The Emperor Otto Cultural Foundation, jointly supported by the city of Magdeburg and Sparkasse MagdeBurg, is headed by a Board of Trustees, from whose members the Foundation Board is elected and the management appointed.

Chairwoman:

• Simone Borris – Mayor of the City of Magdeburg

Deputy Chairman:

• Jens Eckhardt – Member of the Executive Board of Stadtsparkasse MagdeBurg

Members:

• Katrin Budde – long-standing member of the SPD parliamentary group in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt and in the German Bundestag
• Dr Lydia Hüskens – Minister for Infrastructure and Digital Affairs of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
• Anne-Marie Keding – Vice President of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
• Dr Rüdiger Koch –  former Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Schools and Sport of the City of Magdeburg
• Prof Dr Matthias Puhle – former Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Schools and Sport of the City of Magdeburg and former Director of the Magdeburg Museums
• Dr Willi Polte – former Mayor and honorary citizen of the City of Magdeburg
• Hardy Puls – Managing Director of Magdeburg Marketing, Kongress und Tourismus GmbH and Magdeburger Weiße Flotte GmbH
• Carola Schumann – Chairwoman of the Cultural Committee of the City of Magdeburg
• Dr Detlef Swieter – Chairman of the Board of Öffentliche Versicherungen Sachsen-Anhalt (ÖSA)
• Dr Lutz Trümper – former Mayor and honorary citizen of the City of Magdeburg
• Patricia Werner – Managing Director of the East German Savings Banks Foundation

Board

Chairwoman of the Board:

• Regina-Dolores Stieler-Hinz – Mayor of the City of Magdeburg and Councillor of the Department of Culture, Schools and Sport

Executive Board members:

• Helmut Herdt – former spokesman for the management of Städtische Werke Magdeburg (SWM)
• Prof Dr Manuela Schwartz – Rector of Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences

Management Board

• Kathrin Heinl