Kerstin Hamann (chair), Pegasus Professor and Chair, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida

Roger Handberg, Professor, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida

Jay Garner, Retired US Army Lieutenant General

Aveen Karim, Georgetown University

Najmaldin Karim, Neurosurgeon and former Governor of Kirkuk, Republic of Iraq

Joe R. Reeder, former US Under Secretary of the Army

Güneş Murat Tezcür, Jalal Talabani Chair of Kurdish Political Studies, School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida

Howar Ziad, the former Ambassador of Iraq to Canada

Gazi Zibari, Director, John C McDonald Regional Transplant Center and Advanced Surgery Center at Willis Knighton Health System

Honar Isa, Member of the Board of Trustees at The American University of Kurdistan

Nahro Zagros, Vice President of Soran University