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Jürgen Ostertag, President

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Juergen R. Ostertag is a Stuttgart native who completed his German legal studies at the Eberhard-Karls-Universitaet Tuebingen in 1990. Following his 1. State Exam in Law, he studied law in Boston, MA, where he received in 1993 his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England Law. In 1995 he completed his German legal education by passing the 2. State Exam in Law in Stuttgart. After initially practicing law in Germany, Juergen moved in 1997 to the US. He has been practicing law in New York City since then. As a Partner in the Corporate Practice and as the Chair of the German Practice of Pryor Cashman LLP, he mainly represents clients from German-speaking areas in the US. Juergen also serves as Director of the DAAD-Alumni Association, as Director of the German American Community Project, Inc. and as Chairman of the German School of Connecticut, Inc..

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Ferdinand Jahnel, Board Member

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Ferdinand G. Jahnel has been with Henry Schein, Inc., since 2008 as Vice President, Treasurer, responsible for all global Treasury and Risk Management related activities of the company.   Presently, he serves on the Board of the Henry Schein Cares Foundation. Previous positions include Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, at CA Technologies (formerly: Computer Associates), International Treasurer at Steelcase, Inc., and various Corporate Finance positions at The MAN Group in Europe and in the U.S. In 2012 he was appointed a Board Director of the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), and a member of its Finance Committee. Ferdinand has a Diploma in BA from the University of Augsburg, Germany, and his MBA cum laude from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.  

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Dr. Dieter Blennemann, Board Member

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Dieter Blennemann graduated from the University of Bonn in 1961 with a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry. He continued his research on isotope separation as an Assistant Professor in Bonn and later at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, working for the Atomic Energy Commission. After an executive trainee program at Bayer in Leverkusen, Dr. Blennemann held several positions in industrial companies. He lived in Sevilla (Spain), Boston (USA), and Brussels (Belgium) where he was the European Manager for Air Products & Chemicals, an American company headquartered in Allentown, PA. In 1981, he joined Carl Zeiss, a German company worldwide leading in optical and precision-mechanical devices. Dr. Blennemann became responsible for all Zeiss business in North and South America as President and CEO. He retired in 2000 and enjoys being involved in several not-for-profit organizations. Dieter Blennemann is married to Gigi Blennemann and lives in Greenwich, CT. The Blennemanns love to visit their five children and ten grandchildren. They spend a good part of their time traveling all over the world or on their boat cruising the US coast line.

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