Horst Krumbach is Chairman of the Board of the Catholic Foundation Marienheim Aachen-Brand and Managing Director of the Marienheim. With the Aachen-based "Generationsbrücke Deutschland", he founded Germany's first generation-connecting social enterprise in 2012 and has since then established his concept in 250 German locations. He was able to have the then Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel win.

Andreas Heineke is founder of Dialogue in the Dark and other exhibitions (Dialogue in Silence, Dialogue with Time) and also he is one of the most important social entrepreneurs in the world, his business has locations in 47 countries. Thanks to his know-how and vision, Andreas Heinecke is a leading innovator of new concepts aimed at breaking stereotyped thinking and overcoming communication barriers and bringing them to new countries.

Ralf Otten has been an established and renowned lawyer in Aachen since 1996. In addition, he acts as a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences of Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia. As a knowledgeable citizen of the city of Aachen, he is a member of the Housing and Real Estate Committee. Ralf Otten is the chairman of the parliamentary group in the Aachen-Mitte district council and a volunteer in numerous other committees and associations in Aachen.