Regierungsdirektorin, Ministerium für Finanzen Baden-Württemberg
Foundation Bodies
The main foundation bodies of Akademie Schloss Solitude are the Foundation Board, the Executive Board and the Board of Trustees.
The Foundation Board consists of a representative of the State Ministry, a representative of the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts and a representative of the Ministry of Finance of the State of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The Foundation Board is the Foundation’s leading body, and supervises the activities of the Executive Board.
The Foundation’s Executive Board constitutes the Akademie’s management team. It is tasked with conducting the business of the Akademie within the framework of the Foundation’s objective.
The Board of Trustees constitutes the following:
- up to twelve prominent individuals from the arts (including at least two each from the fields of fine arts, performing arts, literature and music)
- up to twelve prominent individuals from public life, academe and business who identify with the goals of the Foundation
- two representatives of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg gGmbH
- one representative of each of the parliamentary groups of the German Landtag (State Parliament)
- one representative from the city of Stuttgart
The Board of Trustees advises the Foundation Board and the Akademie management on all fundamental issues. It elects an Advisory Board from among its members, which provides ongoing support to the Akademie in its capacity as a working committee. The members of the Foundation Board are entitled to attend the meetings of the Board of Trustees in an advisory capacity.
Foundation Board
Esther Pfalzer
Martin Neumaier
Ministerialrat, Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Claudia Rose
Ministerialdirigentin und Leiterin der Abteilung Kunst, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg
Board of Trustees
Representatives of the sphere of art
Dr. Jan Bürger
Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e. V., Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Alexander Farenholtz
Retired administrative director of Kulturstiftung des Bundes, Halle
Irmgard Maria Fellner
Director for Cultural Relations Policy and Deputy Head of the Directorate-General for Culture and Communication at the Federal Foreign Office
Dr. Annika Hampel
Scientific manager at Max Planck Society, Freiburg im Breisgau
Prof. Florian Hoelscher
Member of Ensemble Ascolta, Stuttgart
Anna Konik
Artist, Warsaw
Prof. Mark Kwami
Designer, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Anna Lipphardt
Professor of Cultural Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Margareth Obexer
Author, Berlin
Prasanna Oommen
Moderator, Public Relations Specialist, Author, Cologne
Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Dieter Ripberger
Director of Zimmertheater, Tübingen
Gitte Zschoch
General Secretary, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Stuttgart
Representatives of the public sphere
Prof. Danica Dakic
Professor and program director at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Galizia
Professor for zoology and neurobiology and head of the Zukunftskolleg at the University of Konstanz
Julia Grosse
Art historian and curator, Berlin
Dr. Ing. Klaus Harms
Robert Bosch GmbH, Vaihingen/Enz
Dr. h. c. Albrecht Hauff
Managing director, Georg Thieme Verlag (publishing company), Stuttgart
Dr. phil. Andreas Kaminski
Head of High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart
Anh-Linh Ngo
Architect, Berlin
Cem Özdemir
Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Berlin
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
Dr. Simone Rehm
Vice Rector for Information Technology, University of Stuttgart
Sabine Schirra
Head of Kulturamt (Cultural Office) Mannheim
Ülkü Süngün
Artist, Stuttgart
Representatives by virtue of office
Dr. Rainer Balzer
Member of the state parliament, AfD, Bruchsal
Stephen Brauer
Member of the state parliament, FDP, Crailsheim
Marc Gegenfurtner
Head of Kulturamt (Cultural Office) Stuttgart
Prof. Leni Hoffmann
Member of the Advisory Board of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Erwin Köhler
Member of the state parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Stuttgart
Dr. Nils Schmid
Member of the German Bundestag, Member of the Advisory Board of Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg
Katrin Steinhülb-Joos
Member of the state parliament, SPD, Stuttgart
Andreas Sturm
Member of the state parliament, CDU, Hockenheim
Advisory Board
Stephen Brauer
Member of the state parliament, FDP, Crailsheim
Dr. Jan Bürger
Deutsche Schillergesellschaft e. V. / Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach
Marc Gegenfurtner
Head of Kulturamt (Cultural Office) Stuttgart
Dr. Ing. Klaus Harms
Robert Bosch GmbH, Vaihingen/Enz
Prof. Florian Hoelscher
Ensemble Ascolta, Stuttgart
Dr. Annika Hampel
Scientific Manager, Max Planck Society, Freiburg im Breisgau
Erwin Köhler
Member of the state parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Stuttgart
Katrin Steinhülb-Joos
Member of the state parliament, SPD, Stuttgart
Andreas Sturm
Member of the state parliament, CDU, Hockenheim
Ülkü Süngün
Artist, Stuttgart
Gitte Zschoch
General Secretary, Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Stuttgart