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Our board is comprised of experts from disciplines including law, arts, science, culture, and technology. The following individuals have served Creative Commons as board members. We are grateful for their service.
Bolded names indicate current board members.
| Board Member (by year of appointment) | Term of Service | Role |
| Eldred, Eric | 2001-2008 | Founding director |
| Boyle, Jamie | 2001-2009 | Founding director |
| Abelson, Hal | 2001-2015 | Founding director |
| Carroll, Michael | 2001-2015 | Founding director |
| Saltzman, Eric | 2001-2015 | Founding director |
| Lessig, Lawrence | 2001-2019 | Founding director; Emeritus Board |
| Shaffer Van Houweling, Molly | 2002-2015, 2016-2022 | Board Chair (2016-2022) |
| Guggenheim, Davis | 2003-2014 | |
| Ito, Joi | 2003-2014 | Board Chair |
| Buckman, John | 2006-2007 | |
| Wales, Jimmy | 2006-2014 | |
| Racine, Laurie | 2006-2015 | |
| Gil, Gilberto | 2008 | |
| Fake, Caterina | 2008-2014 | |
| Wojcicki, Esther | 2008-2015 | Board Chair |
| Brown, Glenn | 2009-2014 | |
| Casserly, Cathy | 2010-2014 | |
| Thomas, Annette | 2010-2014 | |
| Fitzgerald, Brian | 2011-2014 | |
| Brest, Paul | 2012-2018 | Board Chair |
| Adida, Ben | 2013-2020 | |
| Rubin, Tom | 2013-2019 | |
| Cabell, Diane | 2001-2014 | Secretary/Clerk (2001-2013) |
| Gordon, Dorothy | 2013-2016 | |
| Sprigman, Chris | 2013-2016 | |
| Yoon, Jay | 2013-2017 | |
| Keller, Paul | 2013-2018 | |
| Thorne, Chris | 2013-2018 | |
| Avila, Renata | 2014-2020 | |
| Peters, Diane | 2014-2020 | Secretary and General Counsel |
| Merkley, Ryan | 2014-2019 | CEO |
| Nightingale, Johnathan | 2015-2019 | |
| Spelman, Katherine | 2015-2017 | |
| Okediji, Ruth | 2017-2022 | |
| Brand, Amy | 2018-2022 | |
| Browne, Delia | 2018-2024 | Board Chair |
| Randeree, Bilal | 2019-2025 | |
| Tarkowski, Alek | 2019-2024 | |
| Macgillivray, Alexander | 2020-2021 | Vice Chair |
| Stihler, Catherine | 2020-2023 | CEO |
| Odour Lungati, Angela | 2021- | Board Chair |
| Otis Brown, Glenn | 2021- | Vice Chair |
| Tennison, Jeni | 2021- | |
| Belcher, Marta | 2023- | |
| Grimmelmann, James | 2023- | |
| Villa, Luis | 2023- | |
| Tumadóttir, Anna | 2024- | CEO |
| Alkhaja, Alwaleed | 2025- | |
| Hagemann, Melissa | 2025- | |
| Omino, Melissa | 2025- | |
| Sullivan, Colin | 2025- |
