IF4Peace is guided by leaders with extensive experience in peacebuilding, governance, diplomacy, development, philanthropy, institutional reform, and global risk.
Their role is to help ensure that IF4Peace is independent, credible, country-led, and designed for long-term public value.
Board of Trustees
Robert J. Berg
Founding Chair and CEO
Bob brings decades of leadership experience in international development and institutional reforms.
Sheldon Himelfarb
Secretary
Sheldon Co-founded the International Panel on the Information Environment and continues as a board member. He was the founder and former CEO of PeaceTech Lab.
Lord Desmond Browne
Board Member
Lord Browne served as UK Defence Secretary under the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown administrations.
Prof. Luis Gabriel Franceschi
Treasurer
Prof. Franceschi is the immediate former Assistant Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Board Member
Nobel Laureate Ellen served as the the 24th President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018.
Global Advisors
Alpaslan Özerdem
Professor of Peace & Conflict Studies; Dean, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
Catherine (Kate) Fearon
Director, Conflict Prevention Center of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); Deputy Head, OSCE Secretariat
Johan Vibe
Director, Norwegian Center for Conflict Resolution; former Director General, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Andrew Salmon
Former Commandant General Royal Marines and Director Force Generation and Readiness, NATO
Dylan Matthews
CEO, PeaceDirect; recent Chair, Civicus (the world’s largest association of civil society organizations)
Lord John Alderice
Presidente d’Honneur (President of Honour), Liberal International
Barbara Turner
Former Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID
Jack Sim
Social and economic entrepreneur, Singapore
Judy McCallam
Executive Director, Life and Peace Institute, Uppsala; Chair, Steering Committee for the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO)
Karim Haggag
Director, Swedish International Peace Research Institute; former senior diplomat, Egypt
Maho Nakayama
Director/Senior Program Officer, Peacebuilding Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo
Margot Bokanga
Chief of Staff, Ministry of Justice, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Moritz Ehrmann
Head of Division, Eastern Europe and South Caucasus, Federal Ministry of European and International Affairs, Austria
Sonali Kulkarni
Former President and CEO of Fanuc India; great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi
Per Heggenes
Former CEO, The IKEA Foundation
Steve Killelea
Philanthropist and Founder, The Institute for Economics and Peace. Member of the Order of Australia, 2010
Ravi Vekatesan
Chair, Global Alliance for People and the Planet; former Chair, Baroda Bank
Sylvie Issa Malouf
Programs Manager, Policy Hub, Qatar Foundation