Structure
The Center for German & European Studies at the University of Minnesota has a tri-partite governance structure, consisting of the Center’s Administration, an Advisory Committee that is composed of academics, businesspeople and professionals, officials, and representatives of civic life, and a Steering Committee.
CGES Administration
Sabine Engel, Director
CGES Advisory Committee
- Heino Beckmann, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Gary Cohen, Director, Center for Austrian Studies, U of M
- Evelyn Davidheiser, Director, Institute for Global Studies, U of M
- Sabine Engel, Director, CGES
- Tim Kehoe, Department of Economics, U of M; Adviser, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
- Bruce Larson, CEO and President, Equity Services of St. Paul; President, German American Heritage Foundation
- Leslie Morris, Director, Center for Jewish Studies, U of M
- Rolf Muehlenhaus, former President, Industrial Fabrics Corporation; CGES Advisory Committee Chairman
- Henning Schroeder, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies and Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, U of M.
- Phillips Shively, Department of Political Science, U of M
- Christa Tiefenbacher-Hudson, Managing Director, TripleInk
- Karsten D. Voigt, Coordinator of German-American Cooperation, Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany
- Eric D. Weitz, Chair, Department of History, U of M
- Mahmood Zaidi, Founding Director, International Programs, Carlson School of Management, U of M
CGES Steering Committee
- Ulrich Grothus, Director, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), New York
- James Parente, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and Professor of German, Scandinavian and Dutch, UMN-TC
- Sabine Engel, Director, Center for German & European Studies, UMN-TC