Governance

Board of Governors Chair Dr. Karin Lochte

As a private university, Jacobs University Bremen is independent from government control of its mission, strategic direction, and resources. Jacobs University Bremen is governed by an independent board of governors who serve as trustees of the resources and mission of the institution. The Jacobs University Bremen Board of Governors is comprised of leading figures from the world of international business, politics and academia.

The Board is responsible for monitoring the implementation of Jacobs University Bremen’s guiding principles, ensuring adequate resources for the operation of the university, and for approving budgets and personnel recommendations put forward by the President. The President is responsible for all administrative and academic operations of the university.

 
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 Organisation 
   
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH is a registered non-profit organisation. In accordance with its statutes, it comprises four bodies: the Councillors, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Governors and the Managing Director, who is also President of the university. The Board of Governors is the main decision-making body for all fundamental issues that affect the development of the university, including the appointment of the president and professors.

Jacobs University Bremen Board of Governors
As of January 2013

Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
Chair Board of Governors
Director, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven

Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger, PhD
President, Social Science Research Center Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin), Berlin

Prof. Andrew S. Douglas, PhD
Professor and Vice Dean for Faculty Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore    

Dr. Malcolm Gillis, PhD
Professor of Economics
President 1993-2004, Rice University, Houston  

Dr. Christian Jacobs
Attorney, Hamburg
Chair, Jacobs Foundation, Zurich  

Angelika Jahr-Stilcken
Journalistic Executive Board Member, Gruner + Jahr AG
Board of Directors Member, Nestlé Deutschland AG, Hamburg  

Ingo Kramer
Managing Partner, J. Heinr. Kramer Holding GmbH, Bremerhaven,
President, Nordmetall Employers’ Association, Bremerhaven  

Prof. Dr. David W. Leebron, PhD
President, Rice University, Houston  

Prof. Dr. Reimar Lüst (Honorary Chair)
Founding Chair 1999-2004, International University Bremen (now Jacobs University), Hamburg

Petar Perkovic
Jacobs Alumnus, Class of 2004, Serbia
Chair, Jacobs University Bremen Alumni & Friends Stiftung GmbH
Global HR Communications Manager, Mars Incorporated, Verden

Prof. Dr. phil. Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Roth
Neurobiology, Institute for Brain Research, Bremen  

Councilors

James A. Baker, III.
Attorney, Houston
1981-1985 Chief of Staff of the White House
1985-1988 US Secretary of Treasury
1989-1992 US Secretary of State

Dr. h. c. Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Attorney, Berlin
1969-1974 Federal Minister of the Interior
1974-1992 Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hilmar Kopper
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart
1989 -1997 Speaker of the Board, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main
1997-2002 Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main

Prof. Dr. Reimar Lüst
1972-1984 President, Max Planck Society, Munich
1984-1989 Director General, European Space Agency, Paris
1989-1999 President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn

Dr. Fritz Schaumann
1988-1998 State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
1998-2006 President of International University Bremen
since 2006 President of the Foundation of Arts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia

Trustees

Jacobs Foundation, Zurich
Reimar Lüst Foundation, Bremen
Jacobs University Bremen Alumni & Friends Stiftung GmbH, Bremen