Head Brigitte Faber-Schmidt
Ministry of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg

Bremen
State Counsellor Carmen Emigholz
Representative: Dr. Andreas Mackeben
Senator of Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Hamburg
Senator Dr. Carsten Brosda
Representative: Head of Department Markus Pitz
Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Hessen
State Secretary Christoph Degen
Representative: Head of Department Eric Seng
Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, the Arts and Culture

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
State Secretary Susanne Bowen
Representative: Katerina Schumacher
Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Lower Saxony
Minister Falko Mohrs
Representative: Department Head Corinna Fischer
Ministry of Science and Culture of the State of Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia
Department Head NN
- also acting chairperson -
Representative: Dr. Michael Reitemeyer
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

State Secretary Dr. Dirk Günnewig
Representative: Ministerial Director Hans-Jörg Lieberoth-Leden
Ministry of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Rhineland-Palatinate
State Secretary Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hardeck 
Representative: Ministerial Director Christoph Kraus
Ministry for Family, Women, Culture and Integration

Saarland
State Secretary Jessica Heide
Representative: Nil Berber
Ministry of Education and Culture

Saxony
Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism Franziska Brech
Representative: Aline Fiedler
Saxon State Ministry of Science, Art and Tourism

Saxony-Anhalt
Minister of State Rainer Robra
Representative: State Secretary Dr. Sebastian Putz
State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt

Schleswig-Holstein
State Secretary Guido Wendt
Representative: Department Head Theda Hübener
Ministry of General and Vocational Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

Thuringia
State Secretary  Dr. Bernd Uwe Althaus
Representative: Deputy Head of Department Christina Halwas
Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture

Board of Deputies and AG Bau (Deliberative Committees for the Foundation Board)

Chairman
Gregor Kollmorgen
Office of the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media