Supercharge your Career with German!
We will explore how German language skills can open up career opportunities or help you get internships. Learn about local German organizations, potential German scholarship funding and hear from industry representatives who successfully used German to advance their career
We will explore how German language skills can open up career opportunities or help you get internships. Learn about local German organizations, potential German scholarship funding and hear from industry representatives who successfully used German to advance their career.
Welcome and Moderation
Sabine Blankenship, German Consulate General San Francisco
Short introductory presentations
Michaela Ballek, German American Business Association (GABA)
Peter Kerrigan, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Panel with Industry Representative
Markus Bonsels, Bibo Runge Winery, Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
(ex-HR Head Amazon Europe)
Claudia Schug, Partner at Schug Winery, Sonoma
(former German Market Representative for California Wine Institute)
Jürgen Grieb, Head Winemaker and Owner, Treveri Cellars, Sparkling Wine House, Wapato, WA (tbc)
Preston Locher, German American Chamber of Commerce
(Manager Innovation Solutions, former SFSU student)
Brought to you by:
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of German, San Francisco