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Birgitta Wolff
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Birgitta Wolff (born 14 July 1965 in Münster) is a German economist, politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the current President of the Goethe University of Frankfurt (since 2015). She served as Minister of Education and Culture and as Minister of Research and Economy in the state government of Saxony-Anhalt from 2010 to 2013.
Birgitta wolff wissenschaftsministerin des jahres 2012
Academic career
Wolff studied at Witten/Herdecke University, LMU and Harvard University. After her Habilitation at LMU, she taught at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (1999–2000), and became Professor of Business Administration and International Management at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. In 2002, she spent a year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has been a Visiting Professor at universities in Ukraine, Brazil and China.
In 2014 she was elected as President of the Goethe University Frankfurt, and took office on 1 January 2015.
Political career
In 2010, Wolff became State Minister of Education and Culture in the state government Minister-President Reiner Haseloff of Saxony-Anhalt. From 2011 to 2013, she served as State Minister of Research and Economy.
Corporate boards
Deutsche Bank, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)
Norddeutsche Landesbank (NORD/LB), Member of the Advisory Board
University bodies
Botanical Garden, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Fritz Bauer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Frobenius Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
House of Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability (IMFS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Institute for Social Research (IfS), Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Museum Giersch, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Advisory Board
Paul Ehrlich Foundation, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Non-profits
International Building Exhibition (IBA) Urban Redevelopment 2010, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Trustees
Centre for Higher Education (CHE), Member of the Advisory Board
Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI), Member of the Advisory Board
Fazit-Stiftung, Member of the Board of Trustees
Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (HSFK), Member of the Board of Trustees
Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS), Member of the Board of Trustees
Marketing Club Frankfurt, Member of the Board of Trustees
Leopoldina, Member of the Senate
Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees
Center for Science and Research Management (ZWM), Member of the Board
Johanna-Quandt-Universitätsstiftung, Member of the Advisory Board
Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Member of the Hightech Forum
ZDF, Member of the Board of Directors (since 2017)
