Board of Directors

The primary purpose of the Global Network Initiative's Board of Directors is to
further the Principles and to oversee the organization to fulfill the vision of the GNI.

The Board is composed of eight representatives from companies, four from non-governmental organizations, two from the academic community, two from the investor community, and an Independent Chair. Each Board member may also designate an alternate Board member from within its organization or constituency. 

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jermyn Brooks as our new Independent Chair.  Read more here.

The following members serve on the GNI Board:

Independent Chair

Jermyn Brooks

NGO Members

Arvind Ganesan
Human Rights Watch

Leslie Harris
Center for Democracy & Technology

Robert Mahoney
Committee to Protect Journalists

Meg Roggensack
Human Rights First

Company Members

Steve Crown
Microsoft

Ebele Okobi-Harris
Yahoo!

Lewis Segall
Google

Note: Five company seats remain open for companies that join the GNI in the future.

Academic Members

Rebecca MacKinnon
Personal capacity

Colin Maclay
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

Investor Members

Bennett Freeman
Calvert Group

Adam Kanzer
Domini Social Investments LLC


The following members serve as Alternate Board Members:

NGO Alternates

Mark Bench
World Press Freedom Committee

Sharon Hom
Human Rights In China

Kathleen Reen
Internews

Company Alternates

Bob Boorstin
Google

Dorothy Dwoskin
Microsoft

Sonja Gittens-Ottley
Yahoo!

Academic Alternates

Deirdre Mulligan

Ernest Wilson
Personal capacity

Investor Alternates

Alexis Krajeski
F&C Asset Management

Lauren Compere
Boston Common Asset Management