Board of Trustees

Chairman

Arne Braun, State Secretary
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Representative: Dr. Claudia Rose, Head of Department
Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg

Deputy Chairman

Dr. Frank Mentrup, Lord Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe

Representative: Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, First Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe

Voting Members

• Martin Neumaier, Principal
  Ministry of State Baden-Württemberg
  Representative: Stéphanie Barth, Head of Government
  Ministry of State Baden-Württemberg
• Reiner Ilg, Principal
  ​Ministry of Finance and Economic Baden-Württemberg
  Representative: Esther Pfalzer, Ministerial Council
  Ministry of Finance and Economic Baden-Württemberg
• Dr. Klaus Heilgeist
  Representative: Dr. Thomas Müller, City Council
• Renate Rastätter, City Council
  Representative: Markus Schmidt, City Council

Advisory Members

• Alexander Salomon, Member of the state parliament
  Representative: Erwin Köhler, MdL
• Stefanie Seemann, MdL
  Representative: Nese Erikli, MdL
• Dr. Alexander Becker, MdL
  Representative: Christine Neumann-Martin, MdL
• Martin Rivoir, Member of the state parliament 
  Representative: Jonas Weber, MdL 
• Elke Ernemann
  Representative: Anton Huber, City Council
• Michael Salbeck
  Representative: Margot Döring
• Tom Høyem, City Council
  Representative: Jürgen Wenzel, City Council
• Dr. Dominika Szope, Head of the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Karlsruhe
  Representative: Claus Temps, Cultural Office Karlsruhe

Additionally invited

• Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Chairman ZKM
• Dr. Helga Huskamp, Managing Director ZKM
• Boris Kirchner, Head of Administration ZKM
• Marc Grün, MWK
• Jonas Pirzer, MWK
• Claudia Stimmler, MWK
• Torsten Dollinger, City Treasury
• Mathias Reich, Cultural Office
• Hartmut Jörg (occasionally), Staff Council Chairman (since May 2019)

State: November 2023