Board of Trustees

Chairperson
Prof. Dr. Gesche Joost
Professor of Design Research, University of the Arts Berlin
Head of Design Research Lab
Vice President Goethe Institute

Deputy Chairperson
Colette Rückert-Hennen
Member of the Board, Human Resources 
EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Karlsruhe

Dr. Valentino Catricalà
Artistic Director Media Art Festival, Rome
Lecturer Manchester Metropolitan University
Researcher and curator for contemporary art

Charles Esche
Director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven/ Netherlands
Art theorist and writer

Prof. Dr. Constanze Fischbeck
Acting Rector of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG)
Professor, stage designer, filmmaker and curator

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth
Vice President for Innovation and International Affairs, KIT Karlsruhe

Dr. Shannon Jackson
Professor, University of California, Berkeley/USA
Curator

Dr. José-Carlos Mariátegui
Founder of Alta Tecnologia Andina – ATA, San Isidro/Peru
Writer, curator and entrepreneur in the field of culture and technology

Tijen Onaran
Entrepreneur
Founder and Partner ACI Diversity Consulting, Munich
Founder Global Digital Women, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Michael Resch
Head of the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart

Lucía Sanromán
Director Laboratorio de Arte Alameda, Mexico City
Curator

Stephen Wright
Co-Director Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Art theorist, writer, curator and researcher