Association and Board
The CityInitiative Bremen was founded in 1995 as an association and is made up of representatives of the local retail trade, the local gastronomy and hotel industry, various service companies as well as cultural, economic and mobility institutions. The central themes of the CityInitiative are based on informing, networking and shaping. Together with the office, the course of the CityInitiative is set by the board, which in turn elects a three-member executive board. The latter represents the board. We introduce.
The board of the CityInitiative
Jens Ristedt
Chairman
Owner Modehaus Ristedt, Bremen
Owner Modehaus Ristedt, Bremen
Jens Ristedt has been a member of the board since 2000 and has worked in his company since 1994. He is also active as Vice Chairman of the Bremen Tourist Association and on the Board of the BTE Textile Trade Association, Cologne. He is active in the retail and consumer-oriented services committee of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and co-initiator of the Ansgari BID.
Stefan Brockmann
Deputy Chairman
Owner BoConcept Bremen
Stefan Brockmann has been a member of the CityInitiative since 2013 and on the board since 2016. He is also Vice President of the Bremen and Bremerhaven Chamber of Commerce. The focus of his board activities is transport and cooperation with other business representatives and associations.
Wilken Herzberg
Deputy Chairman
Partner of Justus Wohltmann OHG
Justus Wohltmann OHG has been a member of the CityInitiative for over 25 years and Mr. Wilken Herzberg has also been a member of the board since 2021. Mr. Herzberg has lived in the Mitte district of Bremen for around two decades. That's why the city center is particularly important to him both professionally and personally.
Susanne Gerlach
Board of Directors Managing Director Böttcherstrasse GmbH
Böttcherstraße GmbH is the general tenant of 6 of the 7 buildings on the street, provides maintenance and subletting, and operates 2 of its own shops and a historical archive there. Susanne Gerlach is a member of the plenary session of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and active in the committee for retail and consumer-oriented services of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce. Böttcherstraße GmbH has been a member of the CityInitiative since 1995.
Daniel Günther
Board of Directors
Owner of communications agency DIALOG Public Relations
Daniel Günther is the owner of the communications agency DIALOG Public Relations based on the Bremen market square. DIALOG has been supporting the CityInitiative for more than ten years and has been a member since 2021. Daniel Günther has been volunteering on the board since 2022.
Tanja Nadolny
Board of Directors Owner of the tea room in Schnoor
Tanja Nadolny has been a member and owner of the tea room since 2021. As a restaurateur, she would like to highlight the gastronomic part of the club and also support Schnoor in Bremen City. As a tourist restaurateur, she is particularly interested in inner city development.
Thomas Real
Board of the Directors
Owner Raths Pharmacy
The Raths Pharmacy is one of the founding members of the CityInitiative. Mr. Thomas Real took over the pharmacy on the market square from his parents in 2015 and thus also became a member. In 2021, Mr. Real was also elected to the board.
Dr. Frank Schmidt
Board of Directors
Director of Museum Böttcherstrasse Stiftungs GmbH
Museums Böttcherstraße Stiftungs GmbH has been a member of the CityInitiative for many years and since 2018 Dr. Frank Schmidt represented on the board. Since 2016, he has headed the Böttcherstraße museums and the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum and the Ludwig Roselius Museum, two cultural institutions in the heart of the city of Bremen.
Kristina Steinmüller
Board of Directors
Management Peek & Cloppenburg Bremen
Born in Bremen, Kristina Steinmüller is the manager of the Peek&Cloppenburg store on Obernstraße. She has also been on the board of the CityInitiative since 2019. Peek & Cloppenburg has been a member of the CityInitiative since 1995.
Stefan Storch
Board of Directors
Owner DF Rabe & Co.
Stefan Storch has been a member of the CityInitiative since 1995 and has been on the board since 2013. In addition, Mr. Storch is one of the three advisory boards of WallWerbe GbR, a member of the steering committee and the location commission of the BID Sögestraße, as well as active in various foundations of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce and in the retail committee.
