Education Committee

The Education Committee brings current trends and topics of the CEF into the Academy and endeavours to make its work fruitful in the area.

Permanent members are the episcopal representatives for adult education of the seven Bavarian (arch)dioceses as well as the current state board of the CEF. In addition, there are individual personalities who have a special connection to adult education.

The Education Committee consists of 24 members who are appointed for a term of three years. .

 

Members of the Education Committee (2024 to 2027):

Dr Mark AchillesManaging Director of Münchner Bildungswerk
Stefan BauerDirector of the Youth Pastoral Institute (JPI) Benediktbeuern
Dr Matthias BelafiHead of the Catholic Office in Bavaria
Dr Ludwig BrandlDiocesan representative for adult education in the diocese of Eichstätt, director of the diocesan education centre
Dr Ute Eiling-Hütig MdLSpokeswoman for Adult Education of the CSU Parliamentary Group in the Bavarian State Parliament
Dr Franz HaringerEpiscopal Representative for Adult Education of the Diocese of Passau
Christian Kainzbauer-WütigHead of the Department of Extracurricular Education,
Episcopal representative for adult education in the Archdiocese of Bamberg
Clemens KnollMember of the board of KEB Bayern, Managing Director of KEB in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising
Dr Hildegard KronawitterFormer Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, Chairwoman of the White Rose Foundation
Dr Sandra KrumpHead of the Education Department in the Archdiocesan Ordinariate of Munich and Freising
Michael MötterDeputy Managing Director of the Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e.V.
Kathi PetersenManaging Director of the KEB in the city and district of Nuremberg, member of the board of the KEB Bavaria
Prof. Dr Michael Piazolo MdLFormer Bavarian State Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs, Professor of European Studies at the Munich University of Applied Sciences
Kathrin N. RapsMember of the Board of Kolping-Bildungswerk München und Oberbayern, Member of the Board of KEB Bayern
Prof. Dr Gerda RiedlEpiscopal representative for adult education in the diocese of Augsburg
PDr Barbara SchellhammerProfessor for "Intercultural Social Transformation" at the Munich School of Philosophy
Prof Dr Bernhard Schmidt-HerthaHolder of the Chair of General Pedagogy and Educational Research at LMU Munich
Dr Christine SchrappeHead of Department "Education and Culture", Episcopal Commissioner for Adult Education in the Diocese of Würzburg
Bernd SiblerDistrict Administrator, former Minister of State
Wolfgang StöcklMember of the board of KEB Bayern, Episcopal representative for adult education in the diocese of Regensburg
Britta WörndleEducation and Coordination Officer at KDFB Bayern
Dr Walter ZahnerHead of the pastoral care office in the diocese of Regensburg
Josef Zellmeier MdLChairman of the Finance Committee of the Bavarian State Parliament, Chairman of the KLB-Bildungswerk Ndb./Opf.