The Board

The binational Fulbright Commission consists of five German and five US members appointed by the honorary chairpersons, the incumbent German foreign ministers and the incumbent US ambassadors to Germany.
The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board in Washington, D.C., establishes the guidelines for international Fulbright exchanges. Its members are appointed by the President of the United States.

The German-American Fulbright Program is administered by Fulbright Germany in Berlin. The US partner of the German-American Fulbright Commission is the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the US Department of State.

The honorary chairpersons

Anke Reiffenstuel

Chair of the Fulbright Board
Commissioner for External Science, Education and Research Policy

German Federal Foreign Office

Robert J. Greenan

Co-Chair of the Fulbright Board
Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs

Embassy of the United States of America

Dr. Lisette Andreae

Head of Unit 413 "European Higher Education Area, Internationalization"

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

State Secretary Susanne Bowen

Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs

Cherrie Daniels

Counselor for Public Engagement

Embassy of the United States of America

Linnette Franco

Deputy Counselor for Public Engagement

Embassy of the United States of America

Stephan Keuck

Head of Unit North America, United Kingdom, Ireland, Nordic Countries

German Rectors' Conference

Dr. Birgit Klüsener

Director of the Scholarship Department

German Academic Exchange Service

Dr. Karen Kramer

Director

Stanford University Program in Berlin

Proxy / Representative
Andrea Herdegen

Advisor in Unit 413 "European Higher Education Area, Internationalization"

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Marko Naoki Lins

Deputy Head of Unit 604 - Universities, Science and Research

German Federal Foreign Office