About us - Board of Directors

Board of Directors 2016

Chair
Yasmin Fischdick
ERG Universitätsservice GmbH
Malteserstraße 74-100, 12249 Berlin
Date of birth: 10/07/1980

As an alumna of Freie Universität Berlin I was initially working in the fashion industry after earning my degree in economic sciences. I was financial controller of a renowned German fashion label for a few years. After the birth of my daughter, I returned to my Alma Mater as CEO of ERG Universitätsservice GmbH. I think there is no better place for working than the green FU campus of Berlin-Lankwitz, where we are able to offer hundreds of international students every year the possibility to have a wonderful exchange experience.

Deputy chairperson

Hanne Heckmann, Ph.D.
Hauptstr. 133
69117 Heidelberg
B: 21.02.1951

Hanne Heckmann, Ph.D.

A native of Heidelberg, Hanne Heckmann is Resident Director of the American Junior Year at Heidelberg University. Between 1975 and 1991 she lived and taught in the United States. She earned her M.A. in German at Arizona State University (1975) and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1981). After teaching at Lafayette College and the University of Rhode Island for a number of years, she returned to her native Heidelberg. From 1991 to 1996, she worked in cross-cultural communication services as a relocation specialist and taught German language and literature courses as adjunct faculty member of the American Junior Year. In 1996, she began assuming administrative responsibilities for the program. In 2010, she was promoted to Resident Director.