Members of the Commission
Kofi Annan 
Convening Chairman
Founding Chair of the Kofi Annan Foundation, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Secretary-General of the UN from 1997 to 2007. Convening this Commission under the auspices of the Kofi Annan Foundation was one of Kofi Annan’s last big projects before his passing in August 2018.
Laura Chinchilla Chair
Vice-President of the Club of Madrid, Former President Costa Rica. President Chinchilla is among the most influential advocates for electoral integrity in Latin America and beyond and a visiting Professor in several academic institutions across North- and Latin America.
Yves Leterme Vice-Chair
Secretary-General of International IDEA, Former Prime Minister of Belgium
Stephen Stedman Secretary-General of the Commission
Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
Noeleen Heyzer
Former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Former President of Estonia
Ory Okolloh
Director of Investments at Omidyar Network
Nate Persily
James B. McClatchy Professor of Law at Stanford Law School
Alex Stamos
Research Professor at Stanford University, Former Chief Security Officer at Facebook
William Sweeney
President and CEO of the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES)
Megan Smith
Founder and CEO at Shift7, Former United States Chief Technology Officer
Ernesto Zedillo
Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Former President of Mexico