Board and Advisory Council
ICNL is governed by an international Board of Directors. Our Advisory Council, which assists the Board in setting ICNL's policies and designing our programs, includes representatives from thirty-one countries. Learn more about our Board and Advisory Council members by clicking on their names.
Board of Directors
| Name | Organization | Country |
| Oonagh Breen (Chair) | University College Dublin | Ireland |
| Barbara Ibrahim (Vice Chair) | American University in Cairo | Egypt |
| Suneeta Kaimal (Treasurer) | Natural Resource Governance Institute | USA |
| Emile van der Does de Willebois (Secretary) | World Bank | Netherlands |
| Mary Beth Goodman | Independent Consultant | USA |
| Feliciano Reyna Ganteaume | Acción Solidaria | Venezuela |
| Douglas Rutzen (Ex-Officio) | International Center for Not-for-Profit Law | USA |
| Bindu Sharma | International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children | Singapore/India |
| W. Aubrey Webson | Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations | Antigua and Barbuda |
Advisory Council
| Name | Organization | Country |
| Ireri Ablanedo | Independent Consultant | Mexico |
| Betsy Buchalter Adler | Adler & Colvin (retired), Claire Giannini Fund | USA |
| Diana Aviv | Diana Aviv Consultants: Leadership, Strategy, Social Innovation | USA |
| Murray Baird | Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission | Australia |
| Netsanet Belay | Amnesty International | Ethiopia |
| Filiz Bikmen | Independent Consultant | Turkey |
| Ligia Bolivar | Human Rights Center, Andres Bello Catholic University | Venezuela |
| Donnalie Edwards Cabey | Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands | Antigua |
| Guillermo Canova | Universidad Austral | Argentina |
| Thomas Carothers | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | USA |
| Noshir Dadrawala | Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy | India |
| Harvey Dale | New York University School of Law | USA |
| Philippe-Henri Dutheil | Ernst & Young | France |
| T.Başak Ersen | Third Sector Foundation of Turkey (TUSEV) | Turkey |
| Nancy Fashho | Attorney and Governance Specialist | Jordan |
| Nimalka Fernando | International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IMADR) | Sri Lanka |
| Luke Fletcher | Bates Wells Braithwaite | UK |
| Hannah Forster | African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies | Gambia |
| Will Fitzpatrick | The Omidyar Group | USA |
| Muatar Khaydarova | Tajikistan NGO "Society and Law" | Tajikistan |
| Natasha Gaber-Damjanovska | Constitutional Court of the Republic of Macedonia | Macedonia |
| Faith Kisinga Gitonga | Kenya | |
| Waruguru Kaguongo | Independent Consultant | Kenya |
| Stephan Klingelhofer | International Center for Not-for-Profit Law | USA |
| Adam Kolker | Columbia Law School | USA |
| Anselmo Lee | Graduate School of Public Policy and Civic Engagement at Kyunghee University | Korea |
| Ruth Madrigal | Steptoe & Johnson, LLP | USA |
| Caroline McCarthy | true[X] / 21st Century Fox | USA |
| Guadalupe Mendoza | Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO) | Mexico |
| Usha Menon | Usha Menon Management Consultancy | Singapore |
| Ingrid Mittermaier | Adler & Colvin | USA |
| Alice Mogwe | DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights | Botswana |
| Isabel Penalosa-Esteban | Spanish Association of Foundations | Spain |
| Julia Sanchez | New Democratic Party of Canada | Canada |
| Krystian Seibert | Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne University of Technology | Australia |
| Mark Sidel | University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School | USA |
| Dan Songco | PinoyME Foundation | Philippines |
| Eduardo Szazi | Group of Institutes, Foundations and Enterprises | Brazil |
| Jean L. Tom | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP | USA |
| Cori Zarek | Mozilla Foundation | USA |