GACC Midwest Staff
All employees of GACC Midwest are happy to help German companies in the US with their inquiries on market entry USA, industries in the US, apprenticeships in the US, and other German-American business topics.
Executive Office
Mark Tomkins
President & CEO
Mario Kratsch
Vice President
Consulting Services
Corinna Jess
Director, Consulting Services & Trade Missions
Gerrit Ahlers
Director, Consulting & Corporate Development Services
Jessica Ferklass
Manager, Consulting Services
David Stock
Manager, Consulting Services & Trade Missions
Chicago
Brooke Rupprecht
Consultant, Consulting Services
Detroit
Skills Initiative & ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Virginia Attaway Rounds
Director, Skills Initiative & ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Sascha Kuhn
Deputy Director, Skills Initiative & ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Chicago
Joshua Seeberg
Manager, Skills Initiative & ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Geneva Scurek
Senior Manager, Apprenticeship Exams and Certification
Melissa Kmetz
ICATT Apprentice Coordinator
Ian Duncan
Manager, Skills Initiative & ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Bernadette Duncan
Manager, Skills Initiative & MAT² Apprenticeship Program
Darlene Bidwell
Manager, Skills Initiative & MAT² Apprenticeship Program
Doris Bawa
Client Relationship Manager, ICATT Apprenticeship Program
Lee Wickham
Coordinator, Skills Initiative & Apprenticeship Programs
Chicago
Recruiting & Consulting Services
Justin Flaxbart
Senior Manager, Recruiting & Consulting Services
Bettina Hannemann
Manager, Recruiting & Consulting Services
Membership & Events
Judit Ludwig-Janosy
Manager, Membership Engagement & Events
Kirsten Gustafson
Chapter Coordinator
Marketing & Communications
Nils Schaede
Director, Marketing & Communications
Jasmin Welter
Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
Elizabeth Czapski
Coordinator, Marketing & Communications
Accounting & Administration
Matthew Wallace
Director
Accounting & Administration
Sylvia Knoerzer
Accounting Manager
Chicago
Denise Remele
HR Manager & Executive Assistant
Paul Rathburn
Accounts Receivable Coordinator
German American Events, LLC - A Subsidiary of GACC Midwest
Maren Biester Priebe
CEO & General Manager
German American Events, LLC
Kate Bleeker
Director, Expansion & Market Development
German American Events, LLC
Christine Schwartzkopff
Manager, Operations
German American Events, LLC
Amelia Anderson
Manager, Productions
German American Events, LLC
Laura Terzakis
Manager, Special Events, German American Events, LLC
Prachi Deo
Assistant Manager, Production and Operations
German American Events, LLC
Leila Schmidt
Assistant Manager, Communications & Intercultural Training
German American Events, LLC
Chicago
Erin Van Fleet
Assistant Manager, Sales & Corporate Relations
German American Events LLC
Chicago
Demerike Palecek
Assistant Manager, Communications and Special Events
German American Events, LLC
Chicago