Andrea Frank has been Deputy Secretary General of the Stifterverband and a member of the Executive Board since 2022. She is responsible for the Stifterverband's programme activities focussing on relevant systemic improvement of education, science and innovation. Prior to this, she was head of programmes at the Stifterverband, responsible for strengthening cooperation between business, science and civil society and worked at the German Rectors' Conference, most recently as head of the Bologna Competence Centre. Andrea Frank studied Regional Studies North America, Political Science and Sociology in Bonn and South Hadley (USA) as well as Public Management at the Hertie School Berlin. She is a member of numerous committees such as the EXIST Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and the university councils of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts.