Members

• Dr. Henning Osthues-Albrecht (chairman)
  Chairman retd. of the board of the Sparkasse Essen
• Dr. Wolfgang Rueß (Vice chairman)
  Professor for Mathematics at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Karen Shire PhD (Vice chairwoman)
  Professor for sociology at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Cornelius Blom PhD
  Professor for botany and ecology at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands; former rector of the Radboud University
• Dr. Anke Hanft
  Professor for further education at the University of Oldenburg
• Dr. Nicola Hirsch
  Personnel director and member of the board of the ArcelorMittal Germany GmbH, Duisburg
• Dr. Axel Lorke
  Professor for experimental physics at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Dr. Wilfried Loth
  Professor for recent and modern history of the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Dr. Bärbel Rompeltien
  till 2006 equal rights representative at the University of Duisburg-Essen
• Dr. Ferdi Schüth
  Professor and director of the Max-Planck-institute for coal research, Mülheim an der Ruhr