Board of Trustees
H.E. Tarja Halonen (Finland)
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Former President of Finland
Ms. María Elena Agüero (Spain)
Secretary General, Club de Madrid
Mr. Bernt Apeland (Norway)
Secretary General, Norwegian Red Cross
Ms. Ann-Magrit Austenå (Norway)
Secretary General, The Norwegian Organization for Asylum Seekers (NOAS)
Ms. Shari Bryan (USA)
Vice President, National Democratic Institute
Hon. Kevin Casas-Zamora (Costa Rica)
Secretary-General, International IDEA
Mr. Dag Dvergsten (Norway)
President of Dag Dvergsten AS
Mr. Odd Einar Dørum (Norway)
Former Cabinet Minister of Norway
Ms. Bente E. Engesland (Norway)
CEO, BCW Oslo
Mr. Bjørn Engesland (Norway)
Secretary General, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee
Mr. Ken Godfrey (United Kingdom)
Executive Director, European Partnership for Democracy (EpD)
Mr. Kristian Berg Harpviken (Norway)
Research Professor, PRIO
Mr. Stig Olav Jacobsen (Norway)
Investor
Ms. Hilde Frafjord Johson (Norway)
Former Minister of International Development in Norway, former Special Representative of the UN-Secretary General to South Sudan
Mr. Denis Kadima (South Africa)
Executive Director, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA)
Ms. Ane Hansdatter Kismul (Norway)
Head of Parliament Secretariat, Norwegian Centre Party
Mr. Olav Kjørven (Norway)
Chief Strategy Officer, EAT, former Assistant Secretary-General, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP
Ms. Bente Knagenhjelm (Norway)
Former Project Manager, Nansen Centre for Peace and Dialogue
Mr. Jostein Hole Kobbeltvedt (Norway)
Executive Director, Rafto Foundation for Human Rights
Ms. Gry Larsen (Norway)
Secretary General, CARE Norway
H.E. Paavo Lipponen (Finland)
Former Prime Minister of Finland
Mr. Sveinung Lunde (Norway)
Senior Advisor, Bjørknes University College
Mr. Eirik Løkke (Norway)
Advisor, Civita
Mr. Ottar Mæstad (Norway)
Director, Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI)
H.E. Göran Persson (Sweden)
Former Prime Minister of Sweden, Former Leader, Social Democratic Party
Mr. Jan Petersen (Norway)
Former Norwegian Cabinet Minister
Mr. Paul Pribbenow (USA)
President, Augsburg College
Mr. James Reimer (Canada)
Investor
Mr. Per Saxegaard (Norway)
Founder and Executive Chair, Business for Peace Foundation
Ms. Anne Sender (Norway)
Former Chair of the Jewish Community of Oslo
Mr. Anne Cathrine Uteng da Silva (Norway)
Secretary General, United Nations Association of Norway
Ms. Torild Skogsholm (Norway)
Head of Parliament Secretariat, Norwegian Liberal Party, Former Minister of Transport and Communications of Norway
Mr. Mathias Slettholm (Norway)
Political Advisor, SOS Children’s Villages Norway
Mr. Bård Vegar Solhjell (Norway)
CEO, WWF Norway, Former Minister of the Environment of Norway
Mr. Atle Sommerfeldt (Norway)
Norwegian Bishop, Former Secretary General of Norwegian Church Aid
Ms. Ingrid Stange (Norway)
Founder and Executive Chair, Partnership for Change
Mr. Einar Steensnæs (Norway)
Former Executive Director of the Oslo Center, Former Minister of Petroleum and Energy, and Education of Norway
Mr. Henrik Syse (Norway)
Research Professor, PRIO, Vice Chair, Norwegian Nobel Committee
Ms. Gro Hillestad Thune (Norway)
Norwegian Lawyer, Former Member of The European Commision of Human Rights
Mr. John R. Tunheim (USA)
Chief U.S. District Court Judge, District of Minnesota
Mr. Didrik Tønseth (Norway)
Diplomat and Lawyer, Former Norwegian Ambassador
Ms. Gerd Liv Valla (Norway)
Former Leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Ms. Inger Helene Venås (Norway)
Executive Director, Virke – Enterprise Federation of Norway