The BFDK’S executive committee is elected every two years by the assembly of delegates and represents the association externally. Their work is voluntary and they meet regularly to discuss issues relevant to the association and its members.
The BFDK’s voluntary executive committee works in partnership with the full-time management team and sees itself as a driving force and steering body for the entire organisation. Since 2021, it has consisted of five members with equal rights. They are jointly responsible for overarching strategic goals and bear the legal responsibility for the association.
In a rotating system, two executive committee members take the role of “representing committee members”. In this period they function as a link to the management’s operational work and take on a more public role. Furthermore, all executive committee members are responsible for specific thematic areas, which they work on in sub-committees and working groups, feeding ideas, information and knowledge back into the association and public discourse on cultural policy.
The executive comittee
The current executive comittee, elected at the assembly of delegates on June 24, 2025, includes:
- Nina de la Chevallerie,
State Association of Independent Theaters in Lower Saxony,
is managing director and producer at the independent theater boat people projekt. She combines many years of cultural policy experience with a clear voice for diversity and participation in the independent performing arts. Her international expertise is evident in numerous transcultural cooperative theater projects in the Mediterranean region. She is a former board member of the State Association of Independent Performing Arts in Lower Saxony and lives in Göttingen.
- Corinna Preisberg,
Network Independent Scene Saar,
works as a freelance director and cultural mediator. She has been living in Saarland again since 2019, where she launched the “Freistil Festival” for the Netzwerk Freie Szene Saar e.V. (Saarland Independent Scene Network). Her work has taken her all over Germany, Luxembourg, and Austria, focusing on rural areas and cultural policy issues. She is also a member of the extended board of the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft (Cultural Policy Society).
- Eva-A. Maj,
State Association of Independent Dance and Theater Artists of Baden-Württemberg,
has been the managing director of the State Association of Independent Dance and Theater Artists of Baden-Württemberg since January 2022. She has worked for the association in various capacities for over ten years and is committed to promoting the interests of the independent performing arts in the region.
- Ulrike Seybold,
NRW State Office for Independent Performing Arts,
has been managing director of the NRW State Office for Independent Performing Arts since January 2020 and lives in Dortmund. She was managing director of the State Association of Independent Theaters in Lower Saxony (2013-2019) and has been a member of the BFDK board since October 2015. Before joining the association, she worked for many years as a freelance production manager and press officer for various cultural and theater projects.
- Kathrin Schremb,
Thuringian Theater Association,
is managing director of the Thüringer Theaterverband e.V. (Thuringian Theater Association) – the state association of independent theaters – and vice president of the Kulturrat Thüringen (Thuringian Cultural Council).
She has been working as a cultural manager for over 20 years and lives in Weimar. There she co-founded stellwerk Weimar, an independent children's and youth theater, and was responsible for programming and management. She is committed to the independent performing arts and cultural education. With her move to the Thuringian Theater Association in 2020, she is now involved in networking and promoting the independent theater scene in Thuringia and nationwide.
