Our team
Individual skills are important to us because we work in an interdisciplinary and topic-oriented manner. Our actions are effective and sustainable - driven by entrepreneurial spirit and the will to create. We value an open feedback culture and personal exchange - digitally and on site at our offices in Langenhorn.
Areas at a glance
Cooperation between the Management Board and the Board of Trustees
The division of responsibilities between the Management Board and the Board of Trustees is based on the model of a public limited company: the Management Board manages the foundation's business, while the Board of Trustees advises and monitors it. The joint Foundation Committee, which is made up of the Board of Trustees and the Management Board, deals with fundamental issues relating to the Foundation's strategic direction.
Management Board
![Gabriele von Glahn](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/f/csm_Glahn_cms_fceec3dc00.jpg)
![Linda Walter](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/8/csm_2024_Walter_c619af994f.png)
![Saskia Brodbeck](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/a/csm_2024_Brodbeck_a0f250dc4c.png)
Board of Trustees
![Dr. Henneke Lütgerath](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/7/csm_Luetgerath_cms_5c0cf0983d.jpg)
![Martina Sandrock](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/d/csm_2023_Sandrock_d4244c3e4f.jpg)
![Prof. Dr. Robert Feidenhans’l](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/3/csm_2023_Feidenhansl_366fd801ce.jpg)
![Herdis Dris](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/e/csm_Dris_cms_2f0e0f116f.jpg)
Honorary Chairwoman
![Petra Herz](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/2/csm_Herz_cms_png_143fac327b.png)
Petra Herz has been Honorary Chairwoman of the Joachim Herz Foundation since 2016. She had previously been Chairwoman of the Foundation since its establishment in 2008 and took over its management after the death of her husband Joachim Herz.
Petra Herz is available to the Foundation in an advisory capacity as Honorary Chairwoman.
Cluster "New Materials and Resources of the Future"
![Miriam Tidow](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/0/csm_2023_Tidow_18d7ccd3ec.jpg)
![Anna Kosek](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/4/csm_2023_Anna_Kosek_V2_afb992072b.png)
![Dr. Philipp Giesemann](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/0/csm_Giesemann_cms_7d2d8097b2.jpg)
![Rebecca Kohlmeyer](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/f/csm_Kohlmeyer_cms_f22a7b5e39.jpg)
![Karin Liau](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/7/csm_2024_Karin_Liau_40b71f83b0.png)
![Dr. Dorothea Pieper](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/c/csm_2023_Pieper_3784ab91f6.jpg)
![Dr. Matthias Tamminga](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/f/csm_Taminga_cms_276a13510c.jpg)
Cluster "Vocational Training and Digital Transformation"
![Sophie-Dorothee Hoppenheit](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/d/csm_2023_Hoppenheit_edca9ced02.jpg)
![Brigitte Teske](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/7/csm_Teske_cma_65a8876aea.jpg)
![Lina-Kai Berwik](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/9/csm_2023_Berwig_d6aab1eac8.jpg)
![Melek Dreshaj](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/d/csm_2023_Dreshaj_503ae2bb88.jpg)
![Andrea Dutzek](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/1/csm_Dutzek_cms_21a74ad666.jpg)
![Isabel Dwinger](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/0/csm_Dwinger_cms_c3cd213b0a.jpg)
![Franziska Gaube](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/d/csm_2023_Gaube_7f13e3d7e1.jpg)
![Eva Göbel](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/7/csm_Goebel_cms_0c1659834b.jpg)
![Kristin Heldewig](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/7/csm_2023_Heldewig_d0859a7e4b.jpg)
![Taina Hencke](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/5/csm_Hencke_cms_616ea08106.jpg)
![Anne Hommers-Mocak](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/e/csm_2023_Hommers_1c410cc35d.jpg)
![Andrea Ipsen](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/8/csm_2024_AIpsen_b9ef1f389c.png)
![Daniel Klaus](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_Klaus_cms_c39ba3de2d.jpg)
![Tanja Koop](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/7/csm_cms_Tanja_Koop_2023_ab83f0c497.png)
![Dr. Yulia Kozyrakis](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/0/csm_2023_Kozyrakis_1de0e6ae1c.jpg)
![Cornélie Lefèvre](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/3/csm_Lefevre_cms_594978912b.jpg)
