Honorary Chair
- Kasim Reed – Mayor of Atlanta
Members
- Yves Abrioux – Professor of English Literature
University of Paris - David Kibler – Cultural Attaché
French Consulate in Atlanta - Cynthia Blandford Nash – Honorary Consul General
Republic of Liberia - Corrine Kratz – Professor, Institute of African Studies and Department of Anthropology
Emory University - Emily Bourne Grigsby – Artist, Attorney, Arbitrator, Pilot
Atlanta, Georgia - Geneviève Verbeek – Consul General of Belgium in Atlanta
- Charleyne Hunter-Gault – Award-winning author and journalist
- Shelby Lewis – Emerita Professor of Political Science
Clark Atlanta University - Keith Jennings – Senior Associate and Regional Director
Southern and East Africa
National Democratic Institute - Lily Diaz–Kommonen – Head of Research, School of Art & DesignAalto University, Helsinki
- Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears (Retired) – Supreme Court of Georgia
- Guido Gryseels – Director, Royal Museum of Central Africa
Tervuren, Belgium - Lubungi Muniania – Tabilulu ProductionsNew York
- Haskell Ward – International Affairs Expert
- In Memoriam
Richard Long – Atticus Haygood Professor Emeritus
Emory University