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title: "Governing Bodies"
date: 2023-10-09
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description: "The governing bodies of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin are the Foundation Council and the Executive Board."
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# Governing Bodies

# Governing Bodies

The governing bodies of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin are the Foundation Council and the Executive Board.

![Symbolfoto: Brille auf geschlossenem Laptop.](https://www.stadtmuseum.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/glasses-4963427_1280.-pixabay-300x200.jpg)  The Foundation Council is the controlling body of the Stadtmuseum Berlin (symbol photo)

© Matthias Knecht on Pixabay

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.