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.