There GDCh Board has been reshuffled: In addition to the 14 board members elected directly by GDCh members (7 from academia and 7 from industry), one member is appointed by the division chairs. The previous representative, Rolf Albach, Covestro, is stepping down at the end of the year, and the divisions have now delegated Stefanie Tschierlei, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, for a two-year term at their closed-door meeting in Fulda.