As of March 2004, PEOI board of directors consists of the following 13 members:

- Kenneth Barden, Republic of Palau, attorney, since July 2003

- Ayan Battacharia, New Jersey, IT specialist, since March 2003

- Bonnie Bracey, Washington, D.C., educational consultant, since July 2002

- Merryn Bryant, Ainslie, Australia, Program Manager – ASF Limited, since July 2003

- David Wah-Fuk Chung, Hong Kong, Ph.D., quality assurance researcher, Specialized Technology Resources (HK) Ltd, since July 2003

- Jeanne M. Henry, Terre Haute, MI, clinical consultant and psychological counsellor, since March 2003

- Kimberly Cook-McDaniel, El-Paso, TX, on-line instructor, IT and Human Services, since November 2003

- Poi Kee Frederick Low, Singapore, Programme Coordinator, TRANS Family Service Centre, since July 2003

- Alan Main, Hong Kong, General Manager, Roche Consumer Health, since March 2003

- John Petroff, Conesville, New York, retired professor of finance and economics, since March 2001

- Romina Sengara, New York, NY, IT Business Consultant, since November 2002

- Stacy Speidel, Rochester, NY, recruitment and IT specialist, A+ Consulting, since November 2003

- Maree Weir, Sydney, Australia, training and ESL, Australian Defence Organization, since November 2003

There is a need for additional directors who have experience and will be able to offer guidance in one or more of the following functions or purposes:

- organizational mission formulation and supervision of its implementation

- relations with universities domestic and foreign, as well as governmental educational bodies

- relations with authors, securing copyrights and continous upgrading of content

- relations with instructors and testing service providers

- design of distance education courses, formulation of standards and participating in accreditation effort

- fund raising

- identifying and understanding potential student needs in industrialized countries

- determinating of how to serve best potential students in developing countries

- improvement of software and web site design to serve widest potential student population

Please note that according to PEOI bylaws, directors serve without compensation except reimbursement for expenses. Participation in board meeting decisions can be conducted by email. See bylaws for more details.

Nominations, suggestions and applications for director positions are eagerly sought, and can be submitted to peoi@peoi.org