DGM Board Members
The Executive Board is elected by the General Assembly for a term of four years. The current Executive Board took office on January 1, 2022, and its term will end on December 31, 2025. The new Executive Board was elected at the General Assembly during the annual conference in Freiburg in 2025: Prof. Dr. Kathrin Schlemmer (President), Prof. Dr. Anna Wolf (Vice President), Dr. Jesper Hohagen (Secretary), Dr. Ann-Kristin Herget (Treasurer), and Dr. Jörg Mühlhans (Advisory Board). They will officially take up their positions in the new team on January 1, 2026.
President
Prof. Dr. Clemens Wöllner
University for Music Freiburg
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Vice President
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Schlemmer
University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
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Secretary
Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Felix Thiesen
Technical University Dortmund
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Treasurer
Prof. Dr. Anna Wolf
University of Music Weimar
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Advisory Board (Website/Archive)
Dr. Jörg Mühlhans
University of Vienna
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Former Board Members (1983-2021)
| Years | President | Vice President | Secretary | Treasurer | Advisory Board (from 2006 Webaster) |
| 1983-1986 | Helga de la Motte-Haber | Günter Kleinen | Klaus-Ernst Behne | Florian Noetzel | |
| 1987-1990 | Helga de la Motte-Haber | Günter Kleinen | Klaus-Ernst Behne | Florian Noetzel | Heiner Gembris, Holger Höge, Helmut Lang |
| 1991-1993 | Klaus-Ernst Behne | Günter Kleinen | Heiner Gembris | Claudia Bullerjahn | Holger Höge, Helga de la Motte-Haber, Harm Willms |
| 1994-1997 | Klaus-Ernst Behne | Günter Kleinen | Heiner Gembris | Claudia Bullerjahn | Holger Höge, Helga de la Motte-Haber, Harm Willms |
| 1998-2001 | Heiner Gembris | Reinhard Kopiez | Claudia Bullerjahn | Elena Ungeheuer bis 1999, danach Christoph Louven | – |
| 2002-2005 | Reinhard Kopiez | Heiner Gembris | Claudia Bullerjahn | Christoph Louven | – |
| 2006-2009 | Andreas Lehmann | Christoph Louven | Claudia Spahn | Veronika Busch | Christoph Reuter |
| 2010-2013 | Andreas Lehmann | Veronika Busch | Franziska Olbertz | Michael Oehler | Christoph Reuter |
| 2014-2017 | Michael Oehler | Andreas Lehmann | Franziska Degé | Franziska Olbertz | Christoph Reuter |
| 2018-2021 | Michael Oehler | Clemens Wöllner | Anna Wolf | Franziska Degé | Jörg Mühlhans |
| Year of award | Name |
| 2006 | Helga de la Motte-Haber |
| 2006 | Klaus-Ernst Behne (1940-2013) |
| 2006 | Günter Kleinen |
| 2013 | Herbert Bruhn |
| 2024 | Wolfgang Auhagen |
