Dr. Simone Brümmer moved to White Plains, NY in 2010 to work as the Head of the Lower School at German International School New York. She has been instrumental in opening the school to a diverse group of international families who are united by their love of German language and German culture. Prior to GIS, Dr. Brümmer worked as a member of the administration at various schools in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, a leading member of a German research team that studied “International Achievement Motivation”, and as a teacher at the German School Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas. She holds a PhD in Psychology and is an expert on early childhood and bilingual education. Dr. Bruemmer joined the Board of Directors of Deutscher Verein New York in June 2016.