Murray Forman, Northeastern University – USA, Canada (CIPHER and GHHS Boards)
Adam Haupt, University of Cape Town – Southern Africa (CIPHER and GHHS Boards)
Sina Nitzsche, Ruhr University Bochum – Germany, USA (CIPHER and GHHS Boards)
Karim Hammou, CNRS, Paris – France (CIPHER and GHHS Boards)
Hisham Aidi, Columbia University – France, North Africa
Dawn-Elissa Fischer, San Francisco State University / Harvard Hip Hop Archive – USA, Brazil, Japan
Justin Williams, University of Bristol – UK, USA
Elliott Powell, University of Minnesota – South Asian Diaspora
Wayne Marshall, Berklee College of Music – Circum-Caribbean
Catherine Appert, Cornell University – West Africa, USA
Nabeel Zuberi, University of Auckland – Aotearoa/New Zealand, UK
Mark Villegas, Franklin & Marshall College – USA, Philippines
Noriko Manabe, Temple University – Japan, USA
Tony Mitchell, University of Technology, Sydney – Australia, Pacific Islands (Honorary)
Jason Ng, University College Cork – Ireland (CIPHER Alumni Board)
Deirdre Molloy, University College Cork – Ireland (CIPHER Alumni Board)
Warrick Moses, University of Wisconsin-Madison – USA (CIPHER Alumni Board)
James McNally, Harvard University – USA (CIPHER Alumni Board)
Steve Gamble, University of Bristol – UK (CIPHER Alumni Board)
Janne Rantala, University College Cork – Ireland (CIPHER Alumni Board)