The CREATE BERLIN BOARD OF TRUSTEES is the independent advisory panel of the association composed of highly regarded top-class designers and design(scene) connoisseurs. The panel debates, advises and decides on CREATE BERLIN projects. Silvia Kadolsky Founding Member of the Fashion School Esmod in Munich and Berlin with longtime international contacts in the fashion industry Alexandra Martini Designer working in interior, product and communication design. Professor of design at the HBK Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig / Braunschweig University of Art Tanja Mühlhans Consultant for the Senate for Commerce, focusing on the media-, communications- and design-industry Nicole Srock-Stanley Director of Dan Pearlman, agency for brand architecture in retail, exhibition, academy and film Werner Aisslinger Product Designer and Professor of Design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung in Karlsruhe René Gurka Executive Director of Berlin Partner – the agency for location marketing in Berlin Achim Heine Creative Director of the agency Heine/Lenz/Zizka and Professor of Experimental Design at the Universität der Künste in Berlin Stefan Liske Managing Partner of the communications agency PCH Berlin - Los Angeles Dr. Oliver Pabst Owner of Pabst Fashion Concepts specializing in corporate fashion Sebastian Peichl Executive Board Member of Art+Com with extensive communications and marketing experience Thierry Prevóst Executive Director of Galeries Lafayette Berlin Jürgen Siebert Co-editor of the type lexicon FontBook, member of the FontFont-Typeboard and Marketing Director of FontShop AG since November 2001 Erik Spiekermann Founder of Metadesign and United Designers Network as well as Professor at the HfK Bremen Joerg Suermann Managing Partner and Trustee of the design platform DMY Berlin Norbert Tillmann Co-founder of PREMIUM Exhibitions Berlin Holger Volland Director of Corporate Communications for MetaDesign, specialists in corporate identity and branding Jörg Wichmann Director of berlinomat PPG, platform for Berlin design Graft – Wolfram Putz, Thomas Willemeit, Lars Krückeberg Architecture office with branches in Berlin, Los Angeles und Peking