CIGI Chairs are based at Wilfrid Laurier University or the University of Waterloo as part of the joint Graduate Program in Global Governance. They are recognized experts in their field of international governance and contribute to CIGI's core mandate by assisting in the development of research agendas and the overall advancement of the Graduate Program.

	Jennifer Clapp			Jorge  Heine			Maurice Kugler
	Eric Helleiner			Kathryn  Hochstetler			Thomas Homer-Dixon
	Will Coleman			Sue    Horton			Paul Freston
	James Blight			David   Welch