(updated October 2008)
The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs of Lewes, Britain (founding Chair of COL, 1988 - 1993)
Dr. H. Ian Macdonald, O.C., President Emeritus, York University (second Chair of COL, January 1994 - April 2003)
Dr. Lewis Perinbam, O.C., former Vice President of the Canadian International Development Agency, (third Chair of COL, April 1994 - December 2007) (dec'd)
Sir Shridath Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary-General, 1975 - 1990
His Excellency Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Commonwealth Secretary-General, 1990 - 1999
Mr. Don Hamilton, Government of Canada (founding Vice Chairman)
Ms. Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Pakistan
Pehin Dato Abu Bakar Apong, Brunei Darussalam
Mr. Gerry Armstrong, Government of British Columbia
Mr. Sudeep K. Banerjee, Government of India
Dame Jocelyn Barrow, Britain
Mr. B.S. Baswan, Government of India
Mr. Desmond Bermingham, Government of the United Kingdom
Professor C.D. Blake, Government of Australia
Dr. M.M. Bunza, Government of Nigeria
Ms. Shona Butterfield, CNZM, Government of New Zealand
The Honourable Iona Campagnolo, Government of Canada
Mr. B.K. Chaturvedi, Government of India
Dr. Anastasios Christodoulou, Britain
Ms. Fay Chung, Zimbabwe
Ms. Robin Ciceri, Government of British Columbia
Dr. Glenn Crombie, Government of Canada (dec'd)
Sir John S. Daniel, Canada and Britain
Mr. P.R. Dasgupta, Government of India
Dato' Paduka Haji Ali Hashim Haji Daud, Government of Brunei Darussalam
Dr. Tara de Mel, Sri Lanka
Dr. Marshall Elliott, Government of the United Kingdom
Ms. Ali Gillies, Government of Australia
Dr. Marlene Hamilton, Jamaica
Ms. Myra Harrison, Government of the United Kingdom
Mr. Shell Harvey, Government of British Columbia
Reverend Professor Peter Serracino Inglott, Malta
Dr. Roger O. Iredale, Government of the United Kingdom
Professor Richard Johnson, Government of Australia
Professor Walter J. Kamba, Zimbabwe
The Honourable Dr. S. Langi Kavaliku, Tonga
Mr. M.K. Kaw, Government of India
Sir Quo-Wei Lee, Hong Kong
Professor Lydia Makhubu, Swaziland
Sir Roy Marshall, Barbados
The Honourable Fiamé Naomi Mata'afa, Samoa
Professor Stephen Matlin, Government of the United Kingdom
The Honourable Sir Alister McIntyre, Jamaica
Dr. Penina Mlama, Tanzania
Dato Paduka Haji Abdul Razak bin Haji Muhammad, Government of Brunei Darussalam
Professor Julius N. Odurkene, Uganda
The Honourable Teima Onorio, Kiribati
Professor G. Ram Reddy, Government of India (dec'd)
Dr. Ihron L. Rensburg, South Africa
Mr. William L. Renwick, New Zealand
Hj. Mohd. Denis bin Hj. Roslee, Brunei Darussalam
Mr. John Samuel, South Africa
Ms. Tina Sartoretto, Government of Canada
Mr. Abhimanyu Singh, Government of India
Mr. H.M. Sirisena, Sri Lanka
Professor Malcolm Skilbeck, Government of Australia
Mrs. Esi Sutherland-Addy, Ghana
Mr. S.C. Tripathi, Government of India
Mr. S.K. Tripathi, Government of India
Ms. Jodi White, Government of Canada
Alhaji Hafiz S. Wali, Government of Nigeria
Professor D.S. Wijeyesekera, Sri Lanka
