Board of Directors

Mr. Mauro Amarante
President & CEO
IFA ROTORION - North America, LLC

Mr. Kirk Atkinson
President
Adah International, Inc.

Mr. Craig Baartman
Plant Manager
Continental Tire the Americas, LLC

Mr. Lothar Burger
CEO
Dhollandia North America

Mr. Stefan Caspari
Vice President, Strategy & Integration 
AGCO Corporation

Mr. S.A. de Kock
CPA & Managing Partner
Rödl Langford de Kock LLP

Mr. Knudt Flor
President & CEO
BMW Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Dr. Bernhard Goepelt
Senior Vice President /
Chief Legal Counsel
The Coca-Cola Company

Mr. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
President & CEO
Spitzberg Partners

Mr. Christian Halpaus
CEO and President
IFF Inc.

Mr. Rudi Herbst
President & CEO
United Soft Plastics, Inc

Ms. Ingrid Hofmann
CEO
I.K. Hofmann GmbH

Dr. Michael Jacquorie
Managing Director Airport Operations Process Design
Delta Air Lines Inc. 

Dr. Wolfgang Kneer
President & Member of the Board
SWJ - Breilmann US, LLC

Ms. Nicole Koesling
Senior Vice President Human Resources
Volkswagen Group of America Atlanta, 
Chattanooga Operations, LLC

Dr. Helmuth Ludwig
Chief Information Officer
Siemens AG

Mrs. Sibylle Mair
Vice President of Finance & Controlling
Hansgrohe, Inc.

Mr. Steven Markham
President
Musent, LLC

Mr. Sam Moses
Partner
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP

Mr. Carsten Salewski 
Member of the Executive Board – Sales, Marketing and International Business

Mr. Mirko Schueppel
President
BIM Results LLC

Mr. William Seward 
President, US International
UPS Corporate

Mr. Ulrich Stockheim
Founder
USC GmbH

Mr. Mark Terry
President
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions (USA), Inc.

Mr. Crispin Teufel
CFO
Lincare Holdings, Inc.

Mr. Christian Treiber
Vice President, Customer Services
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC

Mr. Dennis Wagner
President & CEO
BESTAR Steel Group

Mr. Rolf Wrona
Vice President of Human Resources
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc.

Mr. Hans-Jürgen Zachrau
Vice President
AIRBUS DS Space Systems, Inc.

Mr. Klaus Zellmer 
President & CEO
Porsche Cars North America, Inc

Treasurer
Mr. Thomas Topp
Senior Vice President & CFO
Heidelberg USA, Inc.

Secretary
Mrs. Teri A. Simmons
Director, International /
Immigration Practice Group
Arnall Golden Gregory, LLP

Chapter Directors (AND EX OFFICIO BOD)

North Carolina
Dr. Henning O. Bruns
General Manager 
Daimler Trucks, Cleveland Truck Plant,
Daimler Trucks North America, LLC

South Carolina
Mr. Vincenc Pearson, Esq.
Corporate Counsel/NAI
DAA Draexlmaier Automotive of America LLC

Tennessee
Mr. Heiko Juerges
President & CEO
Hönigsberg & Düvel Corporation 

Honorary Directors

Mr. Klaus E. Becker
Mr. Hans J. Damp
Mr. Dieter Elsner
Mr. Peter Halpaus
Mr. Thomas J. Harrold Jr.
Mr. Uwe Hinrichs
Dr. Eike Jordan 
Dr. Dieter B. Rathke
Mr. Wolfgang Schmidt
Ms. Robin Spratlin