Foundation Council of the German Heart Center Berlin
The German Heart Center Berlin is a Foundation under German civil law that pursues exclusively non-profit aims. The organs of the Foundation are the Foundation Council and the Executive Board. The president of the Board of Trustees is Prof. Dr. Hans Maier; his deputy as president is Günter Dibbern.
Executive Board of the German Heart Center Berlin
The Executive Board manages the German Heart Center Berlin independently and under its own responsibility. It decides on all matters of general and fundamental importance, unless the Board of Trustees is responsible.
Members of the Executive Board are the directors of the clinics as well as the commercial director and the nursing director.
The Chairman of the Executive Board is the Medical Director, Prof. Dr. med. Volkmar Falk. His deputy is Prof. Dr. med. Felix Berger, Director of the Department of Congenital Heart Defects/Pediatric Cardiology.
Ex officio members of the Foundation Council
1. Ulrike Gote, Senatorin für Wissenschaft, Gesundheit, Pflege und Gleichstellung
Vertreterin: Armaghan Naghipour, Staatssekretärin für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Gleichstellung
2.* Universitätsprofessor Dr. Günter M. Ziegler, Präsident der Freien Universität Berlin
Vertreter: Universitätsprofessor Dr. Klaus Hoffmann-Holland, Erster Vizepräsident der Freien Universität Berlin
2.* Prof. Dr. Sabine Kunst, Präsidentin der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Vertreter: Dr. Ludwig Kronthaler, Vizepräsident für Haushalt, Personal und Technik
3. Universitätsprofessor Dr. Heyo Kroemer, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Vorsitzender des Vorstands
Vertreterin: Astrid Lurati, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Vorständin für Finanzen und Infrastruktur
*) Since membership of the Foundation Council alternates in accordance with §13, section 1, no. 3, in even-numbered years the President of Humboldt University Berlin is a member and in odd-numbered years the President of the Free University Berlin.
*) Since membership of the Foundation Council alternates in accordance with §13, section 1, no. 3, in even-numbered years the President of Humboldt University Berlin is a member and in odd-numbered years the President of the Free University Berlin.