Foundation Board
Most Important Responsibilities
- Setting of guidelines for the work of the foundation;
- Appointing the Chair of the Foundation (who is also Rector);
- Deciding on the budget.
Current Members
Chairperson
- Dr. Claudia Schilling, Senator for Science and Harbours of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Vice Chairperson
- Björn Thümler, Minister for Science and Culture, Lower Saxony
Members
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Berg, Lecturer; Steering Committee of the Deutsche Gesellschaft Club of Rome
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ellen Ivers-Tiffée, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Axel Jahnz, Mayor of the City of Delmenhorst
- Dr. Olaf Joachim, Privy Council, Plenipotentiary of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen to the Federation
- Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans Michael Piper, President of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
- Dr. h.c. Thomas Reiter, European Space Agency (ESA)
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Scholz-Reiter, Rector of the University of Bremen
- Grant Hendrik Tonne, Minister for Education, Lower Saxony
- Prof. Dr. Monika Unzeitig, University of Greifswald
In Advisory Capacity
- Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, University of Bremen, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
- Prof. Dr. Kerstin Schill, Rector of the HWK, Delmenhorst