Christian O. Erbe, Managing Director of Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH, Tübingen
Dr.Michael Endres, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
Professor Dr. Cornelia Ewigleben, Chairwoman of the Museum Commission and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz Advisory Board, Berlin
Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Chairman of the TRUMPF GmbH & Co. KG Supervisory Board, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Roland Berger Foundation, Neustadt an der Weinstraße
Dr. Ingmar Hoerr, Founder of CureVac AG, Tübingen
Dr. iur. Uwe Jens Jasper, Honorary President of the Reutlingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Johannes Kärcher, Shareholder and member of the SE & Co. KG Supervisory Board, Winnenden
Professorin Dr. Dr. h. c. Margot Käßmann, former Head of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany, Usedom
Dr. h. c. Michael Klett, Chairman of the Ernst Klett AG Supervisory Board, Stuttgart
† Professor Dr. rer. pol. Horst Köhler, former German President, Berlin
Dr. Ulrich Köstlin, former member of the Executive Board of Schering AG and Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin
Dr. Dieter Kurz, former Chairman of the Carl Zeiss Foundation Board of Trustees and Supervisory Board
Valdo Lehari jun., Managing Director and Publisher, Reutlinger General-Anzeiger Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, Reutlingen
Dr. phil. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, Chairwoman of the TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG Management Board, Ditzingen
Dr. Thomas Lindner, Chairman of the Groz-Beckert KG Supervisory Board, Albstadt
Dr. Frank Lucas, Banker, London
Dr. iur. Hans-Ernst Maute, Vice President of the Reutlingen Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Managing Director of Joma-Polytec Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bodelshausen
Professor Dr. Dres. h.c. Karl Ulrich Mayer, former President of the Leibniz Association
Professor Dr. Wilhelm Rall, former Chairman of the University of Tübingen Board of Trustees, Stuttgart
Eberhard Reiff, Chairman of the Reiff Group Executive Board, Reutlingen
Dr. iur. Arnd-Diether Rösch, former Gerhard Rösch GmbH Managing Director, Tübingen
Dr. iur. Eugen Schmid, former Mayor, Tübingen
Dr. Ursula Schwitalla BDA a.o., Art Historian, Tübingen
Dr. h.c. Erwin Teufel, former State Premier, Spaichingen
Jürgen Teufel, former Chairman of the Board of Sparkasse Pforzheim Calw, Calw
† Tilman Todenhöfer, Former managing partner of Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG
† Prof. Günther Uecker, Painter and object artist, Düsseldorf
Professor Dr. Dr. Rolf G. Werner, former Corporate Senior Vice President of Biopharmaceutical research and production at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH
Professor Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group Foundation, Künzelsau