Prof. Roger Chickering, Professor of History, BMW Center for German and European Studies, Georgetown University (steering committee member; editor, Wilhelmine Germany and the First World War, 1890-1918).

Prof. Gerald Feldman^†, Jane K. Sather Professor of History and Director of the Institute of European Studies, University of California at Berkeley (steering committee member).

Prof. Konrad Jarausch, Lurcy Professor of European Civilization, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Director of the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Potsdam (steering committee member; editor, Two Germanies, 1961-1990 and One Germany in Europe, 1990-present).

Prof. Christof Mauch, Professor of North American Cultural, Social, and Political History and Transatlantic Relations, Amerika-Institut, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich; former Director of the German Historical Institute (2002-2007) (steering committee co-chair).

Dr. Kelly A. McCullough, German Historical Institute (GHDI Project Manager and de facto steering committe member).

Prof. Dirk Schumann, Professor of History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen; former Deputy Director of the German Historical Institute (2002-2007) (steering committee co-chair).