Anne Brasseur, present member of the Luxembourg Parliament, has a degree in psychology. She was elected in 1975 as an advisor to the City of Luxembourg, where she later became Deputy Mayor. She joined the Chamber of Deputies in 1979. From 1999 to 2004 she was Minister of Education and Sports. Within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe she had drafted numerous reports, including the "The Religious Dimension of the Intercultural Dialogue". In 2014 she was elected President of the Assembly, and was renewed in 2015. Today she is Ambassador of the Council of Europe for the Movement against Hate Speech.

Gunn Marit Helgesen is President of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities (KS). Since 2012 Ms Helgesen has been delegate to the Council of Europe Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, as head of the Norwegian delegation. She is at present the President of the Chamber of Regions. In 2016, Gunn Marit Helgesen was elected Co-President and member of the Presidency of Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). She also represents Norway in the World Council and Executive Bureau of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in which she is member of the Financial Management Committee. Ms Helgesen is an elected member of Telemark County Council and has previously held the positions of county mayor and county vice mayor.

Paul Maassen started working with the Open Government Partnership in June 2012. He is the Director for Civil Society Engagement. Paul has a long track record in the role technology and media can play in changing people's lives and the societies they live in. Prior to joining OGP Paul worked as Head of Finance and Partnerships for WWF International' Global Climate & Energy Initiative, working primarily with WWF offices in emerging economies to strengthen the design and sustainability of their programs. Before joining WWF Paul worked for 7 years with Dutch development organisation Hivos, as program manager for the global ICT & Media program. This is where he learned the ropes of being a funder and got a deep understanding of the complexities of realizing change in developing and repressive countries. Paul strongly believes in the potential of individuals to make a difference if they set their mind to it and get the tools – including technology – to realize their potential. He was also involved in the establishment of the East African citizen agency initiative Twaweza. Paul attained private sector experience with Dutch telecom company KPN. He holds an MSC in industrial engineering and management.

Since 2014, Aline Zunzunegui has researched the political participation of young mexican citizens. Currently, Aline is the Political Advocacy Coordinator of Ollin, Jóvenes en Movimiento, A.C. a non-profit organization based in Mexico, City. She is responsible for the Youth Plan for Democracy, which is an inter-institutional effort to promote the importance of civic engagement in electoral processes to guarantee a truly representative democracy in Mexico. She has a bachelor´s degree in political science and is an expert in Management for Development Results by the Inter-American Development Bank.

Born to German parents in Strasbourg and raised in France, Constantin Beck is a graduated philosophy student from the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon. He currently works for the Secretariat of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities.