The Supervisory Board decides on the principles of the foundation’s work, directorate appointments (President and Secretary General), the planned annual budget and mid-term financial planning. It establishes the foundation’s priorities and provides the foundation with sources of professional advice in numerous areas.
Armin Laschet
Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen
Minister for Culture and Sciences of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board
Dr. Inke Arns
Director Hartware Medienkunstverein
Gerhart Baum
Former Federal Minister, Lawyer
Dr. Günther J. Bergmann
Member of State Parliament
Andreas Bialas
Member of State Parliament
Simone Brand
Anke Brunn
Former State Minister
Ilse Brusis
Former State Minister
Tom Buhrow
Director, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne
Lorenz Deutsch
MdL
Siegmund Ehrmann
Ernst Gerlach
Gabriela Grillo
Managing Partner, Wilhelm Grillo Handesgesellschaft mbH
Chair of Supervisory Board, Grillo-Werke AG
Stefan Hilterhaus
Artistic Director and Executive Director, PACT Zollverein
Prof. Dr. Gottfried Honnefelder
Member of Board of Trustees for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade
Former Principal of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association
Oliver Keymis
Member of State Parliament
Vice President of North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament
Norbert Meesters
Prof. Dr. Pia Müller-Tamm
Director Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Prof. Klaus Schäfer
Former State Secretary
Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheytt
Company Director „Kulturexperten“
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Schweeger
Director Akademie für Darstellende Kunst Baden-Württemberg
Manfred Speck
Former State Secretary
Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Sternberg
President of the central committee of the German Catholics
Dr. Jörg Twenhöven
Former President of Local Government
Christiane Underberg
Entrepreneur
Gregor Zöllig
Artistic Director, Tanztheater und Chefchoreograf Staatstheater Braunschweig