Board of Trustees

Prof. Adrianus Mooy, PhD
Board of Trustee

Edwin Soeryadjaya
Board of Trustee

Drs. Jakob Tobing, MPA
President
Jakob Tobing is one of the most prominent architects of the new democratic Indonesia. He played an instrumental role in Indonesia’s transition from the authoritarian rule to democracy in 1998. He was then entrusted as the Chairman of the 1999 National Election Committee and the 1999-2004 Parliamentary Commission on the Constitutional Amendment – the two important bodies that decisively replaced authoritarianism with democracy in Indonesia. Under his leadership, the constitutional amendment has guaranteed the principles of democracy, rule of law, and human rights, which is now seen as a model by many other countries. He was a student leader against the old order in 1966, appointed as member of parliament in 1968, and became the Vice Chairman of the ruling party during the Suharto’s regime. But during the height of the authoritarian regime, he joined the opposition and was invited to join and establish the reform PDIP party by its Chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri, who later became the President of Indonesia. President Habibie decorated him with Mahaputera Utama medal in 1999. After more than three decades as a member of parliament, in 2004 he was appointed as the Indonesian Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, a leadership role which again he performed so outstanding that the Republic of Korea awarded him the Gwanghwa medal—the country’s highest diplomatic award. He received his graduate degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, USA.

Prof. Mangara Tambunan, PhD
Board of Trustee

Matius Ho, MS
Executive Director

Drs. Theo L. Sambuaga, MIPP
Board of Trustee
Senior Fellows

Dr. Alwi Shihab
Senior Fellow
Dr. Alwi Shihab is Senior Fellow at the Leimena Institute. He currently serves as the Indonesian President’s Special Envoy to the Middle East and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. He was the Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for People’s Welfare in 2004-2005 and Foreign Minister in 1999-2001. A leading expert on interfaith relations, he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Hartford Seminary in Connecticut. He has taught and served in the boards of various institutions, including Harvard University, Temple University, Fetzer Institute, American Academy of Religion, and University of Indonesia. He has written many books, including the best selling book, “Inclusive Islam: Toward an open attitude in religion.” With his extensive experiences as executive and advisor in major corporates, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2009. He holds two master degrees from Al-Azhar University (Egypt) and Temple University (USA), and two PhDs from Ain Shams University (Egypt) and Temple University (USA). He did his post-doctoral study at Harvard University.

Pdt. Dr. Andreas A. Yewangoe
Senior Fellow

Dr. Maruarar Siahaan
Senior Fellow

Dr. Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow