GABC Officers and Board Members

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GABC OFFICERS

Laura Lane
Chair

Candi Wolff
Vice-Chair

Ulrich Gamerdinger
President and CEO

Christian Ulrich*
General Counsel

Lynn Taylor*
Honorary Chair

GABC Board Member companies

Allianz of America
Peter Lefkin, Senior Vice President of Government and External Affairs

Bank of America
Dan Sheehan, Senior Vice President for International Relations

BASF (Interim)

Catherine Trinkle, Vice President & Deputy General Counsel — Regulatory, Environment and Government Affairs

Bayer
Matthias Berninger, Senior Vice President, Global Public & Government Affairs

BMW Group 
Bryan Jacobs, Vice President, Government and External Affairs

Boehringer Ingelheim
Vacant

Buchanan Jonathan Spadt, Shareholder, Intellectual Property Section Co-Chair

Citigroup
Candida Wolff, Executive Vice President of Global Government Affairs

Deutsche Telekom USA
Reinhard Wieck, Managing Director and President

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany*
Axel Dittmann, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission

General Motors Company
Alethea Gordon, Director of Global Affairs and Global Public Policy

German American Business Council
Ulrich Gamerdinger, President and Chief Executive Officer

HARIBO
Rick LaBerge, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

Lockheed Martin
Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel, Vice President, International Government Affairs

Lufthansa German Airlines
Dirk Janzen, Vice President, The Americas, Global Market Strategy & Atlantic Joint Ventures

Mercedes-Benz
Jake Jones, Vice President External Affairs

Merck KGaA / EMD Serono
Terri Stewart, Senior Vice President, Head of Global Healthcare Government & Public Affairs

RTX Corporation
Jeff Shockey, Senior Vice President for Global Government Relations (interim)

SAP
Peter Selfridge, Executive Vice President & Global Head of Government and Public Affairs

Siemens
Ann Fairchild, General Counsel Siemens North America, SVP, General Counsel & Secretary of Siemens Corporation (U.S.)

UPS
Laura Lane, Executive Vice President, Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer

Volkswagen Group
Anna Schneider, Senior Vice President, Industry-Government Relations

Chair Emeritus
Dr. Ron Docksai*

Honorary Chair
Steve Williams*

*ex-officio board member