Administrative Board
The Administrative Board of the GeothermalCenter is made up by following members:
Chairman
- Prof. Dr. Martin Sternberg (Vice Chancellor of the University of Applied Sciences Bochum)
Administration
- Dr. Ottilie Scholz (Lord Major; City of Bochum)
- Helmut Diegel (District President; District Government Arnsberg)
Science
- Prof. Dr. Christoph Clauser (RWTH Aachen University)
- Prof. Dr. Michael Brodmann (University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen)
Economy
- Dr. Jochen Melchior (City of Essen; former CEO of STEAG)
- Tillmann Neinhaus (CEO of the Mid-Ruhr Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bochum)
- Jürgen Eickhoff (Board of Directors, Deutsche Steinkohle)
- Thor Növig (CEO of ITAG Tiefbohr GmbH)
- Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus Steilmann (Wattenscheid)
Politics
- Dr. Axel Horstmann, MdL NRW (retired ministry of state; ministry of transport, energy and development NRW; SPD)
- Manfred Kuhmichel, MdL NRW (Stellvertrender Fraktionsvorsitzender CDU; wissenschaftspolitischer Sprecher)
- Reiner Priggen, MdL NRW (assistant parliamentary leader Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen; spokeman in energy politics)
