The Board of Trustees advises the Foundation Council and the Board of Directors in its activities and promotes the reputation of the Foundation both at home and abroad. The members are appointed by the Foundation Council.

Andrae, Georg, notary (ret.)

Böhmler, Dr h.c. Rudolf, former member of the executive board of the Federal Bank of Germany

Deichmann, Heinrich, CEO Deichmann Schuhe

Falk, Ilse, former Member of the German Bundestag

Fertinger, Roman, Chief of Police (ret.)

Fricke, Otto, Member of the German Bundestag, former whip

Grasedieck, Prof Dr Dieter, former Member of the German Bundestag

Grefe, Wolfgang, Honorary Consul of Macedonia

Groß, Wolfgang, CEO foundation "Nächstenliebe in Aktion"

Herrmann, Joachim, Bavarian State Minister of the Interior

Hoster, Daniel, Managing Director, Head Key Clients Germany at BNP Paribas

Kalf, Wolfgang, Federal prosecutor (ret.) and attorney

Kauder, Volker, former chairman of the Christian Democratic parliamentary group of the German Bundestag

Klein, Volkmar, Member of the German Bundestag

Königshaus, Hellmut, former parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces

Kortmann, Karin, head of the Berlin office of the GIZ (German Association for Intl. Cooperation)

Liebendörfer, Dr. Bernd, Dean of the Protestant Church of Wuerttemberg (ret.)

Lieberknecht, Christine, former Primeminister of Thuringia

Mächtle, Günter, former undersecretary in the Baden-Wuerttemberg state parliament

Reinhart, Prof Dr Wolfgang, deputy chairman of the Baden-Wuerttemberg state parliament

Renz, Thomas Maria, Suffragan Bishop of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese

Schmidt, Renate, former Member of the German Bundestag, former Federal Minister

Schmidt-Jortzig, Prof Dr Edzard, former Federal Minister

Süßmuth, Prof Dr Rita, former President of the German Bundestag

Waffenschmidt, Christoph, CEO World Vision Germany

Wagner, Dr Christean, former Minister