COPE has benefited from many experienced editors and other publishing professionals who have served COPE as volunteers. Below is a list of COPE's previous Trustees and Council Members.
Michael Farthing, co-Founder, Chair (1997-2003)
Richard Horton, co-Founder (1997)
Richard Smith, co-Founder, Vice-Chair (1997-2004)
Alex Williamson, Treasurer (1997-2005)
Sabine Kleinert, Council Member (2001-2006); Vice-Chair (2006-2012)
Lesley Rees, Council Member (2001)
Fiona Godlee, Council Member (2001-2004); Chair (2004-2006)
Ian Kennedy, Council Member (2001-2004)
Faith McLellan, Council Member (2002-2005)
Harvey Marcovitch, Vice-Chair (2004-2006); Chair (2006-2009)
Jeremy Theobald, Council Member (2004-2005); Treasurer (2005-2009)
Richard Lilford, Council Member (2004)
Jane O'Brien, Council Member (2004-2007)
Elizabeth Wager, Council Member (2005-2007); Secretary (2007-2009); Chair (2009-2012)
Charlotte Haug, Council Member (2005-2012); Vice-Chair (2012-2015)
Pritpal Tamber, Council Member (2005-2009)
Tim Albert, Council Member (2005-2008)
Ann Sommerville, Council Member (2005-2006)
Steven Yentis, Council Member (2006-2013)
Richard Green, Ombudsman (2006-2011)
Margaret Rees, Council Member (2006-2012); co-Secretary (2012-2015); COPE Digest Editor (2014-2017)
Trish Groves, Council Member (2007-2010)
Peter Hall, Council Member (2007-2008)
Randell Stephenson, Council Member (2008-2012)
Richard O'Hagan, Council Member (2008-2009); Treasurer (2009-2011)
Andre van Steirteghem, Council Member (2008-2012); co-Secretary (2012-2015)
Daniel Sokol, Council Member (2008-2009)
David Rew, Council Member (2008-2010)
James Greenstone, Council Member (2009-2012)
Riaz Agha, Council Member (2010-2013)
Lance Small, Council Member (2010-2013)
Craig Phelan, Council Member (2010-2013)
Irene Hames, Council Member (2011-2014); COPE Digest Editor (2013-2014)
Cynthia Carter, Council Member (2011-2014)
Lars Ole Sauerberg, Council Member (2011-2014)
Charley Miao, Council Member (2012-2013)
Rosemary Shinkai, Council Member (2012-2015)
Suzanne Morris, Ombudsman (2012-2015)
Steven Schafer, Council Member (2013)
Christopher Leonard, Council Member (2014-2016); Treasurer (2015-2016)
Muhammad Irfan, Council Member (2014-2017)
Gary Akehurst, Council Member (2015-2016)
Zoe Mullen, Council Member (2012-2015); Trustee (2015-2017)
Virginia Barbour, Council Member (2008-2009); Secretary (2009-2012); Chair (2012-2017)
Mohammad Abdollahi, Council Member (2013-2015, 2016-2017)
Sally Weatherill, Trustee (2016-2017)
Elizabeth Moylan, Council Member (2016-2018)
Patrick Barron, Council Member (2016-2019)
Behrooz Astaneh, Council Member (2010-2013, 2016-2019)
Mirjam Curno, Council Member (2009-2015); Trustee (2015-2019)
Vivienne Bachelet, Council Member (2016-2019)
Iria del Rio, Council Member (2016-2019)
Jason Hu, Council Member (2016-2019)
Michael Magoulias, Council Member (2017-2018)
Alison Taylor, Council Member (2014-2019)
Helena Wang, Council Member (2016-2019)
Daoxin Yin, Council Member (2018-2019)
Charon Pierson, Council Member (2010-2015); Trustee and Secretary (2015-2019)
David Ginley, Council Member (2016-2019)
Adrian Ziderman, Council Member (2013-2020); Trustee (2015-2017)
Chris Graf, Council Member (2008-2020); Treasurer (2012-2014); co-Vice-Chair (2015-2017); co-Chair (2017-2019)
Geraldine Pearson, Council Member (2010-2020); co-Vice-Chair (2015-2017); co-Chair (2017-2019)
Seth Leopold, Council Member (2017-2020)
Tracey Bretag, Council Member (2017-2020)
Iain Hay, Council Member (March 2020-July 2020)
Gavin Swanson, Council Member (2018-2021)
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