Interviews

2014 Max Kade Professor William P. Johnson

William P. Johnson was chosen as the 2014 Max Kade Visiting Professor at Bucerius Law School, where he will be teaching a course entitled: “Doing Business in Emerging Markets”. Professor Johnson is an associate professor at the St. Louis University School of Law, where he serves as Director of the Center for International and Comparative Law Read More

Pittsburgh Global Press Conference with Dr. Werner Schnappauf

Following the American Friends of Bucerius event in Pittsburgh, Steve Sokoll, President of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, interviewed Dr. Werner Schnapauf, former Minister of Environment, Public Health, and Consumer Protection in the Free State of Bavaria. Dr. Schnappauf is now the Senior Advisor to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Germany, with a Read More

Interview with Katrin Kempiners

Katrin Kempiners currently covers American Friends of Bucerius events for the website and newsletter, and provides research briefs and background analysis for future programs and projects. She also supports our President as an Executive Assistant. What do you like the most about your time with American Friends of Bucerius? Having the opportunity to participate in a wide Read More

Bucerius Staff Interview: Katharina Niesert

Katharina Niesert is the Events and Program Manager for the American Friends of Bucerius where she manages event planning and coordination for AFB programs and activities. What do you value most about the Bucerius family? Having a background in arts management, I have always been drawn to creative activities, and I really appreciate how the Read More

Bucerius Staff Interview: Sarah Beth Lardie

Sarah Beth Lardie is the newest team-member at the American Friends of Bucerius, beginning her tenure in May. She has worked to build support for programs in international education, environmental conservation, and community development in the EU and sub-Saharan Africa. Sarah Beth, or “SB,” as she is known in the office, is working to financially Read More

Bucerius Staff Interview: Melis Tusiray

Melis Tusiray started with the American Friends of Bucerius as a Senior Program Manager late last year. In addition to managing the global governance activities, Melis handles AFB’s public affairs and supports the day-to-day office activities. What one aspect of the Bucerius experience is the most important for you? I think the transnational – and Read More

Bucerius Alumni Interview: Maria and Carl von Tippelskirch

Bucerius alumni Maria and Carl von Tippelskirch met during their first year at Bucerius Law School in 2000 and married in 2011. They say their wedding was almost a reunion of Class of 2005 graduates of the Bucerius Law School program. A year after the wedding, the couple moved to New York, where Carl works Read More

Bucerius Alumnus Interview: Lena Kilee

Lena Kilee is currently a McCloy Scholar at Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government. She focuses on foreign and security policy, leadership, strategic management and negotiations. Previously, Lena was deputy head of the anti-corruption unit at the European Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) and worked as a rule-of-law advisor to the Afghan Ministry Read More

Bucerius Alumni Interview: Michaela Peisger

Michaela Peisger heads the German Practice auditing division of KPMG in New York. In her role she works primarily with subsidiaries of European companies in the U.S. Ms. Peisger participated in the 2003 Bucerius Summer School on Global Governance. What one aspect of the Bucerius experience is the most important for you? Bucerius gives me Read More

Bucerius Member Interview: Peter Stockfisch

Peter Stockfisch first learned about Bucerius when his high school German language teacher ordered students to subscribe to DIE ZEIT. Little did Peter know at the time that he would spend most of his life in Hamburg connected with Bucerius. An economist for the American Heritage Management Corporation, Peter advises mainly German-speaking clients on global Read More