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Board of Directors

Officers

Chairman
John B. Emerson

Chairman Emeritus
Robert M. Kimmitt

Vice Chair
Frances Devlin

Treasurer
William R. Harman

President and CEO
Steven E. Sokol

Corporate Secretary
Elke Rehbock

DIRECTORS

Alexander Borisoff
Partner
Milbank LLP

Sasha Bühler
Director of Original International Films
Netflix

Anthony J.R. Cook
Principal
Bernstein Private Wealth Management

Sudha David-Wilp
Vice President of External Relations and Senior Fellow
The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Lauren Day
Group Head of Communications
Allianz SE

Frances Devlin
Head of Strategy, Global Policy and Public Affairs
Pfizer Inc

Ambassador John B. Emerson
Vice Chairman
Capital Group International

Andrew Gundlach
President & CEO
Bleichroeder LP

Ambassador Emily M. Haber
Former German Ambassador to the United States (2018-2023)
Advisory Board Member, Macro Advisory Partners

Stefan Hafke
Chief Executive Officer
Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG
Chief Executive Officer
Citi Germany

Tara Hariharan
Managing Director and Head of Macro Research
NWI Management LP

William R. Harman
Managing Director
Venture Capital Fund of America

Ambassador Christoph Heusgen
Senior Advisor
FGS Global

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ben Hodges
Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe (2014-2017)
Distinguished Fellow, GLOBSEC

Jennifer Hurford 
Global Consulting Director, Ogilvy Consulting
Director, The Hurford Foundation

Ferdinand G. Jahnel
Vice President and Treasurer
Marsh & McLennan Companies

Monu Joseph
Founder
GrayArch Partners

Dr. Andre Kelleners
Co-Head of Investment Banking EMEA and Global Co-Head of Consumer Retail Group
Goldman Sachs

Brian Klein 
Founding Partner
WPR Development Company

Anup Kothari
Chairman
BASF Corporation in North America

Dr. Charles Kupchan
Senior Fellow
Council on Foreign Relations
Professor of International Affairs
Georgetown University

Simon Liepold
Senior Director, UN & International Affairs
Microsoft

Dr.  John Lipsky
Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies

Edward McFadden
Senior Vice President for Communications, American Financial Services Association
Senior Adviser, Patomak Global Partners

Joseph McLaughlin
Partner (retired)
Sidley Austin LLP

Dale L. Ponikvar
Partner (retired)
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley
& McCloy LLP

Elke Rehbock
Partner
Dentons

Dr. Julia Reuss
Director of Public Policy for Central Europe
Meta

Christiana Riley
Chief Executive Officer and President
Santander US

Dr. Steven E. Sokol
President and CEO
American Council on Germany

Julie Linn Teigland
EY EMEIA Area Managing Partner
Ernst & Young Global Limited

Bettina Warburg
Web3 Investor and Advisor

Stanford S. Warshawsky
Chairman
Bismarck Capital, LLC

Dr. Kenneth Weinstein
Japan Chair
Hudson Institute

Reinhard Wieck
Managing Director and President
Deutsche Telekom USA

Ludwig Willisch
Head of the Americas Region (retired)
BMW Group

DIRECTOR EMERITUS:

John J. McCloy II