International Fund for Peace

Robert J. Berg was a senior advisor to UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO and the UN Economic Commission for Africa. He was the founding chair of evaluation for the OECD Development Assistance Committee. He has advised and served on the boards of more than 30 non-profit organizations, including as Chair of the Alliance for Peacebuilding, now the world’s largest network of peacebuilding organizations. His work has led to major policy and legislative reforms, expanded funding, and the creation of international programs.

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian stateswoman who served as the twenty-fourth President of Liberia from 2006 to 2018 and was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Internationally recognised for her leadership on peace, democratic governance, and women’s empowerment, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. She continues to be a leading global voice on freedom, justice, and inclusive development.

Lord Demond Browne is Chair of the Trustees of the European Leadership Network (a group he co-founded) and Vice Chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He was UK Defence Secretary under the Tony Blair and Gordon Brown administrations. He also served as a Minister for Northern Ireland. 

Prof Luis Gabriel Franceschi is the immediate former Assistant Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 countries, 2.7 billion people, one third of the world. He coordinated the Political, Democracy, Electoral, Public Sector Governance, Peace, Rule of Law, Judicial Transformation, Human Rights, and Countering Violence and Extremism work in the 56 member countries. He was also the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – CHOGM Conference Secretary.

Sheldon Himelfarb is Chair and Co-founder of the International Panel on the Information Environment and the founder and former CEO of PeaceTech Lab. He has led businesses, made films, and worked on projects around the world, with a career spanning government, business, and the nonprofit sector. A pioneer in the field of peacetech, he is committed to helping a rising generation of innovators use media, data, and technology to address conflict and build a safer, more peaceful world.