The Convenor of the R2P Coalition is Richard H. Cooper , Founder, General Welfare Group LLC. The Deputy Convenor is Kelly M. Whitley.

A core-group of individuals - the R2P Steering Committee - provides guidance as well as oversight on how the goals of the R2P Coalition are achieved.

The members of the Steering Committee are:

• Gareth Evans , President and CEO, The International Crisis Group
• Susan Mayer , Dean, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago
• Michael McConnell , Regional Director, Great Lakes, American Friends Service Committee
• William Pace , Executive Director, Institute for Global Policy
• Ken Roth , Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
• Paul Rutgers , Executive Director, Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago
• William Schulz , fmr. Executive Director, Amnesty International, USA
• Adele Simmons , President, Global Philanthropy Partnership

The R2P Advisory Board is composed of eminent personalities who provide advice to the R2P Steering Committee and the R2P Coalition Convenor.

The members of the Advisory Board are:

• Cherif Bassiouni, President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University
• Marshall Bouton , President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
• Juliette Voinov Kohler, fmr. Deputy Convenor for R2P Coalition
• Ruth Messinger , President, American Jewish World Service
• Mary Page , Director, Human Rights and International Justice, MacArthur Foundation
• David Scheffer , Director, Human Rights Center, Nothwestern University Law School
• Anne-Marie Slaughter , Dean, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• John L. Washburn, Convenor, American NGO Coalition for the ICC (AMICC)
• Gloria White-Hammond , Chairwoman, One Million Voices for Darfur