The Supervisory Board
The groundbreaking decisions regarding the content and organisation of the DBFZ development are taken by the Supervisory Board, which is chaired by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity. Other members are the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation und Nuclear Safety, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Federal Ministry for Transport and the Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture. The Supervisory Board meets twice a year at the DBFZ.
| Member | Function | Organisation |
| Olaf Schäfer (Chairman) | Ministerial Director Head of Sub-Department "Climate Protection, Biodiversity, Sustainability and Bioeconomy" | Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity |
Katharina Schwarz | MinDirig’in Head of working group NII5, Natural and environmental affairs in genetic engineering and the bioeconomy | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation und Nuclear Safety |
| Daniel Gellner | Head of Department 3 "Agriculture" | Saxon State Ministry for Environment and Agriculture |
| Martin Waldhausen | Head of Department KB7 "Climate Protection in Agriculture and Forestry, Biomass" | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy |
| Dr. Kerstin Zimmermann | Senior Government Councillor, Department 7 (Provision for the Future), Department 722 "Energy, Hydrogen Technologies" | Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space |
| Birgit Breitfuß-Renner | MinDirig'in Head of Subdepartment G1 "Policy issues and strategies for passenger and freight transport" | Federal Ministry for Transport |
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