left to right: Wolfgang Schuster, Heinz-Peter Haumann, Wilfried Schmied, Rainer Noll, Dr. Matthias Leder, Prof. Dr. Volker Nienhaus, Beate Hammerla, Karl-Heinz Lust. Absent: Martin Richard, Robert Werner

Elected at the General Meeting on 29th May 2007 in Romrod

Management Board:

* Chairman: Wilfried Schmied (District President, Federal State of Hesse)

* Deputy Chairman: Heinz-Peter Haumann (Lord Mayor of the City of Giessen, Representative of participating greater urban areas)

* Chief Finance Officer: Rainer Noll (CEO Licher Privatbrauerei Jhring-Melchior GmbH, Representative of participating private enterprises)

* Deputy Chief Finance Officer: Wolfgang Schuster (District Administrator of the County District Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Representative of participating private enterprises)

Further Board members:

* Karl-Heinz Lust (President of the Wetzlar Chamber of Commerce (Representative of participating Chambers of Commerce)

* Prof. Dr. Volker Nienhaus (President of the Marburg University, Representative of participating universities)

* Martin Richard (Mayor of the City of Limburg, Representative of participating medium-sized centres)

* Robert Werner (President of the Wiesbaden Chamber of Trade, Representative of participating Chambers of Trade)