Get to Know Our Board Members
To ensure a global perspective, our Board Members come from a variety of cultural and professional backgrounds, speak more than 30 languages and are chosen to be reflective of the diverse users of Facebook, Instagram and Threads. From academics to policymakers and journalists, each Member brings a unique perspective that can help to improve how Meta moderates content on its platforms.

Meet Our Board Members Around the World

Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei
Director for Justice & Accountability, Open Society Foundations-Africa
Evelyn Aswad
Professor and Chair, University of Oklahoma College of Law
Endy Bayuni
Senior Editor and Board Member, The Jakarta Post
Paolo Carozza
Professor, University of Notre Dame
Katherine Chen
Professor, National Chengchi University
Nighat Dad
Executive Director, Digital Rights Foundation, and Lawyer
Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Sudhir Krishnaswamy
Vice Chancellor and Professor of Law, National Law School of India University
Ronaldo Lemos
Professor, Rio de Janeiro State University’s Law School
Khaled Mansour
Writer
Michael McConnell
Professor and Director of the Constitutional Law Center, Stanford Law School
Suzanne Nossel
Chief Executive Officer, PEN America
Julie Owono
Executive Director, Internet Sans Frontières
Emi Palmor
Advocate and Lecturer, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel
Alan Rusbridger
Editor, Prospect magazine
András Sajó
University Professor, Central European University
John Samples
Vice President, Cato Institute
Pamela San Martín
Former Electoral Councilor at the National Electoral Institute (INE) in Mexico
Nicolas Suzor
Professor, School of Law at Queensland University of Technology
Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Former Prime Minister, Denmark
Kenji Yoshino
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law and Faculty Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion and BelongingFuture Appointments
To protect our independence, Board Members contract directly with the Oversight Board. They are not Meta employees and cannot be removed by the company. Most importantly, as we announced in April 2023, Meta no longer plays a role in the selection of new Board Members. We hold sole responsibility for all future appointments.
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