Board of Directors

Interim President & CEO

Stefanie Jehlitschka
German American Chamber of Commerce
of the Southern United States, Inc.
1170 Howell Mill Rd, Suite 300
Atlanta, GA 30318
Phone.: (404) 586-6803
Fax.: (404) 586-6820
E-mail: sjehlitschka(at)gaccsouth.com

Region:

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas

Chairman
Martin Richenhagen
Chairman, President & CEO
AGCO Corporation

Vice Chairman
Steven Markham
President
BLG Logistics, Inc.

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Board of Directors (in alphabetical order)

Peter K. Caldwell President Del Mar Lighting, LLC	Heidi Hein Vice President & Relationship Manager East West Bank	Lars Oltmanns President Coppenrath USA, LP
Gene Donnelly Vice President, Southern Region BMW Group	Rudi Herbst President & CEO United Soft Plastics, Inc.	Michael G. Sauer Senior Vice President BVT Real Estate Development, Inc.
Frank Fischer CEO & Chairman Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. Chattanooga Operations, LLC	Thierry Kartochian Executive Vice President & CFO Porsche Cars North America, Inc.	Markus Schäfer President & CEO Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.
Mario Göpfert Partner Witte Pumps & Technology, LLC	Dr. Christian Kissinger General Manager SAERTEX USA, LLC	Matthias Schönberg Head of Business Unit Fluid Technology ContiTech Techno-Chemie GmbH
Stefan Grenzebach CFO Grenzebach Maschinenbau GmbH	David W. Lewis President Context Design Group LLC	Teri A. Simmons Director International & Immigration Dept. Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
Knut Günther President KGE Associates L.P.	Traute Malhotra Real Estate Broker and Mediator THM Realty	Thomas Topp Senior Vice President & CFO Heidelberg USA, Inc.
Peter Halpaus CEO IFF, Inc.	Sylvia Minton Sr. Vice President Corporate, Institutional & Government Affairs MAGE Solar	Harry Volande Executive Vice President & CFO Siemens Product Lifecycle Management Software, Inc.
Thomas J. Harrold, Jr. Partner Miller & Martin PLLC	Tim Mueller President & CEO Tech-doc.net LLC	Dennis Wagner President & CEO BESTAR LLC
Wolfgang Hartert Vice President Vorstellung, Inc.	Samuel C. Moses Attorney Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP	Guido Woska Director International Business Development Designit Strategic Design Consultancy

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Officers

Treasurer

Dr. Ullrich Kämmerer (and ex officio BoD)
Dipl.-Kfm. WP StB RA FAStR
Rödl Langford de Kock LLP

Secretary

Thomas J. Harrold, Jr.
Partner
Miller & Martin PLLC

Assistant Secretary

Maj. William Bradley Carver
Partner
Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C.

Honorary Directors

Hans J. Damp
Dr. Dieter Elsner
Uwe Hinrichs
Dieter B. Rathke
Wolfgang Schmidt
Robin Spratlin