Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen

Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen is a German politician, lawyer and administrative officer. who served as State Minister of Culture and Science in the governments of Minister-Presidents Armin Laschet and Hendrik Wüst of North Rhine-Westphalia from 2017 to 2022. Since 2023 she is managing director of the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Foundation in Munich.

Career

From 1989 until 1999, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was the chancellor of the Cologne College of Music.
From 2004 until 2017, Pfeiffer-Poensgen served as Secretary General of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States.
Following the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, Pfeiffer-Poensgen was appointed State Minister of Culture and Science in the government of Minister-President Armin Laschet. As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, she has been a member of the Committee on Cultural Affairs since 2017. In addition, she is also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate.

Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Member of the Board of Trustees Deutschlandradio, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board
Josefine and Eduard von Portheim Foundation for Science and Art, Member of the Board of Trustees
Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Heinrich Hertz Foundation, Member of the Board of Trustees
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Ex-Officio Member of the Senate
Kunststiftung NRW, Member of the Board of Trustees
Museum Insel Hombroich, Member of the Board of Trustees
North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Deputy Chair of the Board
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Member of the Board of Trustees
Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
German Lost Art Foundation, Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees
Franco-German Cultural Council, Member of the Board of Trustees