GACC Midwest Board of Directors

The board supports GACC Midwest in being a reliable partner for German companies in the US as well as in the promotion of German-American business.

Chairman and Vice Chairman

Matthias Amberg

Chairman, GACC Midwest
Partner
Rödl & Partner

Uwe Schoberth

Vice Chairman
Chief Distribution Officer
Joyn Insurance

President, Vice President and Treasurer

Mark Tomkins

President & CEO
GACC Midwest

Mario Kratsch

Vice President
GACC Midwest

Matthew Wallace

CFO
Accounting and Administration
GACC Midwest

Chicago

Board Members

Mehdi Bentanfous

CEO, North America
KINEXON Inc.

Christiane Bock

First Vice President
Alliant Employee Benefits

Mark Denzler

President & CEO
Illinois Manufacturers' Association

Peter Einsle

CO Chapter President

Katja Garvey

Partner
Porter, Wright, Morris & Author LLP

Stefan Heffner

Executive Vice President
Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corporation

Markus Hiller

Senior Director,
Global Senior Business Advisor - Technology Enablement
UL Solutions

Owen Johnston

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Bekum America Corporation

Peter Kamps

Head of Finance
Regional Solutions & Services Americas
Siemens Industry, Inc., Smart Infrastructure

Ralf Kimmel

Director, Strategic Account Management
TRUMPF

Dr. Susanne Lemaine

President
Vetter Development Services USA, Inc.

Manuel Merkt

WI Chapter President
President
Zund America

David Nissen

CEO, President
PKF Mueller

Timo Rehbock

Partner
Barnes & Thornburg

Michael E. Richter

Managing Director, Shareholder
J.S. Richter Ltd.

Peter Riehle

President & CEO
WITTENSTEIN North America

Matt Ristow

President
CLAAS Omaha Inc.

Wes Saber

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
HARIBO of America

Dieter A. Schmitz

Partner
Baker McKenzie

James Schollett

President
GACC Midwest, Minnesota Chapter

Christine Schulders

Executive Vice President
HARTING, Inc. of North America

Markus Schyboll

CEO
EA Elektro-Automatik GmbH & Co. KG

Geoffrey Somary

CEO
Ipsen Group

Matthias Stegmüller

General Manager
HUGO BENZING LLC

Mark Zumdohme

President and CEO
Graepel North America Inc.

Honorary Directors

Ambassador James D. Bindenagel

Head
Center for International Security and Governance
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

W. David Braun

Partner
Quarles & Brady