Honorary / Emeritus board members are a vital part of the board of directors because they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience. They can participate in meetings, they are non-voting members.

Australia

• Graham Oppy, Monash University

Canada

• Jan Narveson, University of Waterloo

India

• Ramendra Nath, Patna University

Sweden

• Taslima Nasrin, Author, poet, physician, refugee under fatwa

United Kingdom

• Susan Blackmore, University of Plymouth
• Richard Dawkins, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford
• David Papineau, King’s College, London

USA

• Elizabeth Anderson, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Natalie Angier, Pulitzer Prize winning science writer forThe New York Times
• Louise Antony, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Ronald Aronson, Wayne State University
• Francis B. Assaf, University of Georgia
• Dan Barker,Freedom From Religion Foundation
• Jacques Berlinerblau, Georgetown University
• Sean Carroll, California Institute of Technology
• Matt Cherry, John Burton Advocates for Youth
• Tom Clark, Center for Naturalism
• Austin Dacey, formerly of theCenter for Inquiry
• Daniel C. Dennett, Tufts University
• Ted Drange, West Virginia University
• Taner Edis, Truman State University
• Fred Edwords,American Humanist Association
• Tim Gorski, North Texas Church of Freethought
• Alan Hale,Earthrise Institute
• Richard Hanley, University of Delaware
• Sam Harris, author ofThe End of Faith
• R. Joseph Hoffmann, American University of Central Asia
• Doug Jesseph, University of South Florida
• Penn Jillette, Entertainer, author, magician
• Wendy Kaminer,The American Prospect andThe Atlantic Monthly
• David Lester, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Tim Madigan, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, New York
• Colin McGinn, formerly of Miami University
• Delos B. McKown, Auburn University
• Michael Newdow, Physician, lawyer, plaintiff challenging “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance
• Keith M. Parsons, University of Houston, Clear Lake
• Massimo Pigliucci, City University of New York – City College
• Steven Pinker, Harvard University
• Robert M. Price, Center for Inquiry Institute
• Ellery Schempp, initiator of the 1963 Supreme Court case, Abington v. Schempp, objecting to Bible-reading ‘devotions’ in the public schools.
• Michael Shermer,Skeptics Society
• Julia Sweeney, Actress, comedienne, author
• Edward Tabash, Constitutional and civil rights attorney
• Corey Washington, Michigan State University
• Erik J. Wielenberg, DePauw University
• Frank R. Zindler,American Atheists

Deceased Supporters

• Greg Erwin,Humanist Association of Canada
• Antony Flew, Reading
• Paul Kurtz, Council for Secular Humanism
• Adolf Grünbaum, University of Pittsburgh
• Michael Martin, Boston University
• Molleen Matsumura, Church-State Activist
• Robin Murray-O’Hair,American Atheists
• Kai Nielsen, University of Calgary
• Niall Shanks, Wichita State University
• J. J. C. Smart, Monash University
• Quentin Smith, Western Michigan University
• Warren Allen Smith, author ofWho’s Who in Hell andCelebrities in Hell
• Vic Stenger, University of Hawaii and the University of Colorado
• Farrell Till,Skeptical Review