Current Board of Trustees
The current Board includes 18 members:
Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, Ph.D. - UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the Iraq Compact and Other Issues
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ph.D. - Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA , USA
Minister Joaquim Duarte da Costa David - Ministry of Industry, Republic of Angola
Ambassador Josefina Pitra Diakité - Embassy of the Republic of Angola to the United States, Washington, DC, USA
Dr. Irene Alexandra da Silva Neto - Deputy Minister for Cooperation, Ministry of External Relations, Republic of Angola, Luanda, Angola
Dr. Arlindo Praia Sicato - Deputy Minister, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Angola, Luanda, Angola
Eng. José Amaro Tati - Governor - Bié province, Republic of Angola, Bié, Angola
Ambassador John W. McDonald - Chairperson/CEO - The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy, Virginia, USA
Professor David Ferster, Ph.D. - Chairperson/Professor Neurobiology and Physiology Department, Northwestern University; Acting Chairperson and Vice-chairperson, SHAREcircle Board of Directors, USA
Dr. Tony Karbo - Programme Officer, Unite Nations University of Peace (UN UPEACE), Africa Programme, Ethiopia
Professor Brian Polkinghorn, Ph.D. - Wilson Elkins Distinguished Professor and Graduate Director, Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and Executive Director, Center for Conflict Resolution, Salisbury University, USA
Professor Gerald Pillay, Th.D., Ph.D. - Rector and Vice Chancellor Liverpool Hope University, UK
Professor Richard Ashley, Ph.D. - Associate Professor - Music Theory and Cognition, Northwestern University, USA
Dr. Sandra Alcorn - Dean Emeritus, School of Social Work, George Williams College of Aurora University, Illinois, USA
Professor Rukudzo Murapa, Ph.D. - Former Vice Chancellor, Africa University, Zimbabwe
Professor Michael Graham, Ph.D. - Research Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA
Professors John K. Thornton, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of History and African American Studies Center, Boston University, USA
Professor Linda Heywood, Ph.D. - Professor, Department of History and African American Studies Center, Boston University, USA
