Rachel Salamander

Governing Council

Dr. Rachel Salamander is a literary scholar, publicist and cultural commentator.

Since 2015, she has served as the Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Suhrkamp Verlag, a leading German publishing house.

Rachel is the founder of “Literaturhandlung” in Munich, a specialist bookshop for literature about Judaism, and author of several books on Jewish history.

Her former experience includes serving as Publisher for “Literarische Welt” (the literary supplement of the daily newspaper “Die Welt”), and Head of the 2013 FAZ Literature Forum.

Governing Council

Dan Diner

Dan Diner

Chair of the Foundation and its Governing Council
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Ngaire Woods

Ngaire Woods

Vice-Chair of the Governing Council
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Anna von Bayern

Anna von Bayern

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
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Joschka Fischer

Joschka Fischer

Former Foreign Minister of Germany
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Peter Harf

Peter Harf

Chairman of the JAB Holding Company
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Dietmar Mueller-Elmau

Dietmar Mueller-Elmau

CEO and owner of Schloss Elmau
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Martin Reimann

Martin Reimann

The voice of the Reimann family in the Foundation
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Rachel Salamander

Rachel Salamander

Literary scholar, publicist and cultural commentator
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Eldar Shafir

Eldar Shafir

Director of Princeton’s Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy
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