Board of Trustees of the Steinbeis Foundation

The non-profit Steinbeis Foundation forms the umbrella organization of the Steinbeis network and promotes the transfer of knowledge and technology to industry. Its Board of Trustees, comprised of 23 full and 23 deputy members from business, academia, politics, and administration, sets the strategic guidelines. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees and six deputies form the Board of Trustees Committee.

Through specialist publications from the Steinbeis Edition and transfer-oriented research at the Ferdinand Steinbeis Institute, the foundation puts knowledge into practice. Around 1,000 Steinbeis companies implement this mission daily in concrete projects.

Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Vilser (since 2011)

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Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Max Syrbe † (1991-2011)

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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans Joachim Förster † (1982-1991)

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• Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Vilser (Chairman)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf-Jürgen Ahlers (Deputy Chairman)
• Michael Kleiner (Deputy Chairman)
• Dr. Ingeborg Mühldorfer (Deputy Chairman)
• Rainer Reichhold, President (Deputy Chairman)
• Dr. Hans-Ulrich Rülke, MdL (Deputy Chairman)
• Dipl.-Phys. Thomas Vetter (Deputy Chairman)

Representatives from industry and commerce:

Unternehmer Baden-Württemberg e. V.

Dr.-Ing. Leonhard Vilser, Chairman | Dr. Thomas Rettich, Head of Research Coordination (TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG, Ditzingen)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf-Jürgen Ahlers, Managing Partner (A-Tec Holding GmbH, Schriesheim) | Manuel Geiger, Member of the Executive Board (Unternehmer Baden-Württemberg e.V., Stuttgart)

Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Thomas Vetter, ARADEX AG, Lorch | Dr. Arne Rudolph, Managing Director (Karlsruhe Chamber of Industry and Commerce)

Thomas Albiez, Managing Director (Black Forest-Baar-Heuberg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Villingen-Schwenningen) | N.N.

Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Skilled Crafts

Thomas Bürkle (Bürkle & Schöck Energieanlagen GmbH, Stuttgart), State Guild Master (Electrical and Information Technology Association Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Peter Haas, Managing Director (Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Stuttgart)

Rainer Reichhold, Managing Partner (Elektro Nürk GmbH, Nürtingen), President (Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Skilled Crafts, Stuttgart) | Karsten Lamprecht, President (Karlsruhe Chamber of Skilled Crafts)

Baden-Württemberg Retail Sector

Sabine Hagmann, Managing Director (Baden-Württemberg Retail Association, Stuttgart) | Volker Hoffmann, Managing Director (Unternehmensberatung Handel GmbH, Stuttgart)

Representatives from academia and industry research institutions:

Universities

Prof. Dr. Alfred Leitenstorfer, Department of Physics (University of Konstanz) | Prof. Dr. Michael J. Hoffmann (Institute for Applied Materials – Ceramic Materials and Technologies, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe)

Universities of Applied Sciences

Dr. Ingeborg Mühldorfer, Rector (Albstadt-Sigmaringen University of Applied Sciences) | Prof. Dr. Hendrik Brumme, President (Reutlingen University of Applied Sciences)

Large Research Institutions

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth, Vice President (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe) | Klaus Hamacher, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne)

Fraunhofer Institutes

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marion A. Weissenberger-Eibl, Institute Director (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), Karlsruhe) and Chair of Innovation and Technology Management (iTM) (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)) | Prof. Dr. Petra Kluger, Institute Director (Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart)

Institutes of Industrial Collaborative Research

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfons Dehé, Spokesperson InnBW (c/o Hahn-Schickard Society for Applied Research, Villingen-Schwenningen) | Dr. rer. nat. Iris Elser, Head of the Competence Center for Polymers & Fiber Composites (German Institutes for Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF))

Research Institutions of Industry

Christine Regitz, Vice President (SAP SE, Walldorf) | Senator E. h. Heinz Illi, Ostfildern

Dr. Dietrich Birk, Managing Director (VDMA e. V. Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | N.N.

Representatives from politics and administration:

Parliamentary groups of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg

Katrin Schindele, Member of the State Parliament (CDU Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Manuel Hailfinger, Member of the State Parliament (CDU Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Tayfun Tok, Member of the State Parliament (GRÜNE Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Thomas Hentschel, Member of the State Parliament (GRÜNE Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Dr. Stefan Fulst-Blei, Member of the State Parliament (SPD Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Florian Wahl, Member of the State Parliament (SPD Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Dr. Hans-Ulrich Rülke, Member of the State Parliament (FDP/DVP Parliamentary Group, Fraktionsvorsitzender, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Nikolai Reith, Member of the State Parliament (FDP/DVP Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Ruben Rupp, Member of the State Parliament (AfD Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Carola Wolle, Member of the State Parliament (AfD Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Ministries of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Katja Gicklhorn-Oberfell, Head of Division (State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Jan-Hendrik König (State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Clemens Benz, Ministerial Director (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Susanne Ahmed, Senior Ministerial Counselor (Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Michael Kleiner, Ministerial Director (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Gabriele Maschke, Ministerial Counselor (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Banks

Katrin Abt, Head of Corporate Finance (L-Bank Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe) | Guy Selbherr, Member of the Board (Bürgschaftsbank Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Stuttgart)

Trade Unions

Roman Zitzelsberger, District Manager (IG Metall Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart) | Sami Mokdad, Trade Union Secretary (IG Metall Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart)

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Johann Löhn