Board

Marco Ziegler

A German native traveling to the states in his twenties, Mr. Ziegler has been part of the GLSW for 3 years. His pride and joy is speaking exclusively German with his children since they were born and his favorite German holiday is Christmas Eve. He is also the managing director for Accenture, a global consulting and services company that works with health and consumer products. In his spare time he is a passionate marathon runner and beginner yoga student.

Andreas Rochlitz

First Vice President

A native German who moved to the states, he has been on the GLSW board for the past 3 years and his son has been attending GLSW for the past 12 years. Outside of GLSW, Mr. Rochlitz is the owner of Summatech Solutions, a company that designs and manufactures carrying cases and sources accessories for corporate clients, enjoys playing and watching soccer, and exploring other countries and cultures. His son recently received das Deutsche Sprachdiplom I and he maintains close contact to friends and family who still live in Germany.

Bruce Borkowski

Treasurer

Kathleen Broderick

Corresponding Secretary, Fundraising

When a friend suggested that learning a new language as an adult was next to impossible, Ms. Broderick took on the challenge and enrolled in GLSW. She has been a student since 2015 and enjoys learning about German culture and customs. She believes that learning a second language opens up your world literally and figuratively.

She would like to see adult students and parents get more involved - either as volunteers or through fun, community activities. She has a sales background in the Natural Products Industry, enjoys travel, time with her family and is always ready to try something new.

Fred Donegan

Trustee, Planning, Fund Raising

An Irish native who has always had a fond love for learning the German language and culture, Mr. Donegan has been connected to GLSW for the past 19 years. He is an advocate for people of all backgrounds learning German and has had both of his children attend instruction at GLSW for 13 years where they were able to connect with some of the German heritage they have on his wife’s side of the family. He is proud of the fact that before he went on to study International Business and German at GWU, he was accepted to complete the 13th grade of a Gymnasium in Frankfurt and successfully completed the Abitur exam. Aside from serving on the Board of GLSW, he is involved with the men’s retreat at his Church, where he and his wife work with teams of people all over the world with our business in Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils. His favorite German holiday is Christmas.

Wilfried Baeker

Recording Secretary

Rainer Martini

Trustee

A German native with many familial ties to Germany still, Mr. Martini recently joining the GLSW community in fall of 2018. Graduating from RWTH Aachen with an Dr.rer.nat. and having a life-time career in higher education, he hopes to “give some helpful insight into newer pedagogy concepts as well as school administration”. He has been researching at Bell Labs and Stevens Institute of Technology since 1999 and is most proud of his family, children and his university students. His favorite German holidays are Karneval and Christmas and he enjoys rowing, singing, traveling and playing golf in his spare time.

Kira Adamo

Fundraising

Keith Dockery

Trustee

Jeffrey Ciavaglia

Registrar

Board Bylaws

OUR BOARD

OUR PURPOSE IS TO... “engage in, assist, and contribute to the education of students interested in the German language and culture” (Art. 1,§ 3).

GLSW is an amazing community of children, parents, adults, students and teachers that share the passion not only for learning the German language but also create a community to experience and maintain the German culture. I like to give me ideas and capacity to make it an even better place for the generations to come.

GLSW President
Thomas Kreibich

GLSW has created a great German community for the entire family and my kids enjoy learning German in small group settings, but we mostly enjoy the connection to the German culture and celebrating many of the German festivals.