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Factory/Manufacturing

Honorary Co-Chairs

H.E. Dr. Peter Ammon

German Ambassador to the United States

Dr. Ronald J. Daniels

President, Johns Hopkins University

H.E. Philip Murphy

United States Ambassador to Germany

Ministerpräsident David McAllister, MdL

Niedersächsische Staatskanzlei

 

About AICGS

The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies strengthens the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world. The Institute produces objective and original analyses of developments and trends in Germany, Europe, and the United States; creates new transatlantic networks; and facilitates dialogue among the business, political, and academic communities to manage differences and define and promote common interests.

Affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, AICGS provides a comprehensive program of public forums, policy studies, research, and study groups designed to enrich the political, corporate, and scholarly constituencies it serves.

Members of the Institute’s Board of Trustees:

Jacques Brand

Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Investment Banking Coverage, Deutsche Bank Securities, AICGS Chairman

David W. Detjen, Esq.

Partner, Alston & Bird LLP, AICGS Vice-Chair and Secretary

Susan S. Harnett

Global Consumer Head of Business Performance Management, Citigroup Inc., AICGS Treasurer

Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger

Honorary Chairman, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, AICGS Vice-Chair, Europe

Prof. Ernestine Schlant Bradley

The New School University

Edward T. Cloonan

Chairman, Advisory Board/Managing Director, New York Liberty Square Group

John F. Curtis

President, Seven Seas Water Corporation

Dirk Egbers

Partner, Ernst & Young

The Honorable Thomas L. Farmer

Consultants International Group, Inc.

Prof. Dr. Dieter Feddersen

Attorney at Law, Member of the Board of Directors of Dräger Foundation

Alan H. Fleischmann

Co-Founder and Managing Director, ImagineNations Group

Dr. Gerhard Gnaedig

Guenther E. Greiner

President, International Corporate Consultancy LLC

Michael E. Hansen

CEO, Elsevier Health Sciences

Louis R. Hughes

CEO, InZero Systems

Dr. Michael Inacker

Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Handelsblatt

The Honorable Wolfgang Ischinger

Global Head of Government Relations, Allianz SE

Martin Jäger

Vice President, Head of Global External Affairs and Public Policy, Daimler AG

Dr. Josef Joffe

Publisher-Editor, Die Zeit

Frederick Kempe

President and CEO, The Atlantic Council of the United States

Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld

Chairman and CEO, Alcoa, Inc.

The Honorable John C. Kornblum

Senior Counselor, NOERR STIEFENHOFER LUTZ

Dennis R. Kruse

Vice President of Network Services, Orange Business Services

Fred H. Langhammer

Chairman, Global Affairs, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., AICGS Chairman Emeritus

Susan C. Livingston

Partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

The Honorable Frank E. Loy

Former Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs

Dr. Wallace Mathai-Davis

Managing Partner, The GIA Group

Dr. Bernd R. Mayer

Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates, Munich

Dr. Jill E. McGovern

President, M&M Enterprises

Peter Melerski

Consultant

Caroll H. Neubauer

Chairman and CEO, B.Braun of America and B.Braun Medical Inc., Bethlehem, PA USA

Dr. Andreas Nick

Member, Supervisory Board of Böker Paul AG

Morris W. Offit

Chairman, Offit Capital Advisors LLC

Dr. Lutz R. Raettig

Chairman, Supervisory Board, Morgan Stanley Bank AG, Frankfurt

Dr. Wolfgang Reitzle

CEO, Linde AG

J. Michael Schell, Esq.

Executive Vice President, Alcoa, Inc. (retired)

Dr. Eugene A. Sekulow

Consultant, AICGS Chairman Emeritus

Carl A. Siebel

President and CEO, Carl Siebel Consulting GmbH

Lianne Stein

Vice President of Global Corporate Citizenship, Boeing International Corporation

Charles Varvaro

Vice President, Global Technology Services, IBM

Honorary:

The Honorable James A. Baker III

Senior Partner, Baker & Botts

Ex officio:

Dr. Jackson Janes

Executive Director, AICGS