Governing Bodies
The Foundation Council is the supervisory body of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin. Its task is to monitor the activities of the Executive Board and to decide on particularly important matters concerning the foundation. All members of the Foundation Council work on a voluntary basis.
Foundation Council
Chair
Cerstin Richter-Kotowski
State Secretary for Culture, Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Community
Members
Jakob Mayer
Member of the Board, Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ)
Prof. Dr. Lisa Kosok
Museologist and Historian, HafenCity University Hamburg
Silvia Fehrmann
Director of the Artist-in Berlin Program, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Dr. Udo Gößwald
Former Director, Neukölln Museum
Dr. Alexandra Gräfin von Stosch
Spokesperson for the Corporate Group Artprojekt
Prof. Dr. Meron Mendel
Director of the Anne Frank Educational Center, Frankfurt am Main
Deputy members
Verena Westermann
Department Management for Museums, Libraries, Culture of Remembrance, Deichtorhallen and Planetarium, Ministry of Culture an Media, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Axel Klausmeier
Director of the Berlin Wall Foundation
Prof. Volker Staab
Founder and Managing Director, Staab Architekten GmbH
Ulrike Kretzschmar
Director of Exhibitions Department, Deutsches Historisches Museum
Johann R. Wachs
Managing Director, Eight Places GmbH
Prof. Dr. Christina Haak
Member of the Board and Director of Research, Landesmuseum Württemberg
Executive Board
The Executive Board manages the affairs of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin. The Executive Board of the foundation is appointed for a term of five years. Sophie Plagemann has been Executive Director and Artistic Director since 1 September 2024. With the entry into force of the new Museum Foundation Act, a dual executive board consisting of the Artistic Director and the Management Director will be established.