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Board of Trustees

Board members can be active in any profession and need not be previous DAAD scholarship recipients. They serve for a period of three years and may be re-elected for a second  term. The DAAD Alumni Association USA is looking for a diversity of backgrounds, interests, and geographic locations, as well as intergenerational members. To nominate yourself or someone else, please contact board@Daad-Alumni-USA.org.

Manfred Philipp

President

Mark Rectanus

Fundraising Chair

Susanne Rott

Scholarship Chair

Tina Frühauf

Program Committee

John Torpey

Strategy Committee

Amra Dumisic

DAAD USA Liaison

Ingo Brachmann

Vice-President, Media Chair

Rosemary Morewedge

Program Chair

Erich Haratsch

Governance Chair

Can M. Olgun

Program Committee

Helene Zimmer-Loew

Hub Chicago, Honorary Member

Christopher Medalis

Treasurer

Sigird Berka

Awards Chair

Ingeborg Rocker

Strategy Chair

Sven Horak

Fundraising Committee

Rick White

Hub South

Hartmut Grossmann

Legal Counsel

Kristina Yu

University Liaison Chair

Uli Wagner

Media Committee

Erika Berroth

Award Committee

Mechthild Schmidt Feist

Outgoing President

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