Dorothea Gregor has been working for the Bertelsmann Stiftung and Liz Mohn Stiftung since 2015, where she is responsible for the areas of funding, cooperations and cultural politics and also for studies and surveys in the field of culture and society. One of her focal points is the management and developement of the activities of Neue Stimmen, a project that promotes international young opera singers during their career entry phase.

She has been professionally associated with the Fondazione Mascarade Opera as a project executive in the area of international collaborations and marketing of young artists. She supports singers in matters relating to professional career entry and acts as a contact person for the international, and especially the German-speaking, opera industry.

Dorothea began her professional career as a mezzo-soprano and taught at several German Universities. After her artistic studies at the Hochschule für Franz Liszt Weimar, she studied music education, business and cultural management. She worked as a project manager for various cultural institutions and festivals in the field of programme conception and planning.

Dorothea is a board member of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, an association of all important German companies that are actively involved in cultural sponsorship and successfully completed a modular qualification as a systemic consultant in the field of organisational development.