The Foundation’s highest authority is the Board of Trustees. Our commitment to bilateral work is also evident in the Board’s composition, with each participating government appointing six members.
Our Board members:
Brigitte Zypries studied law at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen and graduated with the second state law examination. She is Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the European Leadership Network Deutschland e. V. (ELNET) and Ombudswoman of the Federal Association of German Debt Collection Companies (BDIU). She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the German National Foundation.
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Federmann Enterprises holds stakes in Dan Hotels Ltd., an Israeli hotel chain, and Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH (Freiberger), a German supplier to the semiconductor industry, as well as various investments in the finance, real estate, and venture capital sectors.
David Federmann holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and philosophy from New York University.
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He studied law in Marburg, Tübingen and Münster and has been working as a lawyer, since 2014.
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Ambassador Bin-Noun holds a master's degree in African studies and bachelor's degrees in international relations as well as French culture and language, all from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
In 2022 she published together with the transplantation physician Eckhard Nagel the book "Der Tod ist mir nicht unvertraut". Since 2023 she is also on the board of trustees for the German Stroke Foundation (Stiftung Deutsche Schlaganfall-Hilfe).
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In addition to her academic work, Gisela Dachs works as a journalist. She worked more than twenty years with the weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT – initially as a political editor and later as a correspondent in Israel. Previously, she reported for the French daily Libération in Paris and co-hosted the talk show "Transit" for the Franco-German television station ARTE. Today, she writes for publications such as the Swiss newspaper NZZ am Sonntag and serves as a columnist for the Austrian magazine Wina.
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His portfolio includes, among other areas, transatlantic relations, Ukraine, Russia, the Asia-Pacific and South Asia regions, as well as Israel and parts of the Middle East. In addition, he is responsible for foreign trade relations, economic and energy security, and security policy.
Florian Hahn holds a degree in electronics marketing and worked as a lecturer at the Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing. Prior to his political career, he held positions at Gast Service AG and worked in press and public relations at Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann.
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He is a distinguished diplomat, and in his three decades with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served, among others, as Israel's 16th Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Director General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Spokesman of the Israeli Embassies in London and Bonn.
As a writer and columnist, his opinion articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Times, and more.
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Guy Rotkopf is married, a father of three daughters, and lives in Tel Aviv.
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Yair Hamburger is married, a father of five children and a grandfather of 18 grandchildren.
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Dr. Tobias Lindner holds a PhD in Political Economy and is a Senior Associate Fellow for Transatlantic Relations at the Center for Geopolitics, Geoeconomics and Technology at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). From December 2021 to May 2025, he was Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, focusing on transatlantic relations and relations with the Middle East, and a member of the Board of Trustees. From 2011 to 2025, he was a member of the German Bundestag for the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen party.
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Prof. Dr. Shlomo Avineri
Ambassador Yoram Ben-Zeev
Minister of State Prof. Dr. Maria Böhmer
Dr. Arye Carmon
Dr. Ruthie Eitan
Michael Federmann (vice chairman)
Ambassador Yaacov Hadas-Handelsman
Dr. Michael Jansen (chairman)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christoph Markschies
Dr. Michael Naumann
Prof. Dr. Günther Nonnenmacher
René R. Obermann
Prof. Dr. Fania Oz-Salzberger
Minister of State Cornelia Pieper
Adar Primor
Christina Rau
Daniela Schadt
Nava Semel (1954 – 2017)
Dr. Sylke Tempel (1963 – 2017)
David Witzthum
Prof. Regina Ziegler






