Board of Trustees

Matthias Platzeck
Chair of the Board of Trustees, Former Minister-President of the Federal State of Brandenburg

Berndt Weiße
Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees, Former Head of the Department for Youth, Culture and Social Affairs of the City of Cottbus

Bernd Schiphorst
Honorary Chair

Ralf Braun
Chairman of the Board, Sparkasse Spree-Neiße

Sarah Duve-Schmid
Managing Director, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg

Dr. Friederike Haase
State Secretary, Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour, Energy and Climate Protection of the Federal State of Brandenburg

André Fritsche
Chief Executive Officer, Chamber of Industry and Commerce Cottbus

Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande
President, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg

Gabriele Grube
Head of Department for Culture, City of Cottbus

Kerstin Jöntgen
Member of the Board, Investment Bank of the Federal State of Brandenburg

Denis Kettlitz
Head of the Office of the Lord Mayor, City of Cottbus

Thomas Kralinski
Former State Secretary, Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport

Kirsten Niehuus
President German Federal Film Board’s (FFA)

Andrea Peters
Managing Director, Theaterkunst GmbH

Robert Skuppin
Programme Director Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Prof. Dr. Susanne Stürmer
President, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF

Prof. Dr. Walther Zimmerli
Former President, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg