Author Archives: Markus Hoecherl

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Markus Hoecherl, Secretary

Mr. Hoecherl works as executive advisor in the areas of real estate and hospitality spanning investment and asset levels and focusing on strategy, acquisition, development and operations. He has held management positions at The Greenwich Group International, Starwood Hotels & Residences, KPF, and Lord Norman Foster.Selected achievements include being a member of a team to transform the W Hotel and Residences footprint into one of the most successful urban mixed-use Brands worldwide, the strategic integration of investor directives into the New Songdo City Masterplan to successfully launch phase 1 of the development and establishing built-to-suit measures to better position commercial real estate for investment returns. Mr. Hoecherl holds graduate degrees from New York University in Real Estate Finance and Investment, from Columbia University New York and from Escola Tecnica Superior de Barcelona (Spain) where he in urban economics and planning. He has an undergraduate degree from University of Kassel (Germany) in engineering.

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Jürgen Riehm, Treasurer

Jürgen Riehm, FAIA, BDA, is a co-founder of 1100 Architect. He believes in architecture as the all-encompassing art form, capable of affecting and portraying all facets of life and nature through an honest and timeless expression. Juergen has guided the firm in a number of recognized projects, including the Riverside Health Center (New York), the Queens Central Library: Children’s Library Discovery Center, and the New York Public Library Battery Park branch. Juergen received a Diploma in Architecture from FH Rheinland-Pfalz in 1977 and his Post-Graduate Architecture Degree from the Städelschule Academy of Fine Arts in 1982, where he currently serves on the alumni foundation’s advisory board. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), Member of the Chamber of Architects in the State of Hessen, and a member of the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA).  

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The new Website is live!

We are so excited to present the new website for Deutscher Verein. In addition to the beautiful design, the new website offers a lot of functionality to manage the Verein Membership as well as the events. Just a few highlights: Access a complete membership directory Communicate with other members via the system Sign up for multiple events at the same time Stay on top of and pay your membership dues via the system Review club news We will send out tutorials on how to update your profile and take advantage of the site. Please contact Gabi Hegan for any questions you might have.

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Dr. Simone Brümmer, Board Member

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.

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