Board of Directors
Officers
Chair
Bryan Winter, Lewis, Smyth & Winter, PC
Vice Chair/Chair Elect
Mark Sheppard, Alabama State Port Authority
Vice President - Education
Dr. Anne-Katrin Gramberg, Auburn University
Vice President - Business Development
Brian Hilson, Birmingham Business Alliance
VicePresident - Communication
Warren McCullars, Alagasco
Vice President - Culture
Dr. Thomas Fox, University of Alabama
Vice-President - Membership
Lamar Smith
Secretary
Judy Benson, Johnson Controls
Treasurer
Jim Robertson, Rödl Warren Averett LLC
Immediate Past Chair
Arndt Siepmann, City of Auburn
Honorary German Consul
Michael H. Johnson, Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP
Board
Kirk Atkinson, BremenInvest
Wendi Boyen, Regional Financial Corporation
Michael Brooks, Alabama International Trade Center
Billy Joe Camp, World Business Advisors, LLC
Bryan Chandler,Jamison Money Farmer, PC
Pete Cox, Friends of German Culture
Devin Dolive, Burr & Forman LLP
Chris Grissom, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Andreas Hackstedt, ISE Innomotive Systems US Inc.
Ethan Hadley,Chamber of Commerce Huntsville/Madison County
Seth Hammett, PowerSouth Energy Cooperative
Tom Hoheisel, Tech LLC
Joachim Hofmann, MBUSI
Dr. John Horack, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Mark Jackson, Moreson Conferencing
Wolfgang Kneer, Lear Corporation
Michael Lutter, ThyssenKrupp Stainless USA, LLC
Steve Markham, BLG Logistics Inc.
Kenneth Novak, Alabama Power Company
J. Clark Pendergrass, Lanier Ford
Scott Posey, ThyssenKrupp Steel USA, LLC
Rita Powell, FDSK
Glen Pringle, Retirement Systems of Alabama
Jim Schmalz, Fifth Third Bank International
Bob Smith, Alabama Development Office
Don Smith, St. Clair County Economic & Industrial
Tom Stroud, HMS Advantage
Ted vonCannon, Jefferson County Economic & Industrial Development Authority
Dr. Robert Weigel, Auburn University
Alan Wood, S.S. Nesbitt & Co., Inc.
Claudia Zimmermann, Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce
Past Chair
Rex Lysinger, Bill Mathews, Don Erwin
Dr. Phillip Crunk, Lamar Smith, Jim Robertson,
Dara Longgrear, Dr. Jane Stanfield,
Dr. Clara Gerhard, Al Reisz, Joachim Hofmann, Arndt Siempann,
Gerhard Graf
Executive Director
Tine Hoffmeister