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 Food and Agriculture. Other members are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, 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 Food and Agriculture |
Katharina Schwarz | MinDirig’in Head of working group NII5, Natural and environmental affairs in genetic engineering and the bioeconomy | Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection |
| Daniel Gellner | Head of Department 3 "Agriculture" | Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture |
| Martin Waldhausen | Head of Department KB7 "Climate Protection in Agriculture and Forestry, Biomass" | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action |
| Dr. Kerstin Zimmermann | Senior Government Councillor, Department 7 (Provision for the Future), Department 722 "Energy, Hydrogen Technologies" | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| Birgit Breitfuß-Renner | MinDirig'in Head of Subdepartment G1 "Policy issues and strategies for passenger and freight transport" | Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport |
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