![Jennifer Lim](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/6/csm_Symbolbild_Mitarbeitende_EN_3dd6a1f3e4.png)
![Pina Morgenstern](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/1/csm_2023_Morgenstern_4d0dfbee86.jpg)
![Sonja Olejak](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/5/csm_2023_Olejak_39e7dfb53c.jpg)
![Dr. Jennifer Plath](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/e/csm_Plath_cms_d8b680b8c5.jpg)
![Maren Riepe](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/f/csm_Riepe_cms_5191ee7324.jpg)
![Ingolf Sauer](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/9/csm_Sauer_cms_9e5328fe9d.jpg)
![Natalia Sliwinski](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/7/csm_2024_Sliwinski_aec697feb6.png)
![Jasmin von Engelbrechten-Ureña](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/1/csm_Engelbrechten_cms_08aaf46009.png)
![Thora von Ramin](/fileadmin/_processed_/f/a/csm_cms_vonRamin_2024_811e5fe910.png)
Cluster "Think and Act Entrepreneurially"
![Christine Ahrens](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/9/csm_cms_Ahrens_neu_eadbcdfead.png)
![Lillit Linhoff](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/2/csm_Linhoff_cms_7b8815b803.jpg)
![Isabell Meyer](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/1/csm_2023_Isabell_Meyer_bbf5b82264.png)
![Karin Odry](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/e/csm_Odry_cms_dd503bdd1d.jpg)
![Dr. Philipp Poppitz](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/f/csm_202406_Philipp_Poppitz_1_a8d17b2e79.png)
![Martin Rüster](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_Ruester_cms_27fe3c9358.jpg)
Cluster "Transatlantic Dialog"
![Katrin Traoré](/fileadmin/_processed_/3/d/csm_cms_Traore_neu_fd8cb9b5d5.png)
![Nils Pannen](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/b/csm_cms_Nils_Pannen_V2_2023_8889c4045e.png)
![Iris Schultz](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/4/csm_cms_Schulzz_efdb94b8f3.png)
Public Relations, Communication and Events
![Martina Behrens](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/3/csm_Behrens_cms_76eaccdfaf.jpg)
![Katalin Akócsi](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/7/csm_Akocsi_cms_b2b992564a.jpg)
![Sarah Bloch](/fileadmin/_processed_/a/9/csm_Bloch_cms_f2a27ba644.jpg)
![Annette Flandrin](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/d/csm_2023_Flandrin_99ef749ef9.jpg)
![Stephanie Harting](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/e/csm_2023_Harting_01fef1e72f.jpg)
![Nora Just](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/f/csm_Just_cms_da2f273c55.jpg)
![Carolin Matysek](/fileadmin/_processed_/1/2/csm_Matysek_cms_da6d0d0009.jpg)
![Julia Pascual Romero](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/b/csm_2024_JRomero_25bf222c0a.png)
![Nelly Tekhaus](/fileadmin/_processed_/2/b/csm_2024_NTekhaus_2004c8b4df.png)
Legal department
![Katharina Copony](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/2/csm_2023_Copony_3a886d45dc.jpg)
![Katja Schmid-von Linstow](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/a/csm_Schmid-v-Linstow_cms_106935ecf1.jpg)
Capital investment
![Andreas E. Meier](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/6/csm_Symbolbild_Mitarbeitende_EN_3dd6a1f3e4.png)
![Anastasia Krol](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/8/csm_cms_Anastasia_Krol_V2_2023_c854d8e515.png)
![Tatiana Boldt](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/4/csm_202402_Boldt_Tatiana_297052892e.jpg)
![Robin Saerbeck](/fileadmin/_processed_/c/1/csm_2023_Robin_Saerbek_98a920e7e5.png)
![Florian Schell](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/9/csm_2023_Schell_63e3e73fe4.jpg)
Organization
![Antonio Izzo](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/0/csm_T_Izzo_62faab3150.jpg)
![Celina Izzo](/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_C_Izzo_cms_3a89f121f9.jpg)
![Sandra Lübcke](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/6/csm_Luebcke_cms_7c3c969db7.jpg)
![Celine Weiner](/fileadmin/_processed_/8/3/csm_2024_CWeiner_48b3dc51ba.png)
Personnel
Accounting and Controlling
![Kerstin Krüger](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/0/csm_2023_Krueger_a931b5c64e.jpg)
![Tanja Diedrigkeit](/fileadmin/_processed_/b/0/csm_2023_Diedrigkeit_e2fbaf7e17.jpg)
![Inken Kosel](/fileadmin/_processed_/0/0/csm_2023_Kosel_60c7cf365b.jpg)
![Sandra Kraft](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/2/csm_2023_Kraft_711f0ebe38.jpg)
![Beate Müller](/fileadmin/_processed_/4/d/csm_2023_Mueller_937b96a6c9.jpg)
![Sandra Sauerland](/fileadmin/_processed_/7/a/csm_2023_Sauerland_1c31f6f1af.jpg)
![Eva Winkler](/fileadmin/_processed_/6/3/csm_2024_Winkler_cf18721954.png)