COMMISSION MEMBERS
2025
Honorary Chairpersons
Wolfram Weimer
Minister of State for Culture and Media
Alan Meltzer
Chargé d’Affaires, a.i.
Embassy of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany
Chairpersons
Erin Markley
Deputy Chair
Acting Minister Counselor for Public Diplomacy
Embassy of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany
Peter Limbourg
Chair
Intendant Deutsche Welle
Commission Members
Melissa Eddy
The New York Times, Berlin
Maria Exner
Journalist, founding director of Publix, member of the „Future Council“.
Michael Gargiulo
WNBC New York/USA
Dr. Helena Kane Finn
U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
Metin Hakverdi, MdB
German government transatlantic coordinator, Foreign Office
Dr. Jan Ole Püschel
Ministerialdirigent
Head of Directorate-General for K3, Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Florian Hauer
State secretary for Federal, European and International affairs
Anne Williams
Management and Communications Consultant