The GNI Board

The Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic direction and fiduciary operations of GNI. It is made up of one Independent Chair, five company representatives (there are currently three additional company seats available that have not yet been filled), four civil society organization representatives, two academic representatives and two investor representatives. Each Board member may also designate an alternate member from within its organization or constituency.

Independent Chair

MARK STEPHENS, CBE.

Companies

PABLO CHAVEZ
  LinkedIn

STEVE CROWN
  Microsoft

TEKEDRA MAWAKANA
  Yahoo!

MATT PERAULT
  Facebook

LEWIS SEGALL
  Google

Civil Society Organizations

ARVIND GANESAN
  Human Rights Watch

JODIE GINSBERG
  Index on Censorship *

ROB MAHONEY
  Committee to Protect Journalists

GREG NOJEIM
  Center for Democracy & Technology**

Investors

BENNETT FREEMAN
  (GNI Board Secretary)
Calvert Group

SARA NORDBRAND
  Church of Sweden


* From October 2015, Ms Ginsberg called the open civil society seat on the Board.
** From January 2015 Mr Nojeim replaced Ms Nuala O’Connor (Center for Democracy and Technology).

Academics & Academic Organizations

EDUARDO BERTONI
  University of Palermo

DALIA TOPELSON RITVO
  Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University

Board Alternates in 2015

FARIEHA AZIZ
  (Bolo Bhi)

MARK BENCH
  (World Press Freedom Committee, until October 2015)

ARTURO CARRILLO
  (The George Washington University Law School)

LAUREN COMPERE
  (Boston Common Asset Management)

SARA HARRINGTON
  (LinkedIn)

ADAM KANZER
  (Domini Social Investments LLC)

NICOLE KARLEBACH
  (Yahoo!)

DEIRDRE MULLIGAN
  (U.C. Berkeley School of Information)

ANDREW O’CONNELL
  (Facebook)

KATHLEEN REEN
  (Internews)

BERNARD SHEN
  (Microsoft)

ALEXANDRIA WALDEN
  (Google)

CYNTHIA WONG
  (Human Rights Watch)

GNI Committees

GNI operates through board committees. The Executive and Management Committee is responsible for fiduciary operations and internal policies, including budget, staffing and the conflict of interest policy. The other committees are Governance and Accountability, Policy and Learning, and Outreach and Communications. With the exception of the Executive and Management committee, which is composed of GNI board members with balanced representation from each constituency, GNI’s committees are open to all GNI participants.