Governance and Advisors

Fraunhofer USA Board of Directors and Officers

Prof. Dr. Raoul Klingner, Chair

Director of Research, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

 

Dr. Silja Krekel, Vice Chair

Dept. Head of Strategic Collaborations, International Shareholdings and Copyright, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

 

Mr. Torsten Nyncke, Director

Dept. Head of Foreign Fraunhofer Affiliates and Representations, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

 

Ms. D. Alicia Hickok, Director

Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

 

Mr. Stephen Williams, Director

President, Pentagon Strategies

 

Mr. Brian Darmody, Director

Chief Strategy Officer, Association of University Research Parks (AURP)

 

Mr. Nicolas Rancis, Director

National Grid Partners-Innovation

 

Jason Lamb, J.D., Director

Strategist, Technology Transfer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

 

Officers

 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schuelke

Fraunhofer USA President  

 

Erin Simmonds, CPA

Fraunhofer USA Treasurer 

Fraunhofer USA Secretary

 

 

Science and Technology Advisory Council

Mr. Stephen Williams, Chair

President, Pentagon Strategies

 

Dr. John F. Reid, Vice Chair

Research Professor and Center for Digital Agriculture Affiliate, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

Dr. Sebastian Wicklein, Secretary

Corporate R&D Coordination Lead, Fraunhofer USA

 

Dr. Gayatri Dadheech, Senior Advisor

Chief Technology Officer, Exide Energy

 

Mr. Knudt Flor, Senior Advisor

Senior Vice President for Innovation and Industry Engagement, College of Charleston

 

Mr. Tom Kelly, Senior Advisor

Executive Director and CEO, Automation Alley


Dr. Henrikki Pantsar, Senior Advisor

General Manager, Trumpf North America

 

Prof. Dr. Christoph Leyens, Senior Advisor

Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS

 

Prof. Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer, Senior Advisor

Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE

 

Prof. Dr. Christian Brecher, Senior Advisor

Executive Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT

 

Dr. Alexis Sauer-Budge, Senior Advisor

Principal Scientist, Exponent
 

Mr. Douglas Larson, Senior Advisor

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (ret.)