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 Social Cohesion
Members
Volker Heller
Former Chairman and General Director of the Berlin Central and Regional Library (ZLB)
Prof. Dr. Lisa Kosok
Historian and museum scholar
Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Hafencity University Hamburg
Silvia Fehrmann
Head of the Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Dr. Alexandra Countess von Stosch
Managing Director and Company Spokesperson of Artprojekt Entwicklungen GmbH
Dr. Udo Gößwald
former director of the Museum Neukölln
Burkhard Kieker
Managing Director of Berlin Tourismus & Kongress GmbH
Deputy members
Verena Westermann
Head of Department Museums, Ministry of Culture and Media, Hamburg
Dr. Jan Gerchow
Former Director of the Historical Museum Frankfurt
Jan Eder
Former Chief Executive of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
Ulrike Kretzschmar
Deputy President and Head of Department Exhibitions of the German Historical Museum Berlin
Johann R. Wachs
Chief Strategist (CSO) of Vizeum Global
Prof. Dr. Christina Haak
Scientific Director 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.