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      <image:caption>GABC Annual Membership Dinner/Reception at the Residence of H.E. Jens Hanefeld, Ambassador of Germany to the U.S.' From left: Rep. Juan Vargas, Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (GABC President &amp; CEO), H.E. Jens Hanefeld, Anna Schneider (Volkswagen/GABC Vice Chair), Candi Wolff (Citigroup/GABC Chair), Rep. William Keating (Co-Chair, German Congressional Caucus)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Peter Lefkin, Allianz, accepting the 2024 GABC Leadership Award</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Patrik Jonsson, President of Lilly USA, accepting 2024 Leadership Award on behalf of Eli Lilly and Company</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Pictured from left: Patrik Jonsson (Eli Lilly &amp; Company), Sandra Weeser, MP (German Bundestag), Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Rep. Alma Adams (U.S. House of Representatives), Peter Lefkin (Allianz), Sen. Mike Braun (U.S. Senate), GABC Chair Laura Lane (UPS), GABC President and CEO Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>H.E. Emily Haber receives the 2023 GABC Leadership Award, presented by Rep. William (Bill) Keating (MA-09), 2014 GABC Leadership Award Recipient</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Jackie Hunt, Allianz Executive Board Member, accepting 2019 Leadership Award on behalf of Allianz</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Alan MacDonald, Citibank Vice-Chairman, accepting 2020 Leadership Award on behalf of Citigroup, presented by Anna Schneider, Volkswagen &amp; GABC Board Member (center) and Peter Beyer, MdB (right)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Rick LaBerge, HARIBO Chief Commercial Officer, accepting 2023 Leadership Award on behalf of HARIBO, presented by Candi Wolff, Citigroup &amp; GABC Vice-Chair</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Mike McDermott, Pfizer Chief Global Supply Officer and Executive Vice President, accepting 2022 Leadership Award on behalf of Pfizer, presented by Anna Schneider, Volkswagen &amp; GABC Board Member (right) and Dr. Andrew Ullmann, MdB (left)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>Stefan Oschmann, Merck CEO, accepting Leadership Award on behalf of Merck KGaA, presented by Lynn Taylor, GABC Honorary Chair (right) and Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference Chair and former German Ambassador to the U.S. (left)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UPS CEO David Abney accepts GABC Leadership Award on behalf of UPS</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Lisa Davis, Chair and CEO of Siemens Corp. USA, accepting 2018 Leadership Award on behalf of Siemens AG</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>2016 Leadership Award Recipients, from left: BMW, accepted by Ludwig Willisch, Rep. Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson, and Dagmar Freitag, MdB</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Leadership Award</image:title>
      <image:caption>GABC Leadership Award recipients, Senator Dan Coats (left) and Governor Phil Murphy (U.S. Ambassador to Germany 2009-2013)(right)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The Honorable Charlie Dent, 2018 Leadership Award Recipient</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Bundestag, receiving Leadership Award in 2015</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Steffen Bilger, MP, accepting the 2026 Leadership Award</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Heather Remley (CEO, BASF Corp.), accepting the 2026 Leadership Award on behalf of GABC member company BASF</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Anna Schneider (GABC Vice-Chair) with Candi Wolff (Citigroup / GABC Chair)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pictured from left: H.E. Georg Sparber (Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the US), H.E. Pjer Šimunović (Ambassador of Croatia to the US), Rep. William Keating (US House of Representatives / German-American Caucus Co-Chair), and Rep. Juan Vargas (US House of Representatives)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Pictured from left: Julia Arns, Catherine Trinkle, Heather Remley (CEO, BASF Corp.), Michael Anderson (all with BASF)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: Anna Schneider (GABC Vice-Chair) with Ann Fairchild (President &amp; CEO, Siemens USA)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger (President &amp; CEO, GABC), Steffen Bilger, MP, H.E. Jens Hanefeld (Ambassador of Germany to the US), Heather Remley (CEO, BASF Corp.), Anna Schneider (GABC Vice-Chair)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: H.E. Petra Schneebauer (Ambassador of Austria to the US), with Kjell Gruner (President &amp; CEO, Volkswagen Group of America)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: Anne Marie Chotvacs (RTX), H.E. Vladislav Kulminski (Ambassador of Moldova to the US), Rodica Kulminski (wife of H.E. Kulminski)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: H.E. Pjer Šimunović (Ambassador of Croatia to the US) with Brian Heindl (Linde)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>GABC Staff, volunteers, and alumni, with Ulrich (Uli) Gamerdinger</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Laura Lane, GABC Chair Emeritus, accepts the 2025 Leadership Award from H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation) and GABC Vice-Chair Anna Schneider (Volkswagen)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Jochen Hanebeck, CEO Infineon Technologies AG, accepts the GABC 2025 Leadership on behalf of Infineon Technologies AG from H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation) and GABC Vice-Chair Anna Schneider (Volkswagen)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left to right: H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation), Laura Lane (Chevron), Uli Gamerdinger (GABC), Anna Schneider (Volkswagen), Congressman William Keating (U.S. House of Representatives) and Jochen Hanebeck (Infineon Technologies, AG)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From Left to Right: Jochen Hanebeck (Infineon Technologies), H.E. Petra Schneebauer (Austrian Embassy), H.E. Jovita Neliupšienė (EU Delegation), H.E. Georg Sparber (Embassy of Liechtenstein), H.E. Pjer Šimunović (Embassy of Croatia) and Michael Boll (Infineon Technologies)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>From left: David Talbot (Eli Lilly), Roland Sackers (Qiagen), H.E. Emily Haber (Ambassador of Germany to the U.S. 2018 - 2023), Ulrich Gamerdinger (GABC President and CEO), Clark Price (Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Berlin), Klaus Cannive (HARIBO)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>GABC events facilitate the strengthening of German-American business connections and are a platform for the exchange of innovative ideas. Pictured (from left): Ulrich Gamerdinger, President and CEO, GABC; Robin Quinville, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Berlin; Peter Beyer, MP</image:caption>
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