GABC Welcome Dinner Roundtable with H.E. Jens Hanefeld, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S.
From left: Matthew Ybarra (General Motors), Joel Rampoldt (LIDL USA), Ian Pain (RENK America), Ann Fairchild (Siemens), Nancy Ziuzin Schlegel (Lockheed Martin), Brian Heindl (Linde, Inc.), H.E. Jens Hanefeld (German Embassy to the U.S.), Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC President and CEO), Candi Wolff (Citi Group and GABC Chair), Bryan Jacobs (BMW Group), George Kalantzakis (ConocoPhillips), Alex Laytin (FedEx Corporation), David Talbot (Eli Lilly & Company), Anne Marie Chotvacs (RTX), Stephen Claeys (Pfizer, Inc.), Dr. Dorothee Schneider (German Embassy to the U.S.), Sarah Schmidt (Fresenius Medical Care), Michael Parrish (Bayer Healthcare AG), Catherine Trinkle (BASF Corporation)
Transatlantic Business Dialogue Berlin 2025
From left: Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC President and CEO), State Secretary Stefan Rouenhoff, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Chargé d’Affaires Alan Meltzer (U.S. Embassy Berlin), Lew Iadarola (Hensoldt), Tobias Winkler, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB)
ABOUT THE GABC
The German American Business Council (GABC) in Washington, D.C. was founded in 2004 as an initiative of U.S. and German companies doing business on both sides of the Atlantic. We are an independent non-profit organization that fosters transatlantic business dialogue between Germany, Europe, and the United States. Our mission is to support entrepreneurship and business growth by building trust and understanding among small, medium-sized, and global companies, while creating valuable business opportunities for our members. We are a truly German-American organization, reflected both by our board members and our general membership.
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18th Maifest and Leadership Award Dinner
From left: Patrik Jonsson (Eli Lilly & Company), Sandra Weeser, Member of the German Bundestag (MdB), Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Rep. Alma Adams (NC-12), Peter Lefkin (Allianz), Governor Mike Braun (IN), Laura Lane (GABC Chair Emeritus) and Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC President and CEO)